The 
Zoological and Acclimatisation Society 
OF VICTORIA. 
REPORT 
COUNCIL 
FOR 1906. 
T he Council of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of 
Victoria begs to submit its Forty-third Annual Report to the 
'Subscribers and the Public. 
Many improvements have been carried out during the past year, 
yix. — The Lodge at the main entrance to the Gardens has been 
.altered and renovated throughout, and no longer abuts on the 
•Gardens as formerl3\ 
A large portion of the old picket fencing has been removed 
in various parts of the Gardens, and replaced b3' iron fencing with 
ornamental cresting, also the shed adjoining the Tapir enclosure 
has been altered and much improved. Rights-of-wa3' have been 
formed at the back of the Deer paddocks, so that these aaiiuals 
-can now be fed without the keeper having to enter the paddocks. 
The various houses have also been improved and painted, and their 
floors paved with bricks. 
The Cattle Sheds have also been painted and their floors paved 
Avith bricks, and the enclosures properly drained, and new feeding 
sheds erected for the Barasingha Deer and White-tailed Gnu. 
The smaller Carnivora cages have been re-painted and their 
sleeping dens improved, and several of the other cages have also 
been renovated throughout. 
The cage of the Ourang-utan had to be strengthened and a 
new iron front put in, as this animal is very strong and delights in 
destroying her house; she has now been in the Gardens for six 
