AUCKLAND ZOO

ADDITIONS OF VALUABLE ANIMALS.

(By Telegraph.' (Special to "The Evening Pert.") AUCKLAND, THis Day. The large and varied family at the Auckland Zoo will shortly. receive interesting additions. The new purchases, which will cost approximately £600, will reach Auckland toward the end of November. The offer of a large number of rare animals and birds was received by cable some days ago from the Town Clerk (Mr. J. 8. Brigham), who is at present in London, and the list submitted contained : a number of exhibits which are required to com-r-iete certain sections at the Zoo. The Parks Committee decided to order several of the exhibits offered, and a cable was sent to Mr. Brigham authorising him to complete the purchase and arrange for shipment. The purchases authorised, with, the prices as offered, are: One pair of three-quarter-grown cheetahs, £150; one pair of adult oryx gazelles, £140; one halfgrown female brown bear, £75; one female ant-eater, £70; one pair of mandrils, £45; one pair of Gclada baboons, £30; one pair of spider monkeys, £27, ICs; one pair of peacock pheasants, £20; two pairs of white swans, £15; and one female ocelot, £12 10s. This gives a total cost of £585, a*d the Town Clerk was authorised to atak£ the consignment up to £600, ai thft offer contained an undertaking that, If the council purchased exhibit! to tfc« value of £600 the consignment wonIA be brought to Auckland by an experienced keeper, who is also bringing a consignment >" rttractive bird*, of which the council will be givem fnf refusal. The shipment should tafjti I London abont 6th October,