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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 888 
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MADE BY BAKER-VAWTER CO. 
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completed, will be 80 feet long, 40 feet from front to back, and about 45 feet high.

A series of pheasant and crane runs have been completed and stocked. These give the Park a good series of two interesting groups of birds, the first satisfactory collection ever exhibited here.

New boilers and heating mains to various buildings, to replace old installations that were no longer serviceable, have recently been completed. 

The Zoo has continued to maintain popularity, and particularly the new Reptile House, which is generally conceded to be one of the finest public exhibition buildings in the world.

ADJOURNMENT.

There being no further business to come before the meeting, on motion the Board adjourned, and the Regents viewed an exhibit in the Secretary's office, showing various phases of the Institution's work.

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Attest:

[[signed]] C G Abbot [[/signed]]
Secretary.