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great regret of all, this was not to be. On April 27, 1917, he 

 became ill, and died on May 15. When the will was made pub- 

 lic it was found that Mr. Steinhart had made ample provision 

 for a public aquarium, by bequeathing "to the California 

 Academy of Sciences the sum of two hundred and fifty thou- 

 sand dollars ($250,000) for the erection and completion of an 

 aquarium to be located in the Golden Gate Park of the city of 

 San Francisco, and adjacent to or adjoining the new buildings 

 and museum of said Academy of Sciences in said park, and 

 subject to the following conditions: 



1. Said aquarium to be called the Steinhart Aquarium, 

 and a bronze bust of my brother Sigmund Steinhart, now 

 deceased, but joint donor with me, to be erected and dis- 

 played in some convenient place in said Aquarium build- 

 ing. 



2. The location, plans, and specifications, and also the 

 appurtenances and installations therein, to be submitted to 

 my executors and to be approved by same. 



3. The final cost of said Aquarium not to exceed to my 

 estate the sum of said $250,000, to be certified to by the 

 principal officials of said Academy of Sciences and the 

 architect selected for the construction of said Aquarium. 



4. The management, superintendence, and operation of 

 said Aquarium to be in charge and under the direction of 

 said Academy of Sciences ; and I expect that the necessary 

 funds for the maintenance and operation of said Aquarium 

 will be furnished by the city of San Francisco for the 

 benefit of the inhabitants thereof, or those who may enjoy 

 said Aquarium and derive knowledge and information 

 therefrom.'' 



The Academy of Sciences, the executors, and the proper city 

 officials of San Francisco are all deeply interested in seeing the 

 Aquarium in full operation at an early date and are all working 

 in perfect harmony toward the realization of that end. 



The amount of money to be put into the building will pro- 

 vide an Aquarium building superior to any now in existence. 

 The Aquarium will be for both fresh and salt water species, 

 and there will be out-door pools for fur seals, sea lions, elephant 

 seals, porpoises, and other aquatic mammals and reptiles. 



