638 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [8] 



This great aquarium lias been a success in every way. As a paying 

 investment it has been remarkable. The total expenditure was £80,000, 

 about $400,000, which included cost of the land and of the sea-wall and 

 a carriage drive and promenade. Over £25,000 have been returned in 

 dividends. Ten per cent, was paid in 1873 and another dividend of 15 

 per cent, was about to be declared. 



The company publishes a guide-book to the aquarium, giving all 

 needful information to the visitor, and interesting descriptions of most 

 of the fishes. Two distinguished naturalists, Frank Buckland and 

 Henry Lee,"are employed. I am indebted to the guide-book and to the 

 engiueeer, Mr." Birch, No 7 Wesminster Chambers, London, for the in- 

 formation here given beyond what could be obtained by personal exami- 

 nation. 



SCARBOROUGH AQUARIUM. 



The great success of the Brighton undertaking has induced the same 

 parties who now hold that stock to project another aquarium upon even 

 a greater scale at Scarborough. The work is under the direction of the 

 same engineer, Mr. E. Birch, who showed me some of the plans. The 

 new work will have some improvements, and will be the finest in ex- 

 istence. Money will be freely used for its advancement and to render 

 it a most attractive i)lace of resort for amusement and instruction. It 

 is conlidently expected that it will be a profitable enterprise. 



AQUARIUM AT LIVERPOOL. 



A new aquarium, is not only to be built at Scarborough, but the city 

 of Liverpool is also to have one on a large scale combired with a con- 

 cert hall, a conservatory, a restaurant, &c. All these portions of the 

 structure will be so arranged as to be in one unbroken line and to give 

 a delightful promenade and place of resort. The general plan is a par- 

 allelogram, and there are to be twenty-four tanks, ranging from 6 to 70 

 feet in length, with a capacity of 100,000 gallons of sea-water drawn 

 from a reservoir capable of holding four times the amount. And in the 

 same manner as at Brighton there will be numerous table tanks and 

 basins. Artificial rock- work ferneries, &c., constitute part of the plan, 

 which is to be executed in the best and most liberal manner. The es- 

 timated cost is $250,000, which is to be raised by the sale of shares. 



BERLIN AQUARIUM. 



The aquarium at Berlin, owned by a joint stock company, founded in 

 1867 and opened on the 11th of May, 1869, has since been in continuous 

 and successful operation. It is located in the heart of the city, upon 

 the famous avenue JJnter den Linden, so that it is not only readily 

 reached, but is a constant attraction day and evening to those who have 

 ain hour or two at command. It occuiiies a building in the rear of that 

 fronting on the street, so that the street frontage is not injured for busi- 



