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The deer enclosures along Thirty-fourth Street are the 
most important improvement made during the year. 
There are twelve enclosures, each with a shelter and a 
fair-sized concrete drinking and bathing basin. In these 
enclosures the deer will have much more room than 
formerly and will be better shown, and the central part 
of the Garden will be relieved of the present congestion 
by the removal of the old enclosures. 
Notwithstanding the long cold winter — the coldest in 
the history of the Garden — the out-door animals got on 
remarkably well. Cases of frozen feet and tails were 
fewer than usual. The cold weather began in November 
and continued until the middle of February, and for 
many days at a time the temperature was approximately 
0° F. and often some degrees below. The following 
species of monkeys were out all winter without harm: 
Rhesus and Japanese Macaques, Yellow Baboon, Grivet 
and Red Monkeys. 
The Board of Directors announce with regret the death 
of Mr. William D. Winsor on September 1st, 1917, and 
the death of Dr. Samuel G. Dixon on February 26th, 
1918. 
Mr. Winsor became a Director of the Society in 1903. 
Dr. Dixon. became a Director in 1892. 
The thanks of the Board are extended to all from whom 
favors have been received. 
By order of the Board of Directors. 
F. ROBERT GILPIN, 
Acting Secretary. 
