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I. In affording a convenient relief and assistance to the Menagerie 

 in the Park, by removing from it such Quadrupeds and Birds as may 

 require a quiet place to bring forth and rear their young ; also in receiving 

 the duplicates of the collection which it may be expedient to keep in 

 hand to replace those which are exhibited in the Park when necessary; 

 and likewise to maintain such as want a more extended range than the 

 Garden at present admits of, or which it is necessary to allow to remain 

 at liberty. 



II. The rearing various domesticated Quadrupeds and Birds, both of 

 ornamental as well as useful varieties, with a view of having their kinds 

 true and free from mixture ; or in effecting improvements in the quality 

 or properties of those used for the table ; and likewise in domesticating 

 subjects from our own or foreign countries, which have not hitherto been 

 inmates of our poultry or farm yards. 



III. The conducting experiments in all matters relating to breeding 

 and points of animal physiology connected therewith, the range of which 

 is very various and extensive. Many of these will require much time 

 to be completed ; some may be brought to a conclus'on within a year or 

 two. It is remarkable that there have never been published any correctly 

 recorded facts on which the opinions at present entertained by physiolo- 

 gists on many of such matters can be supported. It is to be hoped that 

 the Zoological Society may be the instrument of settling many questions 

 of this description in a satisfactory manner. 



In the objects of attention at the Farm, the breeding and trying 

 experiments with fish are of course included.* 



In 1830 Mr. Decimus Burton was appointed architect, and a 

 good deal of work was done in laying out the North Garden. 

 The main walk was made from end to end, as were others radi- 

 ating from it and on the slope down to the canal. South of the 

 Repository was a row of dog-kennels ; westward, near the site of 

 the thars' house, were the ostrich shed and walk, separated by 

 the gravel path from the kangaroos' paddock, in which was a 

 shed for shelter. The most important structure was the wapiti 

 house, which also accommodated antelopes and zebras; here, 

 too, for a time, elephants were kept. It communicated with six 



* In 1830 the idea of fish-culture seems to have been abandoned in favour of 

 experiments for introducinof new fonns. At the Anniversary Meeting in that year 

 the Coimcil reported that some of the varieties most desired were to be found in 

 Germany ; and that the steam navigation of the Rhine offered new facilities for 

 their transportation. Two years later the ponds and supply of water at the Farm 

 were found less satisfactory than was expected. The fish-stock then consisted of 

 common carp, gold-fish, flounders, and eels ; but the last two species had not been 

 examined for two years, for fear of disturbing the aquatic birds. In the following 

 year the Farm was given up. 



