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The new house for small mammals was built and opened. 

 It consists of a hall, with outbuilding for keeper, and stores. 

 On each side the passage for visitors is a row of cages. That 

 on the south contains fourteen, capable of enlargement or 

 division by movable compartments, each communicating by 

 a falling door with a cage in the open. Near this house, 

 which is 72 ft. long by 35 ft. wide, are two open-air en- 

 closures for jackals and foxes. The slope at the back of 

 the kangaroo sheds was cleared, enclosed, and made into a 

 paddock for these animals. 



The house of the Assistant Superintendent was put in 

 thorough order, and additional rooms built. The accommo- 

 dation for the men, which had been inadequate, was provided 

 by the erection of a keepers' lodge near the main entrance. 



The scheme of work arranged in the autumn for 1905 in- 

 cluded the thorough repair of, and additions to, the gardeners* 

 lodge, by the North Entrance; a new roof and flooring in the 

 parrot house, and the addition of outside cages. The new 

 works were the sea lions' pond, with the Southern or Great 

 Aviary, for gulls and herons, on its western side, in the South 

 Garden, and an owls' aviary, between the insect house and the 

 northern pheasantry. These have been completed and stocked; 

 and Cologne can no longer boast of having the finest sea-lions' 

 pond in Europe. The " squirrels' tree," near the diving birds* 

 house, was opened while these sheets were passing through the 

 press. With the exception of the new owls' aviary, all these 

 new structures are marked on the plan on the preceding page. 



Lectures were delivered at Hanover Square after the 

 business meetings in April, May, June, and July, 1901 and 

 1902. The subjects in 1901 were the protection and nourish- 

 ment of Young Fishes, Biological Stations, mimicry, and 

 Rhinoceroses, and the lecturers, Professor C. Stewart, Professor 

 W. A. Herdman, Professor E. B. Poulton, and Mr. F. E. 

 Beddard. In 1902 Flying Reptiles, Horses and Zebras, the 

 Okapi, and Elephants were treated respectively by Professor 

 H. G. Seeley, Professor J. Cossar Ewart, Professor E. Ray 

 Lankester, and Mr. F. E. Beddard. In accordance with the 

 recommendation of the Reorganisation Committee, the interest 

 of the Davis Bequest has been devoted to other purposes. 



