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Newton; Professor Owen; Dr. August Paulicki; Dr. A. 
M. Ross; Dr. J. E. A. Sahlertz ; Count Salvadori; P. L. 
Sclater, Esq.; Dr. C. Semper; R. B. Sharpe, Esq.; Dr. 
H. Troschel; A. Wilson, Esq.; F. York, Esq. 
III. GARDENS, REGENT’S PARK. 
1. BuritpInGs AND Works. 
The most important work in the Society’s Gardens pro- 
ceeded with during the past year was the bridge over the 
Regent’s Park Canal, intended to connect the Society’s 
new grounds on the north. bank with the present Gardens. 
This was completed in October last, by the contractors, 
Messrs. D. Cross and Son, ata total cost of £1333 13s. 8d. 
Of this sum, £1214 2s. 6d. was paid in 1872 and charged 
to the Extraordinary Expenditure of the year. The balance 
has since been paid off, and will form part of the Extra- 
ordinary Expenditure of the current year. 
The new Lodge in the North Gardens, opposite Primrose 
Hill, was commenced in July last, and has since been 
completed. The portion of the new Gardens lying 
between the bridge and the lodge has been put into 
temporary order; and the new entrance was opened 
to the public for the first time on Haster Monday. 
So soon as this new mode of access to the Society’s Gardens 
becomes more generally known, there can be no doubt that 
it will be made great use of, especially by the many Fellows 
of the Society and visitors to the Gardens that live in the 
populous districts to the north of the Regent’s Park. 
The sum of £400 was paid on account of the New Lodge 
in 1872; and an expenditure of £246 3s. was incurred in 
preparing the arrangement of the grounds, walks, and 
buildings in the new North Gardens. 
The sum of £229 2s. 9d. was spent in putting a new 
and more conveniently arranged iron front and new doors 
and bars to the Hippopotamus-house, in anticipation of the 
-birth of another young one. 
These four items, added to the cost of several smaller 
new works (altogether £149 6s. 7d.) amounted together 
to £2238 14s. 10d., which, as above mentioned, was the 
total extraordinary expenditure on new Works in the 
Society’s Gardens in 1872. 
