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on the total previqus sales. The stock at present in the 
gardens consists of nine animals, as follows :-— 
Lion “ Paddy,” born 9th October, 1879 
Lioness “ Minnie,” bought 2nd February, 1883 
Lioness “ Queen,” bought 2nd February, 1883 
Lioness Cub (Minnie’s), born 24th October, 1886 
Lion Cub (Queen’s), born 6th November, 1886 
Lion Cubs (Queen’s), born 5th August, 1887 
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Three of the Cubs referred to as having been sold, 
were purchased by the Adelaide Gardens, in Australia, 
and we were glad to receive news of their safe arrival, 
and to hear that in a short time they had recovered from 
the effects of the voyage, which had proved very trying 
in consequence of the heat of the Red Sea. The other 
two Cubs having been sold to a dealer, we do not know 
their destination. It is gratifying to be able to state 
that the two Cubs of 1886, which we have retained for 
stock, and the four male Cubs of 1887, are all in excellent 
health, and that out of 16 Cubs born during the last 
three years, only one has died. 
The male lion, Paddy, born in 1879, is now in his 
ninth year, and it may be confidently asserted that a 
finer animal is not to be seen in any public gardens. 
Your Secretary during the Autumn visited the 
Zoological Gardens in Berlin, Dresden, Antwerp, and 
other places, and made some enquiries about the breed- 
ing of lions, although successfully carried out in several 
of these gardens, the facts do not appear to have been 
placed on record in any accessible form. It cannot be 
doubted that a very large number of lions are born 
annually in the gardens and menageries of Europe, and 
it is satisfactory therefore to find that the price we 
can obtain for our Cubs continues to be so high. 
Moose.—The Society is indebted to Mr. S. K. Twigg, 
one of its members, for a pair of Moose, which he 
obtained in Canada, and brought home to Dublin under 
