SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 85 
building during the summer. In winter, when the attendance 
is smaller, the matter of ventilation is not serious. 
For these improvements it will be necessary to secure an ad- 
ditional appropriation, as the maintenance fund will only be 
sufficient for the decoration of the exhibition tanks already re- 
ferred to. 
The balance of the appropriation for the year 1902, turned over 
to the Society on November Ist, was $5,968.64. This sum, with 
the exception of $8.67, was expended, the expenditures being as 
follows: 
November. 
Pay tolls tees cmp oie tue deatees ance $1,988.16 
General maintenance... 25. ..0. 451.92 $2,440.08 
December. 
AV TOMS! Soc. ciens 2: syste etehe\e eee ca weasel ove $2,042.91 
Generalemiamtenances. -..0m 1,476.98 3,519.89 
Mi otal pelet nantes orc eccrere les $5,959.97 
Balance maintenance for 1902... . $5,968.64 
Soe) etal © Cian i teceey ee dadei enone os -atueceh stole See 5959197, 
WreditualanCemanctac sce. vee aie ears $8.67 
The New York Aquarium has always been an institution of 
great popularity, its attendance throughout the year averaging 
5,000 persons daily, being somewhat larger in summer than in 
winter. The number of visitors for November and December 
was 97,052 and 54,294 respectively. The total number of vis- 
itors during the year 1902 was 1,700,453. 
The building is open every day in the year, including Sundays 
and holidays, from I0 A.M. to 4 P.M., except on the forenoons of 
Monday and Thursday as previously stated. 
The Society should proceed as rapidly as possible with the 
improvement of the Aquarium as a place of recreation for the 
public and with the development of its possibilities along new 
lines. 
The building itself is an interesting landmark, and was built 
in 1807 as a fort. In 1822 it became a place of amusement, and 
was known as Castle Garden. Jenny Lind began singing there 
in 1850. From 1855 to 1891 it was a landing station for immi- 
grants, and finally in 1896 was opened to the public as an 
aquarium. 
