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eral specimens, but only one was received alive. It measured 

 nearly eight feet in length and weighed 181 pounds. This shark 

 lived in one of the large floor pools for five weeks and attracted 

 a great deal of attention. Large sharks usually do not live longer 

 than a week or two in captivity. The sharks which did not reach 

 the Aquarium alive were each exhibited for a few days on ice, 

 which gave visitors the opportunity of examining them closely. 

 These included the following species: Milbert's Shark, {Car- 

 cliarJiiiius milherti) , Sand Shark, (Carcharias littoralis) , Blue 

 Shark, (Prionace glauca), and Short-nosed Shark, (HypopHon 

 brevij-o.'itrus) . 



Early in June, Mr. Mowbray, of the Aquarium Staff, made 

 a large collection of tropical fishes at Turk's Island, Bahamas, 

 but all of these specimens were lost during a hurricane which 

 struck that island a few days before the arrival of the steamer 

 on which they were to be shipped. In November, Mr. Mowbray 

 secured 347 tropical fishes, representing 42 species, at Key West, 

 Florida. 



Numerous local sea fishes were collected from the shores 

 of Long Island and New Jersey, and a great many fresh water 

 species from the various lakes in the City parks. 



The fish hatchery in the Aquarium was kept in operation 

 as usual through shipments of fish eggs from Government hatch- 

 eries. Eggs of the smelt, 2,000,000 in number, were also suppHed 

 by the State Conservation Commission. The species hatched 

 included brook, rainbow and black-spotted trout, yellow perch, 

 pike-perch, and smelt. The young fry were distributed as fol- 

 lows : In the lake at Scarsdale, an enlargement of Bronx River, 

 7,500,000 yellow perch ; in the Hudson River at New York City, 

 1,950,000 smelt; to the State Conservation Commission, 3,500,- 

 000 pike-perch; to the Interstate Park Commission, 1,450,000 

 pike-perch ; to the New Jersey Fish Commission, 300 black-spot- 

 ted trout ; to waters in Orange County, New York, 1,500 rainbow 

 trout and 500 brook trout. 



EMPLOYES. 



The only changes among the officers of the Aquarium were 

 the resignation of Mr. Chapman Grant, who re-entered the U. S. 

 Army, and the appointment of Miss Ida Mellen as Secretary, 



