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their Garden establishment. The Council believe that 
the public voice, as well as that of the Members of the 
Society, has been nearly unanimous in favour of the pre- 
sent building, which, judging from the number of visitors 
that have resorted to it all through the winter, seems to 
be now one of the most attractive in the Gardens. As 
regards the health and welfare of the animals to the use of 
which it is devoted, there can be no question that it has 
likewise proved an entire success. In striking contrast to the 
constant mortality that prevailed in the old Monkey House, 
the deaths among the Quadrumana during the late long 
and severe winter have been very few, and the greater 
number of them have remained in an excellent state 
of health. Specimens of the Orang and Chimpanzee, 
which, in spite of numerous trials, it has hitherto been 
found impossible to preserve alive for more than a few 
months, have been kept in good health and condition in 
the new House in spite of the trying weather, besides 
several of the more delicate species of American Qua- 
drumana, which the Society has heretofore never succeeded 
in keeping long in captivity. The total cost of the erec- 
tion of the new Monkey House, as contracted for by 
Messrs. Lucas, was £3131. The extras amounted to 
£251 18s. 3d., raising the total sum payable to Messrs. 
Lucas for the building to the amount of £3382 18s. 3d. 
The internal fittings of the new Monkey House, the 
warming-apparatus, the drain, the new paths and fencing, 
and the alteration of the whole level of the ground, together 
with the entire rearrangement of the adjacent walks and 
enclosures rendered necessary by the erection of the 
new building in order to bring it into harmony with the 
adjoining buildings, required the further sum of £1459 
7s. 3d. This sum has, however, as the Council believe, 
been well expended in converting the western corner of 
the South Gardens into one of the best-arranged and 
most attractive portions of the Society’s Grounds. 
The only other important items upon which extraordi- 
nary expenditure was incurred, as regards the Society’s 
establishment in the Regent’s Park, during the past year, 
were the large new basin opposite the Antelope House, 
which, together with the new paths it necessitated, and 
the consequent alterations in the surrounding enclosures, 
cost a total sum of £460 8s. 1d.; and the new platform 
