APPENDIX C 



The first table of information was published in 1924 and listed 

 24 aquariums. There are 32 represented here, all revised as of 1927 

 exceptin<r Leipzig, which failed to send new data. Aquariums at 

 Helgoland, Dresden, and Nuremberg in Germany, Goteborg in 

 Sweden, Batavia in Java, and Adelaide in Australia failed to return 

 questionnaires. The director of the aquarium in Palma de Mallorca, 

 Spain, reported that his institution, connected with the Marine Bio- 

 logical Lalioratory of El Terreno, is temporarily closed pending re- 

 construction or removal. With the proposed Shedd Aquarium in 

 Chicago, there will be 45 public aquariums in the w(5rld that are 

 known to us, and probably there are 4 or 5 unknown to us. 



TABLE OF INFORMATION REGARDING THE AQUARIUMS OF THE 



WORLD IN 1927 



Compiled by Ida Mellen, of the New York Aquarium 



City 



Institution 



Presiding officer 



When opened 



Owned by 



Controlled by 



Shape of building-. 

 Size of building 



Cost to build 



Annual mainte- 

 nance cost. 

 Exhibition tanks... 

 Capacity of tanks.. 



Pools 



Capacity of pools... 



Reserve tanks 



Total capacity re- 

 serve tanks. 



Reservoirs 



Capacity of reser- 

 voirs. 

 Linear feet glass 

 permanent wall 

 tanks. 

 Linear feet glass 



floor tanks. 

 Gallons water in 



tanks, salt. 

 Gallons water in 



tanks, fresh. 

 Gallons used daily, 



salt. 

 Gallons used daily, 



fresh. 

 Number of exhibits 

 (1927). 



Fishes 



Mammals-- 



Reptiles 



Amphibians 



328 



United States and territory 



Boston, Mass. 



Boston Aquarium. 



Wm. J. O'Brien - 

 November, 1912... 

 City 



Park commission. - 



L-shaped 



150 by 100 feet. 



.$150,000. 

 $40,000- 



62 



45 to 1,500 gallons.. 



1 



4,500 gallons 



31 



6,500 gallons. 



128,000 gallons total. 

 105 



17,400.. 

 15,600.. 

 90,200.- 

 100,700- 

 3,904-. 



2,835. 



4 



20---- 

 25.... 



Chicago, 111. 



Lincoln Park 

 Aquarium. 



Floyd S. Young 



May 31, 1923 



State of Illinois 



Lincoln Park Com- 

 missioners. 



Oblong 



75 by 150 feet 



$250,000. 

 $45,000.. 



25 to 2,000 gallons.. 

 1 



16 



4,000 gallons- 



1,200 gallons total. 

 160 



135 



None.. 

 50,000- 

 Nonc-. 

 30,000. 



102 varieties- 



None 



36 



30 



Detroit, Mich. 



Belle Isle Aquarium 



John E. Timmons. 



1904 



City 



Department Parks 

 and Boulevards. 



Grotto stvle 



240 by 74 feet 



$175,000 



$28,000 



58 



200 to 1,200 gallons. 



4 



3,000 gallons each.. 



26 



5,200 gallons 



2 



35,000 gallons each. 



280 



48 



20,000 



30,000- 



45,000 



50,000 



4,837 



4,600 



4--- 



145 



Honolulu, Hawaii 



Honolulu Aqua- 

 rium. 



F. A. Potter. 



Mar. 17, 1904. 



Territory of Hawaii. 



University of Ha- 

 waii. 



Cross-shaped. 



100 by 24 feet long-f- 

 80 bv 24 feet. 



$15,000. 



.$7,500. 



32. 



12,000 gallons. 



2. 



25,000 gallons. 



4. 



14,000 gallons. 

 180. 



24,000. 



1,000. 



40,000. 



306. 



300. 

 None. 

 2. 

 None. 



