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A YEAR AT THE ZOO 
its animal pensioners, its works and repairs, its gardens, 
and to assist in the valuable scientific inquiries into 
animal structure carried out in the Prosector’s 
Department, the Society employs, under the direction 
of the superintendent and his assistant, a head-keeper, 
twenty-two keepers, a prosector’s assistant, clerks, a 
head-gardener, twenty-three helpers in the menagerie, 
twelve gardeners, artisans, firemen, messengers, and a 
butcher,— in all, nearly one hundred persons. At the 
Society’s rooms in Hanover Square, the publication of 
the Zoological Record , containing a complete summary 
of all the Zoological inquiries of the year throughout 
the world, costs annually about ^450. The last, and 
not the least, interesting item in the list of expenditure 
is that of ^843 19s. 6d. for the cost and carriage of 
animals, ^£500 of which represents the money paid 
for the young hippopotamus, whose comfortable 
figure and complacent demeanour have been not the 
least attraction of the Gardens during the season. 
^23,855 has been the total cost of the Zoo for the 
year 1892. This is covered by receipts of ^25,968. 
The form in which these moneys were received is 
perhaps less unusual than the items of expenditure ; 
but it includes one considerable source of income 
which would scarcely be expected. “ Fares ” for 
rides on the elephants and camels reach the respect- 
able amount of 606 17.?. 4 d., a sum which seems 
nearly constant in the recent annual records of the Zoo. 
Admissions to the Gardens reached ^13,981, an 
increase of ^272 over last year; and the subscrip- 
