334 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHEEIES 



Taile of information regarding the aquariums of the world in 1927 — Continued 



Europe 



City. 



Brighton, England 



Budapest, Hungary 



Busum, Germany 



Frankfurt, Germany 



Institution. 



Presiding officer 



When opened 



Owned by 



Controlled by. 



Shape of building. 

 Size of building 



Cost to build 



Annual mainte- 

 nance cost. 

 E-\hibition 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. 

 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 



Invertebrates 



Birds 



Open every day 



Be t w e e n what 

 hours. 



Entrance fee 



Visitors a day 



Visitors a year 



Persons employed. 



In what capacity... 



Cards, specimens, 



pamphlets. 

 Balanced aquaria.. 



Water systems 



Fish hatchery. 



Salt or fresh water. 



Number fry hatch- 

 ed annually. 

 Disposition of same 



Brighton Aqua- 

 rium. 

 George W. Weller.. 

 1872 



Brighton Corpora- 

 tion. 

 Brighton A q u a - 

 rium committee. 



Corridor stvle 



715 feet long, 100 

 feet wide. 



£120,0003 



£4,500 



Budapest Aqua- 

 rium. 

 Rudolph V. Hilbert 



May 25, 1912 



Town of Budapest. 



do 



Aquarium der Zoo'l 

 Sta. 



S. Miillegger 



1919 



S. Miillegger.. 



Oval 



240 meters. 



]:«),()00i)eng6s. 

 3,000 pengus... 



Zoological Station, 

 Busum. 



Grotto style 



12 by 30 meters 



20,000 marks. 



50 



650,000 gallons total. 



101 



190,000 liters total. 



None. 



50 cubic meters, 



salt. 

 4 



5,000 gallons. 

 2 



500,000 gallons, di- 

 rect from sea. 

 561 



575,000 gallons... 

 75,000 gallons.... 

 Variable supply. 



do 



Plus 10,000 



10,000. 

 2 



Numerous - 



None. 

 Yes... 



10 to 10, summer; 



to dark, winter. 



Yes.. 



275,000 plus schools. 

 12 



Manager, superin- 

 tendent, tank at; 

 tendants, toll 

 keeper, engineer, 

 electrician, gen- 

 eral attendants. 



Guide, post cards. . 



3 (fresh, fresh- 

 heated, sea 

 water) . 



10,000 liters. 

 2 



18,000 liters. 

 240 



75 cubic meters. 



70,000 liters- 

 120,000 liters. 



None 



25,000 liters.. 

 5,337 



4,000.. 

 None. 



95 



42 



1,200.. 



3,500. 



1,500-. 

 None. 

 None. 

 None. 

 2,000.. 



None. 

 Yes... 



8 to 6. 



None 



Yes (May to Sep- 

 tember). 



8 to 8.. 



Yes _ _ _ Yes 



160 VFinter, "r,330" 100...^ 



other times. 



237,153 I 14,000. 



2 inspectors, 4 stok- 

 ers, 1 officer. 



None 



None; 23 terraria... 



3 (fresh, fresh- 

 heated, salt). 



Yes 



Fresh water, heat- 

 ed. 



3,000 to 4,000 tropi- 

 cal fishes. 



Aquaria 



Director, 2 keepers, 

 secretary, ticket 

 taker. 



Guides, cards. 

 40 



No. 



Frankfurter Aqua- 

 rium. 

 Kurt Priemel. 

 1872. 

 Zoological Garden. 



Do. 



Grotto stvle. 

 33 by 22 meters 



300,000marks. 

 35,000 marks. 



91. 



10 to 500 liters. 



6 (3 salt, 3 fresh). 

 75 cubic meters. 



35 cubic meters. 



Do. 

 60 cubic meters. 



Do. 



1,404 plus inverte- 

 brates. 



980. 



3. 



254. 



166. 



Several thousand in 

 season. 



1. 



Yes. 



7 till dark. 



Yes. 



293 plus schools and 

 subscribers. 



106,945 plus schools 

 and subscribers. 



6 (including insect 

 house and hospi- 

 tal). 



Director, inspector, 

 4 attendants. 



48 (also 57 insectaria 

 and 70 terraria). 



4 (fresh, fresh- 

 heated, salt, salt- 

 heated). 



3 Aquarium site to be reconstructed, 1929, at a cost of S.'iOO.OOO. 



