ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



AN OLD TRIN r OK TlIK AIJL'ARU'M lUII.IMNG 



wliicli is an amplification of the article in the 

 1912 Bii.LETiN, was prepared and is now of- 

 fered for sale. The volume of sixty-four pages 

 with twenty-nine cuts, is devoted especiallv to 

 the methods of setting up, stocking and caring 

 for balanced aquaria suitable for the home 

 and classroom. Some of the topics discussed 

 are: The meaning of balance, temperature, 

 planting the aquarium, stocking the aquarium, 

 feeding, cleaning, marine aquaria, diseases and 

 parasites, etc., etc. The booklet in paper cover 

 may be obtained from the New York ,\(iuarium 

 for twenty-five cents. 



.VNOTHER OLD PRINT OF THE 

 AQUARIUM. 



The Aquarium building, l<mg known as Castle 

 Garden, has been ))ut to many uses and sub- 

 jected to many alterations in its century of 

 service. The Aquarium library has gradually 

 acquired a collection of old time prints whiili 

 present many different aspects of the struc- 

 ture. 



Originally it was a circular fort. During the 

 many years when it was used as a landing place 

 for immigrants it acquired superstructures and 



was surrounded by accessory buildings. When 

 it became an .Vquarium the u])per story was re- 

 modeled to some extent and tlie surrounding 

 buildings removed. Prior to 1869 it was 

 brought within the limits of Battery Park by 

 the filling in of the shallows and the construc- 

 tion of the sea wall which now encloses it. 



Some of the prints referred to have been re- 

 published in the bulletins .and annual reports 

 of the New York Zoological Society, as follows: 

 BiLLETiN, April, 1907; April, 1908; March, 

 1910; Annual Report, 1906, A photograph of 

 the bronze tablet placed on the building in 1909 

 will be found in the Billktin for March, 1910. 

 Tlie date of the print rejiroduced in this num- 

 ber of the BiLi.ETiN is not set forth on the 

 )irint. but it was of course )irior to 1869. 



C. H. T. 



ATTENDANCE AT THE AQUARIUM. 



During the year 1913, the total attendance 

 .it the New York Aquarium was 2.20.5,729. 

 This is an average of more than six thousand 

 persons a day. The attendance has increased 

 slowlv from year to year, notwithstanding the 

 fact that the exhibits cannot be increased nor 

 greatlj- altered in the present building. 



