the whole cause all the way through. We also furnish similar exhibits for 

 many of the fairs throughout the State in the fall of the year. We also 

 are very proud of having the Boston Fish Pier, which is probably the biggest 

 fresh fish wharf in this country. About 123,000,000 pounds are landed 

 there annually. The Boston fish merchants are alive to the value of an 

 aquarium and this year have prepared plans to have an aquarium and 

 allied fisheries exhibit in one of the buildings. The room will be about 

 150 feet long and there will be an exhibition of various fishes in their 

 native element and a display of fishing apparatus, marine curios, photo- 

 graphs, and other interesting objects. Also motion picture films will bfe 

 shown to give the people an idea of actual methods of fishing. This is to 

 be put in operation next year. 



Mr. G. O. Leach, Washington, D. C. : The subject of aquariums has 

 never been brought up before at meetings of the Society, and I believe the 

 fish commissioners and fish culturists present must recognize the importance 

 of public aquariums. It is incumbent upon us to educate the people of 

 the country in regard to fish culture, and one of the best means of doing 

 this is to bring before them proper displays of aquatic life. If you have 

 public aquariums located in your city you will find school teachers very 

 glad to cooperate by bringing in school children to study the fish life. If 

 you interest the school children and educate them along the right lines 

 you are doing much to develop and produce citizens of the best type and 

 who will have a keen interest in and a better understanding of all forms 

 of wild life. 



Public aquariums hold great interest for visitors to cities and are always 

 thronged. Dr. C. H. Townsend, Director of the Battery Park Aquarium, 

 has stated that the institution attracts more people than any other public 

 enterprise in the city of New York. Ever since the time of Jonah people 

 have been interested in big fish ; they like to hear big fish stories ; they like 

 to see big fish ; they like to get acquainted with them. I think if the fish 

 commissioners of this country want to do something of a really construc- 

 tive nature for the good of the entire people they will get behind a move- 

 ment to establish public aquariums in the various cities. 



Mr. Carlos Avery, St. Paul, Minn. : As an illustration of the interest 

 taken in an aquarium by the public, I want to call attention to the small 

 exhibit we have at the State Fair in Minnesota, which is the largest fair 

 of its kind in the world. Over 400,000 people visit it in one week, and the 

 attendance at the aquarium is far greater than at any other place there 

 except the immense grand stand which is especially for entertainment. We 

 do not know how many people pass through the aquarium, but there is a 

 continuous moving mass ; they simply fight to get in to see the fish. 



Mr. M. G. Sellers, Philadelphia, Pa. : In Philadelphia we tried to 

 have a public aquarium, but could not get the municipal government inter- 

 ested. The Pennsylvania State Fish and Game Protective Association 

 finally discovered that there was an opportunity to procure the old Fair- 

 mount pumping station for that purpose, and be it said to the credit of the 

 anglers that they arranged the original subscriptions which started the 

 institution. 



Mr. B. O. Webster, Madison, Wis. : What we consider as a very fine 

 aquarium is operated at the State fair at Milwaukee. The Conservation 



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