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NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



LEAD FILTER PIPE 

 WITH SAW CUTS 



overlying sand. With the help of an expert 

 lead-burner it is believed that the necessary 

 repairs can be made by the employes of the 

 Aquarium at comparatively little cost. 



Reservoir. — The Aquarium reservoir 

 is at present well filled with stored sea 

 water. An addition of several thousand 

 gallons was made during the summer to 

 replace losses by evaporation, leakage, 

 shipments to other aquariums and dona- 

 tions to public schools for small marine 

 aquaria. All additions of sea water to the 

 reservoir are brought by boat from the 

 ocean, the water of New York Bay being 

 too foul for aquarium purposes. 



Coal. — The consumption of coal during 

 the year was 956 tons, the cost of which 

 was $7,037.00. 



Employes. — Early in 1909 two employes of the Aquarium 

 (Messrs. Sutcliffe and Shea) who had been in military service, 

 returned to the Aquarium. In the autumn Mr. L. L. Mowbray, 

 who had been on the staff of the Aquarium for five years, re- 

 signed to take charge of the Aquarium now being built at Miami, 

 Florida. The present number of employes is 23. 



Aid to Schools and Teachers. — In accordance with a practice 

 established many years ago, the Aquarium distributed during the 

 year more than a thousand living marine specimens to forty-two 

 public schools requesting fishes and invertebrates for school 

 aquaria. The number of school children visiting the Aquarium 

 accompanied by teachers, was 7,761. 



Neiu Guide Book. — The publication of the Guide Book, the 

 manuscript and illustrations for which have long been in the 

 hands of the printer, has been delayed on account of 

 labor troubles. Although the work of printing has been com- 

 pleted, the work of binding has not yet been commenced. The 

 Guide Book contains 170 pages and 160 illustrations. The num- 

 ber of species considered is 350. All the illustrations, with the 

 exception of four or five, were made from specimens living in the 

 Aquarium. 



