THE PUBLIC AQUARIUM 337 



Table of information regarding the aquariums of the icorld in 1927 — Continued 



Europe 



City. 



Nice, France 



Paris, France 



Plymouth, England 



Institution 



Presiding officer - 



When opened 



Owned by 



Controlled by. 



Aquarium de Nice- 



Doctor Dida 



1921 ._ 



Doctor Dida.. 



Trocadero Aquarium, 



Mr. Grandjean 



1878 



City of Paris 



-do- 



Shape of building. 

 Size of building- -- 



Cost to build 



Annual maintenance cost- 

 Exhibition tanks 



Capacity of tanks 



Pools 



Capacity of pools 



Reserve tanks - - 



Reservoirs 



Capacity of reservoirs 



Rectangular- - 

 50 by 100 feet- 



400,000 francs- 



(irotto style 



Gardens and grotto, 21,000 

 square feet. 



15 



55,000 liters- 

 None 



80,000 francs 



24 



5,300 to 21,200 gallons. 

 None 



10 



3 



50,000 liters. 



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 



Between what hours 



Entrance fee 



Visitors a day 



Visitors a year 



Persons em ployed 



In what capacity 



General canalization of 



Paris. 

 380 



48,000 liters 



7,000 liters- 



25,000 to 50,000 liters- 

 7,000 liters 



5,300 to 21,200 gallons 

 (river water only). 



70 to 80 varieties. 



None 



4-- 



2 



20 



None 



Yes 



9to6 -. 



Yes, except schools. 

 50 to 300 



40,000 



3. 



200,000 to 265,000 gallons. 



3,000 ." 



3,000... 



None 



None 



None 



None 



None... - 



Except Monday 



10to5 



Free 



200,000. 

 fi 



Cards, specimens, pam- 

 phlets. 



Balanced aquaria 



Total capacity. 



Water systems _.- 



Fish hatchery 



Salt or fresh water 



Number fry hatched annu- 

 ally. 

 Disposition of same ..- 



Director, keeper, 



cleaning man. 

 Cards, pamphlets, 



specimens. 



(i to 10, 1 terrarium 



300 liters 



2 (fresh-heated, salt- 



filtered-heated). 



Water pumped from 



sea 3 times a day. 



No- 



Fresh . 



Yes 



Fresh 



300,000 to 500,000, chiefly 



trout. 

 Special establishment near 



Fontainebleau. 



Plvmouth .'Vquarium. 



E. J. Allen. 



1888. 



Marine Biological 

 Association. 



Director, Marine Bio- 

 logical Association. 



34H by 70 feet, exhibi- 

 tion room. 



12. 



21,800 gallons. 



5. 



780 gallons. 



14 (private). 



2. 



50,000 gallons each. 



137Ji. 



21 ,400 gallons. 

 1 ,000 gallon.s. 



50,000 gallons. 



Varying. 



Yes. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



Yes. 



No. 



Except Sunday. 



10 to 6. 



Yes. 



21,300. 

 10. 



2 attendants, 8 collect- 

 ing staff. 



Guides, specimens, ap- 

 paratus. 



2 (fresh, salt). 



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