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North Lodge was barely sufficient, and that on a favour- 

 able opportunity presenting itself for increasing it, tlie 

 Council thought it right to take advantage of the occasion. 

 As regards the re-roofing of the Monkey-house, it should 

 be stated that the glass roof which was put up when the 

 house was first erected 25 years ago, had long been in a 

 most unsatisfactory state, and had occasioned a large 

 annual expenditure on repairs. Alter a thorough survey, 

 it was determined to be the best plan to put an entirely 

 new glass roof on to the building, using much heavier 

 glass and a modern system of glazing. This work was 

 carried out for the Society by Messrs. Helliwell, and 

 seems likely to answer its purpose in every way. Besides 

 the roof, the larger cages in the Monkey-house were 

 thoroughly repaired in 1889. But the old window-frames 

 must still be renewed and various other repairs under- 

 taken before the Monkey-house can be said to be in a 

 thoroughly satisfactory state. These works, necessarily 

 intermitted during the winter, will, it is hoped, be accom- 

 plished during the present summer. 



The Society's ordinary staff of Avorkmen was kept in 

 active employ during the year 1889. The walk round the 

 Seal-pond was raised so as to enable the visitors standing 

 behind the front row better to see the feeding of the Sea- 

 lions. The Deer-yards near the South Entrance were 

 repaired, boai-ded, cleaned, and thoroughly painted. The 

 gates, lodges, and fences at the Main and South Entrances 

 of the Gardens were likewise repaired and painted. 

 Opportunity was taken of a temporary vacancy in the 

 Bead-Keeper's Lodge to clean, paint, and put in thorough 

 repair that building. Many other smaller repairs and 

 renewals were effected in 1889, and in the autumn a 

 large quantity of ballast was burnt and much valuable 

 material was thus acquired for the repairs of the roads 

 and paths. 



2. Staff. 



An important change in the Staff of the Society's Gar- 

 dens took place in 1889, owing to the retirement of Mr. 

 Benjamin Misselbrook, who had served the Society as 

 Head Keeper for twenty-one years, and had been sixty 

 years and a half altogether in their employment. The 

 Council thought it right to allow this old and valued 



