cured on Race Street between 9th and 10th Streets, 

 where there are several stores that deal in goods 

 of this kind, the Chinese being very fond of 

 shrimp, they using it mostly in soup. 



PUBLIC AQUARIA 



The United States at the present time can 

 boast of only four public aquaria. The one at 

 Battery Park, New York, is the largest. It has 

 94 glass fronted wall tanks, 7 floor pools, the 

 largest of which is 37 feet in diameter and about 

 25 smaller tanks. 



The total number of fishes and invertebrates in 

 this aquarium January 1, 1914, was 6,700, repre- 

 senting 200 different species. The collection of 

 fishes alone is generally about 4,000 specimens and 

 150 species. The collection includes both fresh 

 and salt water species. The attendance for the 

 year 1913 was 2,205,729. 



The Boston Aquarimu is so arranged that the 

 exhi])ition tanks can be used as 55 separate tanks, 

 if desired, each 3i/> feet wide, or by taking out 

 the removable glass partitions, two or more tanks 

 can be converted into one for the exhibition of 

 large or specially active fishes. The present 

 arrangement is 45 tanks, of which 20 are occupied 

 by marine species and 25 by those of fresh 

 water. 



There are about 60 species and approximately 

 800 fish on exhibition and in reserve. (There are 

 30 reserve tanks.) The attendance during the 

 first year, which ended November, 1913, was a 

 little over 1,100,000. 



The Detroit Aquarium has 44 wall tanks rang- 

 ing in size from 3 feet 6 inches to 8 feet 6 inches 

 wide and 3 feet 6 inches deep, three floor pools, 

 one large tank in the centre of the building, oval 

 in shape, being 12 feet long and 8 feet wide by 3 

 feet 6 inches deep. In addition to this they have 

 14 smaller aquaria in the hall. 



The aquarium carries about 70 species of salt 

 and fresh water fish. The attendance is about 

 1,000,000 per year. 



The Philadelphia Aquarium is only a temporary 

 exhibit of 32 tanks from 4 feet to 6 feet long, 



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