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Garden " which is associated with the aquarium. The 

 tanks are constructed much on the same plan as those 

 at Brighton, and have a total linear frontage of 500 

 feet. Another aquarium at Blackpool, an adjacent 

 town on the same coast as Southport, has tanks pos- 

 sessing a frontage of 250 feet. 



Other aquaria are in course of erection at Scar- 

 borough, Yarmouth, and elsewhere. That at Yarmouth 

 is intended to have show tanks in which 200,000 

 gallons of sea water will be held. The building is 

 now nearly completed, and is expected to be opened 

 to the public during the present year. The exten- 

 sive aquarium at Westminster is in connection with 

 a " winter garden." Although opened to the public 

 the tanks are not yet fully stocked. The show tanks 

 will hold 150,000 gallons of water, whilst there are 

 storage reservoirs underneath capable of holding 

 600,000 gallons more. Public aquaria are further 

 either being built or contemplated at Rhyl, Rothesay, 

 Plymouth, Torquay, Southsea, Tynemouth, Mar- 

 gate, Scarborough, Ipswich, and elsewhere ; and there 

 cannot be a doubt that within the next few years, 

 most of our large seaside, if not inland, towns will 

 possess these useful and attractive institutions. 



