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proved, and an elephant house and a new concert- 

 hall were erected, gas and water were laid on, the 

 approaches from the town were brought into use for 

 heavy traffic^ and the laying down of a tramway made 

 it much easier to reach the Garden. Mention must be 

 made here of a generous present of 15,000 thalers from 

 the Emperor William I. on the occasion of his visit to 

 Hanover, given after an inspection of the Garden. 

 This money was spent in building the lion house. 

 Herr Theodor Ostrogge, for a long while the Chair- 

 man of the Council, and Herr Schluter must also be 

 mentioned as especially warm supporters and generous 

 friends of the Garden. In the first few years a change 

 in the direction twice took place. Veterinary-surgeon 

 Christoph Kuckuck was Director in 1874, and filled 

 this office to the ffreat benefit of the Garden until his 

 death, after a long illness, in 1893. After the death 

 of Director Kuckuck, Dr. E. Schaff, the present Director, 

 was appointed. 



Yearly season tickets for a family cost 15s. By a 

 family is understood husband, wife, and children. A 

 necessary servant with little children enters free. 

 Sons who have left school enter by single tickets at 

 7s. 6d. a year each. Female companions, nursery 

 governesses, and pensioned servants are not included 

 in the family ticket ; they must pay 3s. extra a year 

 in addition to the family ticket. A ticket for two 

 persons, comprising a family, such as a man and wife 

 (without children), two sisters, mother and daughter, 

 etc., 12s. ; for single person, 7s. 6d. ; for high school 

 and military school students, 5s. ; for strangers (fort- 

 nightly), 3s. ; for strangers (monthly), 5s. 



