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embarrassment, such as overtook it in the year 1885. The 
cancellation of the loan, which can only be done when the 
whole is secured, would increase the annual revenue of the 
Society about $4000, otherwise lost by the yearly issue of 
admission tickets due the loan-holders. As stated in a cir- 
cular sent out by the Board of Directors in 1887, " One of 
the most efficient plans for permanent relief would be the 
possession of the existing loan of the Society." 
The necessity for the erection of a new monkey -house 
has become so urgent that the Board has determined to 
prepare plans for the building. The present monkey-house 
is totally unsuitable for its purpose, being dangerous to the 
lives of the animals and unfit for visitors to enter. 
The death of Mr. Frederic Graff, the President of the 
Society, has occurred since the publication of the last an- 
nual report. At a meeting of the Board, held April 3d, 
1890, the following minute was adopted : — 
^' Mr. Graff was the only remaining member of the Board 
who had been connected with the Society from its organiza- 
tion more than thirty years ago, and who has retained an 
active interest in its affairs since the period when, under 
a revival of public interest, the present Garden was laid 
out. 
"To his clear judgment and intelligent appreciation of 
the objects which should be held in view in the establish- 
ment and maintenance of a Zoological Garden, is due much 
of the success which has been attained. The Directors feel 
that it is difficult to overestimate the advantage which has 
been derived from his wise counsel, as well as from his 
zealous interest and attention to its affairs, especially dur- 
ing the time he has occupied the position of President. 
Beyond this acknowledgment of his public services to 
the Society, the Directors feel that they have been deprived 
of a friend, always kind, considerate, and courteous ; and 
that any words of eulogy or sorrow are inadequate to ex- 
press their sense of personal loss. 
" They tender to his widow their most respectful sym- 
pathy in her bereavement." 
