A YEAR AT THE ZOO 
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tions of Fellows of the Society amount to over 
^6,000, which represents roughly the sum in which 
the public, after paying their entrance-fees, are in- 
debted to the Society. Lastly, the assets at Regent’s 
Park and in the offices at Hanover Square are valued 
at ^7 o,ooo, including one estimate of ^21,542 for 
the animals in the menagerie, and another of ^£1 5,600 
for the unrivalled library of Zoology owned by the 
Society. 
With the exception of the young hippopotamus, 
which, in bulk at least, is a substantial addition to the 
assets of the Society, the arrivals in the Gardens were 
more than counterbalanced by the losses during the 
year. The obituary of the last giraffe has already 
been given ; and it is interesting to notice that the 
Report corroborates the fear there expressed, that for 
the present there is no hope of obtaining a successor. 
“ Owing to the closure of the Soudan by the Mah- 
dists,” we read, “ the supply of this and other large 
African mammals, which were formerly obtained via 
Kassala and Suakim, has ceased, and so far as can be 
ascertained, there are now no living giraffes in the 
European market.” Among the other deaths re- 
corded are those of a lioness, a male cheetah, two 
common zebras, an Aard wolf, and a Beatrix antelope. 
More than sixty monkeys also succumbed to the 
intense cold of the winter. On the other hand, a 
large and varied progeny of young creatures was born 
in the Gardens during the year, and many hundreds 
of birds, animals, and reptiles were presented to the 
