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Cavalry. His decided interest in zoology led to his re-entering 

 the service of the Aquarium where he is now Curator of fresh- 

 water collections. A considerable part of his time will be spent 

 in zoological collecting. 



Mr. Roswell Morse Shurtleff, a member of the Aquarium 

 Committee, died January 6, 1915, at the age of seventy-five. He 

 had been a member of the Committee since 1902. 



Dr. Sergius Morgulis who has been studying the subject of 

 nutrition in fishes under the auspices of the United States 

 Bureau of Fisheries continued at the Aquarium the work begun 

 there by him in 1914. 



At the request of the United States Bureau of Fisheries 

 office facilities were provided at the Aquarium for a few weeks 

 for Mr. Thos. M. Douthart who had been detailed by the Bureau 

 to conduct a campaign for the introduction of the tilefish into 

 the markets of New York and Boston. A fishing vessel 

 chartered by the Bureau, landed several fares in New York and 

 other vessels soon engaged in the fishery. The results hoped 

 for were realized and the tilefish has already taken an important 

 place in the fish trade of New York and other cities. 



OLD PRINT OF THE AQUARIUM BUILDING. 



The color print showing the Aquarium building, formerly 

 known as Castle Garden, in 1850, is an excellent copy of the 

 original in the collection of the Down Town Association. It is 

 one of the few color prints of this old structure, and the Di- 

 rector of the Aquarium is indebted to the House Committee of 

 the Down Town Association for permission to reproduce it in 

 this report. 



According to the legend on the original it was "Drawn by 

 C. Autenreith," "Published by Henry Hoff, 180 William St., New 

 York," and "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 

 1850." 



Other old prints of the Aquarium building have been repro- 

 duced in the publications of the Zoological Society as follows: 

 Bulletin of the Zoological Society, April, 1907; April, 1908; 

 March, 1910; March, 1914; March, 1915; March, 1916. Report 

 of the Zoological Society, 1906. 



As has been the practice for many years, the Aquarium 

 continues to assist teachers of biology in the city schools in 



