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The stone-work of the shelter-shed near the Orang-utan has been 
re-coveretl with rement and coloured, and the front of the Crocorlile 
and Alligator houses, adjoining, re-painted and renovated generally, 
d'he Orang-utan house has also been lined with sheet-iron, to prevent 
it being burnt when the animal sets the bags, which she usually has 
in the cage, on fire. This animal has learnt many habits from what 
she sees visitors rlo. such as smoking and lighting her pipe in the 
same way as many human beings would do, also cigarettes, even to 
lighting one from the stump of another she may' previously have been 
smoking; she also takes off the ashes of the cigarette as it is smoked, 
to cat. doing it very carefully so as not to knock the lighted end off. 
The Eland paddock has had a new inside fence erected as well as 
a new division wire fence, in place of the old wooden structure. The 
front and back fences have been renewed in many places, and 
strengthened, and the whole painted. 
The Emu, Cassowary and Rhea enclosures have had the vegetation 
in them trimmed and the fences renewed, repaired and'painted, and 
the birds can now be seen to much better advantage. 
Many of the fences throughout the Gardens, especially the dividing 
ones, have het'n painted and repaired, hut iron and cement are 
gradually taking the place of wciod. The old inside fence at the 
Elephant ring, which h'as been an eyesore for some time past, has 
l>een removed and a new iron and wire one erected in its place. Many 
I^ermanent seats will also shortly l)e placed alongside it, to give addi¬ 
tional seating accommodation to those who wish to listen to the band 
on Sundays. 
The Main Entrance has all been repaired and re-painted, and a 
few alterations made; some stands for Macaws and Cockatoos have 
been made close to it, and some shrubs planted in the grass lawn in 
front. 
Many more shrubs have been planted in the Kangaroo paddock 
and iron tree-guards made for them, as kaVigaroos can reach a con¬ 
siderable height to get at any vegetation. The new enclosure for 
kangaroos will be continued in March, when the summer is over. 
7 'he large aviary that contains the Scrub 'I'urkeys, Mallee Fowl, 
Pheasants, etc., has had an iron division erected up its centre, and 
the various divisions ha\e had galvanised corrugated iron placed on 
the lower part of them ; this ])revents the ground birds from seeing 
one another and trying to fight through the wire, A portion of th.e 
aviary has been partially roofed over. 
