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in the Gardens, and it is proposed to proceed witli the alterations 
at once. 
Many improvements have l>een eft'ected during the past year, 
which included a complete alteration of one of the round Pheasant 
aviaries; which makes this building much better suited for its 
requirements than it was forraerlj*. 
The large Monkey house has also been renovated and altered. 
The glas.s front has been removed and several skylights pnt in, and it 
now forms an attractive exhibit, afTording its inmates great bene¬ 
fit. which cause them to appreciate their new surroundings. 
Several of the Water-fowl ponds have been cemented round, and 
ornamental stones placed at their edge, and stones have also been 
placed in the Crane enclosures. 
Stones and rockwork have also been placed round the base of 
many of the ornamental trees in various parts of the Gardens, as 
well as along the edges of some of the footpaths. 
The flower beds have been kept up to their usual e.Kcellence, and 
some of tliem have been altered to give more room to the footpaths. 
The show of roses was again very flue during the season. 
Many of the Eucalyptus tree.s which had grown too tall have 
been topped and are now growing much more dense and bushy, and 
the Palms that were planted last year in many of the paddocks have 
done very well, and will soon form a feature in the landscape. 
The turnstiles show in entrance fees /'1870, but the hot Aveather 
during tlie Chrismas and New Year Holidays affected the atten¬ 
dance adversely. 
The Council is glad tliat an efibrt is being made to establish a 
fresh-water fish hatchery in Melliourne, as it considers that the 
Eastern portion of the State will largely benefit by it, and it is 
intended to form one in the Gardens during the ensuing 
year. The first Trout liberated in Victorian streams in the year 
1871 were from ova hatched in the Melbourne Zoological Gardens 
in a room twelve b}* six, and many thousands were freely dis¬ 
tributed from that source. 
The following is a list of the principal stock bom in the Gardens 
during the past year, viz.: — Bantang Cattle, Anoa, Buffalo, Huanaco, 
Fallow, Red, Hog, Equine. Sambur and Barasingha Deer, Barbary 
Wild Sheep, Leopards, Indian Wolvxs, as well as Kangaroos, 
Dingoes, Samo}'ede Dogs qnd Wallabys. A number of young Scrub 
Turkeys have been successfully hatched from the nesting mounds 
