FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 



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The attendance for July, August and September averaged 

 17,887 a day. The largest number of visitors for a single day 

 (September 25), was 64,795. The attendance for the first seven 

 days of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration was 230,434 or 33,204 a 

 day. 



The number of visitors for the thirteen years of the Aquar- 

 ium's history, as shown by the following table, now exceeds 

 twenty-five millions: 



1897 Visitors 1,635,252 Daily average 4,480 



1898 

 1899 

 1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 

 1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 



1,689,471 

 1,841,330 

 1,585,584 

 1,644,856 

 1,700,453 

 1,547,873 

 1,625,770 

 1,726,170 

 2,106,569 

 2,131,393 

 2,536,147 

 3,803,501 



Total 13 years. . . 25,574,369 



4,628 

 5,044 

 4,344 

 4,506 

 4,659 

 4,240 

 4,554 

 4,729 

 5,771 

 5,839 

 6,948 

 10,417 



5,389 



This is a remarkable record, unequalled so far as available 

 reports indicate, by any museum in the world. The great in- 

 crease over that of any preceding year was due neither to the 

 Hudson-Fulton Celebration in September, nor to anything un- 

 usual in the character of the exhibits. There were no increases 

 in the collections, as the number of exhibition tanks could not be 

 increased under existing conditions. The Aquarium is in fact 

 its own advertiser, and it seems that no advertisement could be 

 better than a well-pleased visitor. 



Improvements 



Improvements From Maintenance Fund. — The five-inch 

 fresh water supply line was renewed throughout, the original 

 line having rusted out completely. The rusted-out spiral piping 

 connecting the fresh-water tank overflows with the sewer, was 

 replaced with a galvanized iron line. In order that leaking pipes 

 be kept in repair it became necessary to convert the pipe trench 

 from the Aquarium to the reservoir, into an accessible brick- 

 walled tunnel, with iron-framed manholes. 



