THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 89 
The number of visitors for the twelve years of the Aquarium’'s 
history is now close to twenty-two millions, as shown by the fol- 
lowing table: 
WSO Tet ots sh Visitors T035,252 0) Daily averages a a. .-m- 4,480 
Hi Oo) ae eae : 1,689,471 < fig Rosen eo as 4,628 
MSOONm ee ¥ 1,841,330 - Gin ara, Neer 5,044 
MOO eee - 1,585,584 e SM ee acker 4,344 
MOOI wae 2 ‘ 1,644,856 - el ge enor 4,506 
MOOD ee cts S 1,700,453 Pn ee eee Seat 4,659 
OOD 4c fs ‘ 1,547,073 ‘ ie eee 4,240 
WOOAG scence! io 1,625,770 4 ore Sethe 4,554 
MOOS, eens: :: 1,720,170 ze See he 4,729 
NOOO: Ss i 2,106,509 : eae ener Cel 
WOO Tie oe o's if 213,203 . SA erie eenae 5,839 
EOC Owes a3. i: 2,530,147 ss iO pe ae 6,948 
AR OUCH Gs Weare pares 21,770,868 * =) 2 years:4.070 
The records of attendance for the larger public museums of 
America and Europe present no such figures respecting visitors. 
Judging from the patronage of the public the Aquarium is the 
most popular institution in the world. 
Fish Hatchery.—The United States Bureau of Fisheries has 
generously supplied from year to year fish eggs from Government 
trout, salmon, shad and whitefish hatcheries, for the maintenance 
of the Aquarium exhibit of fish culture. Eggs are received as 
different species come in season and the hatching trays, troughs 
and glass tanks show during most of the year fish eggs and young 
fishes of several kinds in various stages of development. The New 
York Fish Commission continues to remove to State waters the 
annual output of young fishes amounting to two or three millions. 
The Aquarium fish cultural exhibit is an object of frequent in- 
quiry and undoubtedly awakens an interest in the subject of pri- 
vate fish raising, which is an occupation of growing importance. 
Quite a number of men have sought information respecting the 
methods of fish growing and have availed themselves of the 
facilities afforded by the Aquarium library. 
The Director’s article on the “Cultivation of Fishes in Ponds,” 
published by the New York Zoological Society, in its eleventh 
annual report, has been republished by the American Fisheries 
Society and by two magazines devoted to outdoor life, and permis- 
sion to reprint has been given to the fishery commissions of four 
different States. Many of the fish culturists of the country re- 
