Commission stocks it with fish and it is undoubtedly one of the strongest 

 attractions at the fair. Contrary to the usual construction of an aquarium, 

 it is built so that the fish may be seen from the outside. By merely pass- 

 ing around the outside of the building it is possible for the people to see 

 all of the fish that are on exhibition. This idea applied to a State fair, or 

 other similar place, where it could be used, is decidedly novel. Any work 

 to be done on the aquarium can be accomplished from the inside without 

 interference with or by the people who are looking at the exhibit from the 

 outside. 



• Mb. Cabl Kraikee, Philadelphia, Pa. : The Fairmount Park Commis- 

 sion expects to have its aquarial display completed by Thanksgiving Day. 

 We have one room now that has been open to the public for four years ; the 

 second room, which is 200 feet long and 60 feet wide, has not been completed. 

 We have a fair exhibit of both fresh and salt-water fishes. When completed 

 we shall have about 90 tanks, the smallest of 60 gallons capacity, and the 

 largest, 20,000 gallons. All of the ,tanks are of solid concrete with plate 

 glass windows in front. The salt water is used over and over again, and 

 care is taken that its saline quality is not lowered. 



The aquarium in Fairmount Park is very well attended by the public 

 in general, also by students from the university, colleges, high schools, and 

 the lower grades down to the kindergarten classes. From time to time 

 they hear talks and lectures in regard to fishes. The teachers say that 

 it is very impressive to the children. On Thanksgiving Day, 1915, over 

 12,000 people were in attendance. 



Mr. N. R. Buller, Harrisburg, Pa. : The question of public aquar- 

 iums is one that should receive the hearty endorsement of this Society. 

 We have always believed that there is nothing more educational than an 

 exhibit of live fishes, and the Department of Fisheries of Pennsylvania has 

 endeavored to devote certain portions of its hatchery buildings to the 

 exhibition of fishes for educational purposes. Thousands of school children 

 in the northwestern part of the State visit the aquarium at the Erie 

 hatchery during the school term for the purpose of studying fish life. Even 

 at the hatcheries isolated from centers of population, it is interesting to 

 note how far people from the country will drive to see such an exhibit. At 

 the Pleasant Mount hatchery, there is an entire room devoted to an 

 jjquarial display. I recently saw around the hatchery grounds a hundred 

 automobiles belonging to people that had come in from the country dis- 

 tricts to see the display of live fish. I think it is of great importance that 

 the Society endorse the project of public aquariums. 



Mr. L. H. Darwin, Seattle, Wash. : The exhibit that we have at 

 Seattle has been of great value to thousands of people who throng it 

 almost every day during the summer season. The attendance is not as 

 large during the winter, but probably at least 1,000 people are there every 

 day in the summer. We maintain chiefly fresh-water fish of mature age, 

 so-called game fishes. The value of live fish as a drawing card was demon- 

 strated to such an extent that we had to install a permanent aquarium at 

 the State fair at North Yakima. A peculiarity there was that other ex- 

 hibitors complained because the aquarium attracted more attention than 

 any other exhibit, and they insisted that it be put in an out-of-the-way 

 place. After eight . years' experience I am able to testify that a public 



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