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house was made, as were the wombats' pens, since cleared away 

 to aiford space for the kangaroo paddock. 



The next year the deer sheds were finished, and the animals 

 transferred thither from the wapiti house, which was then de- 

 molished to allow of the erection of the elephant house on the 

 site. This structure was to have been ready for occupation in 

 November, but the animals were not removed to the new 

 quarters till late in the following summer. It contains eight 

 roomy stalls, four opening into one paddock, and four into 

 another, each having a large bathing pond. In the upper storey 

 are four good rooms for keepers, and excellent forage lofts. The 

 old house was then cleared away. The paddocks, the terrace 

 walk in front of the house, and the eastern pond date from the 

 following year; the western pond dates from the 'thirties, but 

 was slightly altered in shape. 



The stock consisted of two young African elephants (,?$), two 

 Indian elephants ( J $ ),two Indian rhinoceroses {$ $ ), an African 

 rhinoceros ( J ), and an American tapir ($). This the Council 

 believed to be " by far the finest and most nearly complete series 

 of the larger living representatives of the Cuvierian order of 

 pachyderms that had ever been brought together in Europe." 



New dining-rooms, kitchens, and cellars were provided at the 

 refreshment-rooms in the South Garden, for which the lessee 

 agreed to pay an increased rent ; and in the North Garden the 

 gazelle sheds were put up. 



Several applications had been made by the Council for an 

 extension of the area devoted to the Gardens ; but they could 

 only obtain permission to re-enter on the strip north of the 

 canal which had been surrendered to the Crown in 1841. This 

 change, which took place in 1869, made the total area 30 ac. 

 2 r. 34 p., for which the yearly rent is £358 Os. 8d. 



In 1861 two valuable collections of animals were received 

 from Sir George Grey, Governor of Cape Colony. These were 

 brought home by Mr. Benstead, a collector employed by the 

 Society. One consignment arrived in May, and included the first 

 koodoo and steinbok brought alive to Europe ; the first grysbok 

 and rehbok to come into the possession of the Society, and a 

 zebra mare, entered as a Burchell. Attention was called to this 

 animal, as being different from ordinary specimens " in having 



