15 
The heavy traffic during the past winter occasioned by 
the building of the New Antelope House rendered the road 
at the back of the line of ponds next to the Park quite 
impassable. This has now been thoroughly repaired and 
conyerted into a firm and substantial way, which will be 
very shortly opened to the public. The shrubs have been 
partially removed, so as to throw open the ponds on the 
southern side, and the whole of the enclosures put into 
repair, their areas having been considerably extended 
by the additional space thus obtained. It is proposed 
gradually to surround these ponds with a new and improved 
rat-proof fence, made by the Society’s workmen, a portion 
of which has been already erected. 
Besides the more considerable works just enumerated, 
numerous other improvements and alterations of greater 
or less importance have been effected, amongst which 
may be particularized the labelling of the various buildings 
in the Gardens with the names given to them in the Garden- 
guide; and it may be safely stated that the Society’s 
Garden-establishment was never in a better state of repair 
and efficiency than at the present moment. 
6. MENAGERIE. 
The following Table gives the numbers of Quadrupeds, 
Birds, and Reptiles in the Menagerie on December 31st 
of the year 1860, and the corresponding numbers on the 
previous 31st of December, by which it will be seen that 
a considerable increase has taken place. 
Animals in the Menagerie. 
December 31, 
Comparison. 
1859. | 1860. 
Quadrupeds ... 364 467 Incr. 103 
a ais ee 819 931 Incr. 112 
| Reptiles ...... 137 192 Incr. 55 
1320 1590 TIner. 270 
The list of animals, of which specimens have been ex- 
hibited for the first time since the last Anniversary, shows 
that, though it becomes more difficult every year to add 
novelties to the collection, no less than 36 species have 
