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Premier undertook to recommend the cabinet to favourably con¬ 
sider the application which he considered most reasonable, but 
the government have been unable to comply with the request, 
and have postponed the matter until this year when it is hoped 
that the necessary funds may be forthcoming. 
Several works have been carried out in the gardens ; the old 
dog and pig yards have been removed and a new structure 
which is made entirely of stone, concrete and iron, erected 
in their place. 
A new commodious shelter-shed of iron and concrete has 
been erected. The old wooden one has been removed, and the 
space in front gravelled. 
The Lemurs house has had a wooden portion of the wall 
removed and rockwork erected in place. 
The circular space round the band-stand has had many more 
trees planted in it, a portion of it is being gravelled and rockwork 
placed round the shrubs. Tar-paving has been placed at the two 
entrances and round the swings. 
The house where the Elephant takes up her load of pas¬ 
sengers has been improved, and some old unsightly pines growing 
alongside removed. 
The Deer and other houses have been renovated. These 
buildings are at present all constructed of wood, but it is the 
intention of the Council to replace them with concrete buildings 
as funds permit. 
A new wooden floor has been placed in the barn and the cart 
and other sheds enlarged and renovated. 
A room has been erected in which the employees of the 
Society can have their meals. Their dressing room has been 
enlarged and lockers placed therein. 
The old wooden cages where the Tasmanian Devils and 
Jackals were kept have been removed, and a neat iron structure 
will be erected in their place for keeping the former animals in, 
as they are adept at climbing besides being very strong. 
The old wire front of the Polar Bear house is being removed 
and an iron fence is being erected in its place. A new pair of 
these animals arrived in March last, and are doing well. The 
former pair lived for 15 years in the Society’s Gardens. 
