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The appropriation of $5000 made by the City Councils 
to the Commissioners of Fairmount Park, for the better- 
ment of the portion of the Park occupied by the Zoological 
Garden, was devoted to several purposes which were espe 
cially needed. These were : the completion of a system of 
sewerage to carry all drainage from the large buildings 
previously unprovided and the surface flow from the out- 
door enclosures, into the city sewers; the erection of an 
iron railing, constituting outside pens on both sides of the 
deer-house; the erection of a substantial picket fence, nine 
feet high, along the greater part of the Thirty-seventh Street 
line of the Garden, and the renewal of a portion of the as- 
phalt walks. 
The financial condition of the Society is shown in 
the Treasurer's statement, Appendix A, and the report of 
the General Superintendent, Appendix B, shows the present 
condition of the menagerie and the details attending the 
operation of the Garden during the year. 
The Board desires to express its thanks for the many 
donations of animals which have been received. 
By order of the Board, 
HENRY T. COATES, 
Secretary. 
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