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lection of yearling and two-year-old specimens of most of these 
valuable food and game fishes. 
A supply of trout and salmon eggs was furnished by the Bureau 
of Fisheries to the New York Sportsmen’s Show, held in Mad- 
ison Square Garden in February. These were exhibited in a 
small hatchery erected under the supervision of the director of 
the Aquarium. An employee of the Aquarium was detailed for 
duty at the Garden during the continuance of the Exhibition to 
insure their safety. The eggs were afterwards transferred to 
the Aquarium, where they were hatched out, and finally delivered 
to the New York Fish, Forest and Game Commission for dis- 
tribution. 
A number of persons interested in fish-culture made repeated 
visits to the fish-hatchery, among them Prof. I. Itani, Fishery 
Commissioner of Japan. 
Before the close of the year arrangements were made with the 
United States Fisheries Bureau for the continuance of the fish- 
hatching exhibit during the season of 1905. 
WORK OF THE COLLECTOR. 
The collector, Mr. John J. DeNyse, has procured not only the 
supply of local marine specimens, but gathered great quantities 
of minnows and shrimps as live food. He has also gathered, at 
no small effort, large quantities of eel-grass, used as food for 
the manatees. One of his trips, extending as far as Lake Chau- 
tauqua, resulted in several large specimens of muskallunge. In 
procuring local fresh-water fishes he has had the assistance of 
other employees. The surplus of marine invertebrates, procured 
by the collector, has been supplied freely to teachers in the public 
schools. 
SMALL AQUARIA IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
The New York Aquarium continues to assist teachers of 
biology in the schools, by furnishing from its surplus stock, speci- 
mens of marine invertebrates for school aquaria. No expense is 
incurred other than the time and carfare of the messenger 
delivering the specimens. The necessary aquaria jars are pro- 
vided by the schools, and teachers visit the laboratory at the 
Aquarium, where instruction in caring for small aquaria is given 
by Mr. L. B. Spencer. The number of aquaria already stocked 
is about 180, and no specimens have been supplied except at the 
special request of the principal or teacher. 
