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Budget. — The appropriation for the year 1920 was $54,891. 

 An increase on August 20 of $2,934.56 applicable to salaries, and 

 an issue of special revenue bonds at the close of the year to meet 

 a deficit in supplies, amounting to $3,360, were also granted. 



Atteiidance. — The attendance, which had decreased somewhat 

 during the war, has now returned to about what it was prior to 

 1915. The number of visitors in 1920 was 1,994,548, an increase 

 over that of 1919 of 143,973. The daily average for the year 

 was 5,449. 



The total attendance at the Aquarium for the twenty-three 

 years of its history exceeds forty-five millions. 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



Total 



ATTENDANCE AT THE AQUARIUM BY MONTHS, 1920. 



visitors. . . . 58,130 Daily average 



58,130 

 51,262 

 106,607 

 144,674 

 174,466 

 212,926 

 248,683 

 291,854 

 253,542 

 199,714 

 133,277 

 119,413 



1,994,548 



1,875 

 1,767 

 3,438 

 4,822 

 5,628 

 7,097 

 8,022 

 9,414 

 8,451 

 6,442 

 4,442 

 3,852 



5,449 



Foulness of the Water of the Harbor. — Owing to the increas- 

 ing pollution of the harbor, the Aquarium was compelled to in- 

 stall a system of pure stored sea water several years ago. The 

 use of this water resulted in an immediate improvement in the 

 health of the inmates of the Aquarium. Recent experiments 

 made at the Aquarium indicate that the harbor is now so polluted 

 by sewage that sea fishes cannot live in it more than a few days. 

 This appears to be proved by the fact that fishes carried in the 

 well of the A(iuarium collecting boat must be promptly removed 



