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In consequence of the diminished revenue, it has been found 
impossible to send an officer of the Society to any other part of the 
world this year for additions to the Zoological collection. 
The works undertaken and completed in the Gardens have been 
the clearing away of a large number of old and unsightly pines and 
laying out new flower beds, which have tended very much to 
beautify the grounds; new paths have been laid out and a 
small enclosure, with a high wire netting fence, made for birds. 
The front entrance to the Gardens has been entirely altered and 
much improved, and the series of enclosures, with a small pond 
in each, for the numerous kinds of ducks have been altogether 
reconstructed, and made much more ornamental than they formerly 
were. 
The following births have taken place in the Gardens during 
the past year :— 
2 Lion Cubs 
4 Brown Bear Cubs 
i Aoudad or Wild Barbary 
Sheep 
2 Small Trotting Cattle Calves 
i Wapiti Deer Fawn 
i Leopard Cub 
Also other varieties of Deer, Kangaroos, &c., &c. 
Six thousand Trout Fry from Sir Samuel Wilson’s fish- 
hatching establishment at Ercildoune have been liberated in 
suitable streams ; three thousand of these were sent to Bright for 
the Upper Ovens, and the rest were placed in Western waters by 
the Hon. Mr Connor, M.L.C. 
The Council have noticed with regret the recent death of the 
Director of the Adelaide Zoological Gardens, Mr. R. E. Minchin, 
who was an honorary member of this Society, and had always co¬ 
operated in a friendly way with Mr. Le Souef in making exchanges 
between the two Gardens. He is succeeded in the Directorship by 
his son, Mr. Alfred Minchin. 
