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species which the Aquarium has been fortunate in having almost 

 continually on hand, the two most interesting exhibits have been 

 a pair of fur-seal pups from St. Paul Island, Behring Sea. These 

 seals are the first fur-seals ever exhibited on the Atlantic Coast, 

 with the exception of two which were in Washington dur- 

 ing 1910. 



The details of the administration of the Aquarium are fully 

 set forth in the report of the Assistant Director of that institu- 

 tion. 



ENLARGEMENT OF THE AQUARIUM 



The entire j^ear has been devoted to a careful revision of 

 the preliminary plans for the proposed enlargement of the 

 Aquarium in Battery Park, and many prehminary questions 

 relative to the general contour of the building and ground plan 

 may be regarded as settled. The second set of preliminary 

 studies was published in the November Bulletin, and these plans 

 have been submitted to the proper authorities and have met so 

 far only with favorable comment. The plans were prepared by 

 Mr. J. Stewart Barney, and are reprinted on pages 112-114 of 

 this report. 



The City will be asked, during the coming spring, for a 

 bond issue for the construction of this building, and the Director 

 of the Aquarium, Dr. Charles H. Townsend, will be sent abroad 

 to inspect and study the existing aquariums in Europe, so that 

 the detailed plans, when completed, will embody the very latest 

 development. Your Committee intends to make the new Aquar- 

 ium by far the greatest institution of its kind in the world, and 

 at the same time to take advantage of the unique opportunities 

 to establish a complete biological laboratory in connection there- 

 with. 



BRONX PARKWAY COMMISSION 



The status of the proposed Bronx River Parkway, from 

 Bronx Park to Kensico Dam, remains substantially unchanged. 

 The project has been brought before the new City administra- 

 tion, and has been referred to a committee consisting of the 

 Hon. Cyrus C. Miller, President of the Borough of the Bronx, 

 and the Hon. William A. Prendergast, Comptroller of the City 

 of New York. Mr. Miller has investigated the matter with the 

 utmost care and with his engineers has gone over the ground 

 and familiarized himself with the various features of the pro- 

 posed Parkway. This sub-committee has not yet reported to 

 the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, but the Commission 



