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NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



Dr. W. H. Bates experimented for several months on the 

 eyes of fishes, in continuation of his studies of the previous year. 



Specimens of fishes and invertebrates were suppHed from 

 time to time to investigators connected with institutions in New 

 York and elsewhere, whenever they could be spared from the 

 collections in the Aquarium. A laboratory for the accommoda- 

 tion of zoological workers is still one of the needs of the 

 Aquarium. 



ATTENDANCE. 



The number of persons annually visiting the Aquarium has 

 been considerably reduced since the commencement of the war 

 in Europe. In 1915 the annual attendance, which for many years 

 had exceeded 2,000,000, fell to 1,538,831. The attendance in 

 1916 was 1,499,667— a further decrease of 39,164. 



As stated in last year's report, immigration from Europe 

 and tourist travel from the United States have nearly ceased. 

 The number of persons passing through New York has, in con- 

 sequence, been sufficiently reduced to account for the decreased 

 attendance at the Aquarium. 



A comparison of the totals, for 1915 and 1916, show that 

 the attendance is becoming stationary and that a further de- 

 crease in visitors is improbable. 



TABLE OF ATTENDANCE, 1916. 



January visitors 



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