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purposes, according to the character of the species and the supply 

 available. 



Through Dr. Tarleton H. Bean, State Fish Culturist, two 

 large shipments of crappie or rock bass were received during the 

 year from the State Forest, Fish and Game Commission. A few 

 of these fishes were placed on exhibition in the Aquarium, and 

 the balance of the collection was deposited in Prospect Park 

 Lake, in Brooklyn, with a view to establishing the species and 

 providing a convenient collecting ground there for the future. 



The United States Bureau of Fisheries supplied the Aquar- 

 ium fish hatchery with fish eggs of diff'erent kinds as usual, and 

 the hatchery, which receives much attention from visitors, was 

 kept in operation about nine months of the year. The young 

 fishes reared in the hatchery, numbering about eight millions of 

 specimens and ten species, were delivered to the New York Fish 

 Commission, as in past seasons, for planting in state waters. 



The species hatched were brook, lake, rainbow and black- 

 spotted trout, Chinook and silver salmon ; yellow, white and pike 

 perch ; and whitefish. Exchanges of specimens were made with 

 the Detroit Aquarium and the Sportsmen's Show in Boston. 



A complete list of gifts to the Aquarium will be found under 

 the heading ''Gifts to the Aquarium." 



ATTENDANCE 



The year 1909, brought to the Aquarium more visitors than 

 ever before; the total number of persons being 3,803,501, an 

 average of 10,417 a day. 



The increase over that of 1909 amounted to 1,267,354. 



The following table shows the attendance at the New York 

 Aquarium in 1909 by months : 



