REFORM AT THE " ZOO."
(TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."]
Sin,—The writer of the article on the " Zoo " in the Spectator of December 27th seems to be under a complete misapprehen- sion as to the terms on which the Society hold their Gardens. He says " The public have been generous enough to grant a site in the park for the menagerie." There never was, nor is there ever likely to be, any such grant. The Society have always held the Gardens under the Crown at a substantial rent, which for very many years past has been £380 per annum.
I should have supposed there was not a single Fellow who took I and Map. London : Elder, and Co. [rON, dd.] any interest in the affairs of the Society ignorant of this. The Council, I apprehend, will have a complete reply to the sug. gestions made in the article. To many of them, indeed, the reply is obvious from any one who has, during the last quarter of a century, followed the progress of the Society; but it does not seem to me that the columns of a newspaper are the proper place for discussion of these details, so I refrain from any further remarks.—I am, Sir. &c., A FELLOW OF OVER FIFTY YEARS' STANDING.
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