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of silt. Their banks were also repaired and lined with stone, while 
the islands in the centre were trenched and planted with palms and 
other shrubs and flowers. Many of the old unsightly picket fences 
have also been taken down and handsome wire fences erected in 
their stead. There is still much to do in this direction, and the 
work will be gone on with as soon as practicable, and funds are 
available. The Gardens have been kept in their usual high state 
of order, and the show of flowers has been very fine and much 
admired by visitors, and the frequent showers during the summer 
months have helped much to keep the beds fresh and bright. 
A fair number of animals have been purchased or received in 
exchange during the year. They are mostly from India ; but it is 
difficult to keep the cages all occupied, owing to the insufficient 
income of the Society. 
The Polar Bears have done very well, the hot weather not 
seeming to affect them adversely. They continue a great source of 
attraction, and have grown considerably. 
Talegallas or Scrub Turkeys have again been successfully 
hatched this season, and their nesting mounds are always an object 
of interest to visitors. These birds, in their native scrubs in the 
north-eastern portion of Australia, construct large mounds of earth 
and decaying leaves in which they lay their eggs, leaving them to 
be hatched by the heat generated by decomposition : but in 
captivity they do not, as a rule, make mounds in which their young 
are hatched; but the ingenuity of the Assistant-Director, Mr. 
Dudley Le Souef, suggested to him some years ago the idea of 
assisting the birds by building the mounds for them exactly as they 
are built by the birds in their wild state, and the result has been 
* that many birds are now hatched and reared each year. 
The free attendance on Sundays throughout the year has been 
very large, aggregating over 300,000 people, and on week-days 
52,408 visitors passed through the turnstiles. 
The following are the most important 
place during the year :— 
White-tailed Gnu 
Tasmanian Marsupial Wolf 
Equine Deer 
Clouded Leopard 
Lioness 
Alpaca 
Nylghaie 
Hog Deer 
Rusa Deer 
Indian Antelope 
deaths that have taken 
Mandrill Monkey 
Crocodile 
Large Python 
Entellus Monkeys 
Macaque Monkeys 
Rhesus Monkeys 
Indian Vulture 
Cinereous Vulture. 
Indian Adjutant 
