50 FISH CULTURAL ASSOCIATION. 
no objection to building an aquarium with an elevated reservoir 
(in addition to the lower one), and by using the aerating princi- 
ple given before, saving nine-tenths of the fuel and labor re- 
quired to run a set of tanks, as is now done, by pumping night 
and day. 
The main difficulty would seem to be the high temperature 
to which an elevated reservoir would be exposed during the 
summer. This might be fatal unless it could be overcome by 
natural advantages, as in case of a hill, where the reservoir 
might be placed in its side, or if connected with some institution 
which could combine an ice-house with its elevated reservoir. 
It has seemed almost impossible to sustain a public aquarium 
without the objectionable features of what are known as “ ad- 
ditional attractions,’ and yet it should not be. There are a few 
aquaria which are managed without these, as the one at Southport, 
the Crystal Palace Aquarium, and the pretty little one in Ham- 
burg. These have not even music to disturb one’s thoughts, 
and an aquarium, proper, should not have. These aquaria, how- 
ever, are situated in the midst of other attractions, and require 
an additional fee from the visitor, the first named being in the 
Winter Garden, the second in the Crystal Palace, and the third 
within the Zoological Garden. 
I have long hoped to see an aquarium built in America 
which would be conducted upon correct scientific principles, 
and in which men of science could become interested. Such an 
institution would not only be valuable to the public as an 
educational medium, but also to fish-culturists and scientists as 
a place for experiment. 
Mr. Puituips moved for an amendment to Article 3 of the 
Constitution, so as to include a Recording Secretary, which was 
carried. 
THE PRESIDENT announced that the nomination of officers 
for the coming year was now in order, and appointed as a 
Nominating Committee, Mr. Charles B. Evarts, Mr. Seth Weeks, 
and Mr. George E. Ward. 
A recess was then taken. 
