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Reptile House were renewed. The cages in the Parrot 
House, eighty-two in number, were reconstructed. A new 
fence was erected around the Otter Pond, the old one hav- 
ing been destroyed by a heavy storm during the summer. 
Much more painting and general repairs were done than 
is usual in any one year. 
Encouraged by our previous experience, the number of 
monkeys kept in outdoor cages without artificial heat dur- 
ing the year was increased to fifteen; these were, two 
hamadryas baboons, four Japanese macaques, eight rhesus 
macaques and one pigtailed macaque. Although the winter, 
particularly in January and February, was remarkable for 
its low temperatures and extended periods of unusual cold, 
not one of these animals experienced a day's illness and, 
with the return of warmer weather, they were in better 
condition, both in appearance and health, than many of 
those which have had the apparent advantage of a heated 
building. 
The lioness and her cagemate, the Siberian tiger, which 
last year were kept in an unheated cage with access at all 
times to the open air, passed through the second winter 
under similar conditions without showing any discomfort 
and in perfect health. 
The winter of 1911 and 1912 was exceptionally severe. 
The lowest temperature at the Garden was on the night of 
January 13th, when five degrees below zero, Fahrenheit, was 
registered. During the three months there were sixty-three 
days of freezing weather and, from the first of January to 
the seventeenth of February there was but one day, accord- 
ing to the official records of the Weather Bureau for this 
locality, when the temperature did not fall below the freez- 
ing point. 
The receipts from admissions show a considerable gain 
over the preceding year, notwithstanding the unfavorable 
winter and an unusual number of rainy Sundays during the 
months when we look for the greatest receipts. 
WILLIAMS B. CADWALADER, 
Secretary. 
