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tions and improvements to the Garden Establishment, the 
various particulars of which are subjoined :— 
Expenditure on New Buildings and Iorks in 1866. 
. Preparing Picture Gallery for the Exhibi- £ 8. d. 
Pd 
tion of Water-colour Drawings . . . 203 13 4 
2. New Vultures’ Aviary . . «i 230 8 
3. New Eagles’ Aviary (including removal of 
the old building). . 2428) Pos 
4. New Rodent House and Greenhouse (part) 187 eee 
5. New Aviary outside the Parrot House . 153 13 3 
6G. New iron fence round the Zebra Paddock. 373 O O 
7. Enlargement of the Hippopotamus Pond. 163 10 0 
8. Additions to the Chimpanzee’s Cage . . 27 13 6 
9. New Storehouse for Refreshments . . . 67 12 6 
10. New House for Sea Bear. . . . . . 4610 5 
0 
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11. New Garden Seats . . Sieens = le eS 
12. New Edging-hurdles for W alks Sra ene ES 
13. New Crime “Boxes = Pies sep Oe Eee 
14. New Band-stand, Water- meter, ahd other 
smaller WOrks.. 9. °:. <4 sR: os Se Se 
Total Wise o> HOE 22 28 ies 
A few explanations may be given concerning these 
items :— 
(1) The circumstances connected with the conversion 
of the upper part of the old Museum Building into a 
room for the Exhibition of the Society’s Collection of 
Water-colo::r Drawings have been fully explained in the 
last Report. The total cost of the necessary alterations 
thus involved amounted to £203 13s. 4d. 
(2) and (3) After pulling down the old Monkey House 
in the centre of the Gardens, it became a question for the 
Council how the vacant site could be best utilized. After 
much deliberation, it was determined to remove altogether 
the large Eagle Aviary in the centre of the Gardens, and 
to reconstruct it (using the old wire-work ana other mate- 
rials as far as possible) partly upon the platform left after 
the removal of the old Monkey House and partly on a 
vacant site upon the east side of the South Gardens. The 
arguments in favour of this plan were, first, that this 
Aviary was in a very bad state of repair, and w ould in any 
