Grevillea Avenue flowered freely this year and were a fine sight, 
and, as usual, the large amount of honey contained in the 
flowers attracted many native honey-eating birds, especially the 
Wattle Bird, Vcllow-faced Honeyeater, and White-plumed 
Hone^xater. 
About one hundred and twenty thousand Trout ova were 
received from New Zealand, and successfully hatched in the fish 
house this season. About ten thousand fry were placed in the 
rearing ponds in the Gardens to remain there until they are 
twelve months old, when they will be liberated in suitable 
streams. The balance were sent to the Government Rearing 
Ponds at Kew. The distribution of these fish is entirely under 
the control of the Game and Fisheries Department, Melbourne. 
The hatching and distribution of j^oung fish is of great 
importance in our country, and should be fostered in every way. 
The health of the animals in the Gardens for the past year has 
been good, and in the list of losses the cause of death is given. 
Post-mortem examinations are made by officers of the Veterinary 
College of every animal and bird that dies, and by so doing 
much valuable material is obtained and original observations 
made. 
A considerable number of additions have been made to the 
collection, especially from Asia. Two lions and one lionCvSS have 
lately been received from the Dublin Zoological Gardens. A 
shipment of animals was sent to Ivurope in payment for animals 
sent to these Gardens. Our experience being that this is the 
most advantageous method for the Council to pay for what they 
purchase from abroad. 
The number of adults who visited the Gardens on week days 
from January 1st to December 31st of last year numbered 82,442, 
and the number on Sunday's, when a charge of one penny only 
is made, was 169,400, making a total of 251,842 vi.sitors for the 
year, without counting young children. 
The receipts for the year at the gates were .1*2766 4 '8, being 
.£315/14 5 more than last year. The Gardens are severely 
handicapped by the unsatisfactory means of access, and at 
present there seems no way of remedying this. 
