ELEVENTH AXXl'AL REPORT. §5 



The following table shows the attendance at the Aqnarium in 

 1906 by months : 



January ...Number of visitors 106,242 Daily average 3.427 



February ... " "■ 100,321 "' '" 3.583 



^larch ■' " 121,197 " " 3.909 



April " " 191 463 •' •• 6.382 



I\Iay " ■■ 210,027 " '• 6.775 



June " " 178,815 '■ " 5.960 



July ■' " 261,376 •• " 8,431 



August .... " '■ 369,547 " " 11,921 



September .. " " 267,799 " " 8,926 



October .... " " 138.727 " " 4-475 



INovember .. "' " 100,184 " " 3.339 



December . . " '" 60,871 " " 1,960 



Total . ., 2,106,569 ■■ " 5.771 



With the close of the year 1906, the Aquarium completes its 

 tenth year. The total attendance for these ten years amounts to 

 17,103,328 — a daily average of 4,685. This appears to be, from 

 the data available, a world's record. 



The attendance for the past ten years is shown in the following 

 table : 



1897* Msitors 1,635,252 Daily average 4.480 



1898 •• 1.689,471 "' "^ 4,628 



1899 " 1.841.330 ■• •• 5-044 



1900 •• 1,585-584 ■' " 4.344 



1901 " 1/H4.856 " •• 4-506 



1902 " ^,700,453 " ■■ 4.65Q 



1903 " 1,547-873 " ■' 4,240 



1904 ■■ 1,625.770 '• " 4.554 



1905 " 1,726,170 •■ •• 4,729 



1906 " 2,106,569 " ■■ 5.771 



Total 17,103,328 ■' " 4.685 



^Includes twenty-one days of December, 1896. 



AID TO SCHOOL TEACHERS. 



For several years the Aquarium has supplied to teachers of 

 biology in the City schools, specimens of marine invertebrates for 

 class work and for small aquaria. This work was continued 



