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collecting and shipment of the fishes, while the other two in- 

 stitutions paid the expenses. This has given the Aquarium 200 

 tropical fishes without any cost except the labor of the foreman 

 who made the trip, and cartage in New York. 



A penguin from southern Chili, presented to the Society, 

 has been a very attractive exhibit and seems to be thriving. It 

 has the freedom of the sturgeon pool in the daytime, and at 

 night is kept in an open pen on the gravel roof. 



Mr. J. K. Nye presented four new porpoises to the Society, 

 two of which were young and soon died. The other two are 

 doing well. The dead porpoises were sent by special request 

 to the biological department of Princeton University as the gift 

 of the Society. 



The last of the porpoises which had been on exhibition at 

 the Aquarium for twenty-one months, died during the month of 

 August, owing to the unusually bad conditions of the harbor 

 water. 



John J. DeNijse. — Mr. John J. DeNyse, Collector at the 

 Aquarium and one of the oldest employees, became incapacitated 

 during the year as the result of a stroke of paralysis, was retired 

 under the Pension Plan, and died on December 29, 1915. 



Pathologist. — Upon the recommendation of Dr. Townsend, 

 Director of the Aquarium, Dr. George A. MacCallum of the Col- 

 lege of Physicians and Surgeons, who is doing some very valu- 

 able work at the Aquarium on parasites, has been appointed 

 Pathologist to the Aquarium. 



Assistant Director. — Dr. Raymond C. Osburn has tendered 

 his resignation as Assistant Director of the Aquarium to take 

 the chair of Biology in the New Connecticut College for Women 

 at New London. Your committee lose his services with much 

 regret. 



Mr. Chapman Grant has been engaged with the title of 

 Curator of Fresh-Water Collections. 



New Aquarium. — The model of the new Aquarium Build- 

 ing has been moved from the American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, and is now on exhibition at the Aquarium. 



Repairs. — Certain repairs being necessary to the Aquarium 

 Building, an application was made by your committee to the 

 Board of Aldermen for an issue of Revenue Bonds for the fol- 

 lowing purposes: 



