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Ihe Ourang-Outang still continues to thrive, and is a very 
fine animal. She was attacked by a skin disease a few 
months ago, and, in consequence, lost much of her long hair, and 
is now bald, but shows improvement under treatment. She has 
been nine years in the gardens, and although she receives a 
great variety of food from visitors, as well as cigarettes, she has 
so far survived, and is a never-ending source of attraction. 
The Scrub Turkeys (Talegallus) chicks are hatching out 
from the mound a little late this season, and it will probably be 
the middle of February before they are all out. The eggs 
in the mound have a cavity about an inch high just above them, 
evidently caused by the egg slightly sinking, and this cavity 
will give the young birds more room to start scratching their 
way out. 
Most of the ploughing and similar work in the gardens was 
done by the elephant this year, and an exhibition of the work 
she could do was giv^en during the currency of the Agricultural 
Show. 
Over one hundred thousand Rainbow and Brown Trout Fry 
were successfully hatched this season from ov^a obtained from 
New Zealand, About ten thousand were placed in the rearing 
ponds in the gardens, and the rest in the Government ponds 
at Studley Park, Kew. The rearing of the trout to a year old 
was very successful, and the yearlings were turned out in July 
last. The ponds have now been fenced in, and there is every 
prospect of having a good number of fish to turn out later on in 
the year. 
The health of the animals during the year has been good. 
There are in the gardens two Macaque Monkeys that have been 
there for twenty years, they are turning slightly grey, but 
otherwise are in good health. 
The Duke of Bedford kindly presented the Society with a 
male Eland early last year. 
The increase by births has also been considerable, as will 
be seen by the list. The Society now have a fine herd of the 
handsome Barasingha Deer, 
The flower beds have been kept up to their usual excellence, 
and many palms, draeceuas, bamboos, and similar plants have 
