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As the year has not shown any gain in the income of the 
Society, prudence required that no considerable outlay 
should be made for building purposes. Improvements, there- 
fore, have been limited to minor alterations, at a cost of 
$455. in the interior of the Zebra House, in order that the 
public may be admitted to the building, which was originally 
designed to be merely a shelter, the animals to be viewed in 
the outside yards. This change has relieved the disappoint- 
ment often felt by visitors during the winter months, exper- 
ience having shown that the animals must be kept indoors 
for considerable periods. 
Many valuable additions, however, have been made to the 
collection, notwithstanding the lack of success which attended 
efforts to procure several species of large mammals which 
have not lately been represented in the Garden. 
The pathological studies made at the laboratory have been 
conducted systematically, and the store of information con- 
tained in the minute and exact case records, and in the 
specimens themselves preserved in glass, or by other methods, 
is reaching dimensions which will speedily require especial 
provision for their care and storage in such manner that they 
will be easily accessible to pathologists or other investigators 
desiring to use them. 
A tabulated list of the diseases found during the year's 
work is set forth in the report of the pathologist, under a 
revised system which is believed to add to their interest and 
value. 
The thanks of the Board are extended to all from whom 
favors have been received. 
By order of the Board, 
ARTHUR ERWIN BROWN, 
Secretary, 
