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visitors at the Aquarium is, so far as known, greater than that 

 of any other public museum of any kind in the world. 



It is an interesting fact that the attendance at the Natural 

 History Museum and the Art Museum in New York City re- 

 mains nearly stationary, notwithstanding the great size and al- 

 most priceless values of their respective collections. The Aqua- 

 rium can make no increase in its exhibits in the present build- 

 ing and its collections represent no money value of importance. 

 The fact that its attendance increases to an important degree is 

 a source of gratification. 



ATTENDANCE AT THE NEW YORK AQUARIUM. 



January Visitors 126,931 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



116,614 

 155,458 

 162,548 

 188,828 

 225,000 

 248,326 

 271,468 

 215,114 

 197,265 

 151,763 

 146,414 



Total " 2,205,729 



Total for 17 years 



Daily average 4,094 



4,164 



5,014 



5,418 



6,091 



7,500 



8,000 



8,757 



7,170 



6,363 



5,058 



4,723 



6,043 

 .34,939,508 



THE NEW YORK AQUARIUM NATURE SERIES. 



The officers of the Aquarium have from time to time pre- 

 pared works relative to marine life, which have been placed on 

 sale in the building and have been sold at a profit. The latest 

 pamphlet of this series is entitled : "The Care of Home Aqua- 

 ria," and was prepared with the view of meeting the continual 

 inquiry from correspondents of the New York Aquarium on this 

 subject. 



At the suggestion of the Director, Dr. Osburn, the author, 

 devoted the whole of Bulletin No. 50, New York Zoological So- 

 ciety, March, 1912, to the subject of The Balanced Aquarium. 

 This Bulletin, like other Aquarium numbers, was placed on sale 



