The following animals died in the Garden: 1 full-grown lioness, 2 servals, 1 ocelot, 1 racoon, 1 guanaco, 4 llamas, 1 elephant, 1 beisa antelope, 1 elk, 2 axis deer.
On the other hand, 7 lions, 5 hyænas, 6 mastiffs, 3 St. Bernards, 5 fox-terriers, 2 zebus, 1 gnu, 1 sambur deer, 2 Sardinian moufflon, 1 sika deer, 26 Angora guinea-pigs, 55 common guinea-pigs, and 7 common rabbits were born; 57 animals and birds were presented to the Garden, besides valuable pictures, a quantity of trees, shrubs, and flowers, palms, armour, a beautiful clock, and other gifts.
On May 2 the Directors house was inhabited. On June 3 the newly-planned concert-garden, with its splendid building for the orchestra, was finished. The restaurant was opened on June 2.
On September 29 the main building, containing the garden-saloon, terrace, and concert-hall, was formally opened. A banquet was given in the evening, at which the highest dignitaries of the city presided.
In the same year, also, the new monkey house was almost completed.
In 1901 the net profit of the Company was £3,796. In the Garden were the following animals: 430 mammals of 97 species—52 monkeys, 96 carnivorous animals, 141 rodents, 1 elephant, 5 hoofed animals, 125 cloven-hoofed animals, 8 marsupials, 1 duck-billed platypus.
In 1901 died: 1 female orang-outang, 1 chimpanzee, 1 male adult lion, 1 female lion, a number of young lions, 1 jaguar (small female), 1 serval, 3 hyænas, 1 pair of wolves, 1 sable antelope, 1 beaver, 2 axis deer, 6 kangaroos, 3 ostriches, 1 emu, 1 black-necked swan, 2 flamingoes, 2 storks.
The following were born in the Garden: no less than 16 lions, 2 jaguars, 8 hyænas, 13 fox-terriers, a number of other dogs, 3 Sardinian moufflons, 1 yak, 12 wild swine, 4 goats, 2 zebus, 1 Japanese deer, 1 sambur deer, 3 wapiti, 3 kangaroos, 25 Angora guinea-pigs, 37 common guinea-pigs, 9 common rabbits, 35 Turkish ducks, 2 golden pheasants.
Twenty-six animals and birds were presented to the Garden. Nearly all the buildings were completed; the opening of the new lion house, however, was delayed. The projected new elephant house was also put off for a while.
During the year there was an exhibition of living pictures, and a troupe of natives of Samoa performed in the Garden.