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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



assi:ts, di;cembe;r 31. 1909 



Notes secured by first deed of trust 

 on real estate $30,500.00 



Publications on hand, at cost 7,000.00 



Real estate, adjoining 28^ feet on 



i6th St. (purchase price).. 11,338-95 



Cash, on deposit in the Washington 



Loan & Trust Company 10,614.55 



$59,453-50 



Liabilities, December 31, 1909 none 



Respectfully submitted, 



John Joy Edson, 



Treasure7\ 



THE NEW YORK AQUARIUM 



THE New York Aqnarinm had a 

 sreater number of visitors during 



the year 1909 than ever before, the at- 

 tendance being 3,803,501 — an average of 

 10,417 a day. 



These figures show that the Aquarium 

 has a greater patronage by the pubhc 

 than all the other museums of the city, 

 including the Zoological Park, combined, 

 and 1,800,000 more, for the same period, 

 than the New York Hippodrome, which 

 has probably the largest attendance of 

 any theater in the city. These figures 

 are unequaled by those of any other 

 museum in the world of which statistics 

 are available. 



C. H. TOWNSEND, 



Director. 



Photo from Rev. B. St. John 



A CAKE stand: PEKING, NORTH CHINA 

 The carved tube is a piece of bamboo into which the cash is thrown as purchases are made 



