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from the death of Dr. Bodinus in 1884 to the death of 

 General Duncker in 1897, forms the second division in 

 the history of the Berlin Garden. 



The year 1897 marks a new period in its history. 

 The eclat of the Garden as a place of amusement, the 

 increased number of specimens, and the favourable 

 position of the site in the west of BerHn led to the 

 new organization of an institution which was so pro- 

 mising. 



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In 1898 1,000 new preference shares were issued, 

 and a second increase in capital brought the total 

 capital of the Company up to £113,500. By this 

 means numerous alterations and improvements were 

 undertaken. A new official residence was erected, and 

 Japanese and Chinese pavilions, coffee houses, bridges, 

 halls for children to play in, lavatories, machine houses, 

 a pump house, three new pig houses, improvements in 

 the antelope house, new llama rockery, and refrigerators 

 for dead fish were made. A view-tower, pheasantries, 

 and many other minor improvements in walls, banks, 

 bridges, and ponds were added. Herr Begas presented 

 one of his celebrated centaur statues, and Uechtritz a 

 nymph with swan. All these things have made the 

 Garden more attractive, and all Berlin comes to see 

 them. The Garden and restaurant are visited by 

 60,000 people on a fine Sunday in the summer. 



We will now walk round one of the finest Zoological 

 Gardens in Europe, and, indeed, in the world, as it is 

 at the present moment well ahead of our London 

 Garden, both in the value of its animals and also in 

 the magnificence of its buildings. Some of the latter 



