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second section. It appearing, however, upon consultation 
with the architect, Mr. A. Salvin, jun., and from the terms 
of the tenders sent in by the builders, that a considerable 
reduction of expense would result from the whole of the re- 
maining portions being erected at once, the Council agreed 
upon the expediency of adopting this course, charging the 
expense of the third and last section of the building upon 
the revenue of the present year. The whole amount of 
the contract with Messrs. Lucas for the completion of the 
New Antelope House was £2543, of which £1000 was 
charged to extraordinary expenditure for the year 1860, 
and the residue will be paid out of the sum of £2500, 
which it is proposed to appropriate to new works and 
buildings in the Gardens out of the income of the present 
ear. 
7 When the courts of the new building, which are now in 
rapid progress of completion by the Society’s workmen, 
are finished, it is in contemplation to remove the Elands 
and other Antelopes, now located near the Elephant House, 
to this side of the Gardens, and to arrange the whole series 
of the members of this family of animals in order in the 
new building, as nearly as practicable according to their 
natural affinities. 
The improvement of the Refreshment Department in 
the Gardens is another subject that has been constantly 
forced upon the Council’s attention; the present building 
being notoriously inadequate for the proper supply of re- 
freshments to the large and increasing crowds which now 
visit the Gardens on Mondays and holidays. With this 
object the Council have entered into contracts for the 
immediate erection of a Glass House (40 feet by 20) at 
the back of the present building, with convenient cellarage 
underneath. As the present contractor for the supply 
of refreshments agrees to pay interest at the rate of £5 
per cent. upon the money thus expended, the amount of 
these contracts must be considered rather in the light of 
an advantageous investment, than as any burden on the 
Society’s finances. 
The principal works executed by the Society’s staff of 
workmen during the period which has elapsed since the 
last Anniversary, have been the following alterations, im- 
provements, and repairs :— 
