In 1895 the new scheme for the drainage of the Society’s grounds, planned in 1894, was brought to a satisfactory conclusion. The first example of the Southern form of giraffe was exhibited. Other important additions were a pair of brindled gnus and a pair of sable antelopes. Seth Sutton, after nearly forty years’ service as keeper, retired on a pension. In 1896 ‘Jung Pershad,’ the Indian elephant deposited by the Prince of Wales in 1876, died. In 1897 the new ostrich and crane houses were completed at a total cost of £3,383; the new tortoise house adjoining the reptile house was also finished at a cost of £464. A giraffe, sent as a present to Queen Victoria by the Chief Bathoen of Bechuanaland, died almost as soon as it had been received at the Gardens. In 1899 the new zebra house was finished at a cost of about £1,100. The Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia presented Queen Victoria with a pair of Grévy’s zebras, which were deposited in this house. Besides these fine animals, the series of equides in the Gardens then comprised one African wild ass, one Somali wild ass, two onagers, one kiang, six Burchell’s zebras, two mountain zebras. In 1900 the brindled gnu bred, the first instance recorded in the Gardens. The Society’s income amounted to £28,772, the number of Fellows was 3,250, and the admissions to the Gardens were 697,178. In 1901 certain persons raised charges against the Society, complaining of the inadequate and unwholesome housing of some of the animals in the Gardens. They endeavoured to advertise their grievances in the cheap newspapers; but the charges were ably met and unanimously condemned at a meeting of the Society, the Duke of Bedford (President) being in the chair. [Illustration: GRÉVY’S ZEBRA, LONDON.] In 1902 the young male giraffe (Southern form) died. The following animals were deposited by His Majesty the King, who received them as a Coronation gift from the Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia: five lion cubs (one male and four females) and two Grévy’s zebras (females). Colonel Mahon presented a young male and a female giraffe of the Northern form, the first imported from Kordofan to this country for nearly thirty years. Admission: adults, one shilling; children, sixpence. Secretary: Dr. P. L. Sclater. Superintendent: Mr. Clarence Bartlett. These Gardens are so well known to us that only a short description of a walk round will be necessary. They occupy at the present time an area of about thirty-one acres in the Regent’s Park. The Gardens are divided by the Inner Circle and the Regent’s Canal into three portions, known as the South Garden, the Middle Garden, and the North Garden.