120 NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
Cavalry. His decided interest in zoology led to his re-entering 
the service of the Aquarium where he is now Curator of fresh- 
water collections. A considerable part of his time will be spent 
in zoological collecting. 
Mr. Roswell Morse Shurtleff, a member of the Aquarium 
Committee, died January 6, 1915, at the age of seventy-five. He 
had been a member of the Committee since 1902. 
Dr. Sergius Morgulis who has been studying the subject of 
nutrition in fishes under the auspices of the United States 
Bureau of Fisheries continued at the Aquarium the work begun 
there by him in 1914. 
At the request of the United States Bureau of Fisheries 
office facilities were provided at the Aquarium for a few weeks 
for Mr. Thos. M. Douthart who had been detailed by the Bureau 
to conduct a campaign for the introduction of the tilefish into 
the markets of New York and Boston. A fishing vessel 
chartered by the Bureau, landed several fares in New York and 
other vessels soon engaged in the fishery. The results hoped 
for were realized and the tilefish has already taken an important 
place in the fish trade of New York and other cities. 
OLD PRINT OF THE AQUARIUM BUILDING. 
The color print showing the Aquarium building, formerly 
known as Castle Garden, in 1850, is an excellent copy of the 
original in the collection of the Down Town Association. It is 
one of the few color prints of this old structure, and the Di- 
rector of the Aquarium is indebted to the House Committee of 
the Down Town Association for permission to reproduce it in 
this report. 
According to the legend on the original it was ‘Drawn by 
C. Autenreith,” ‘‘Published by Henry Hoff, 180 William St., New 
York,” and “Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 
1850.” 
Other old prints of the Aquarium building have been repro- 
duced in the publications of the Zoological Society as follows: 
Bulletin of the Zoological Society, April, 1907; April, 1908; 
March, 1910; March, 1914; March, 1915; March, 1916. Report 
of the Zoological Society, 1906. 
As has been the practice for many years, the Aquarium 
continues to assist teachers of biology in the city schools in 
