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animals not required within doors can be kept in tanks 

 under shelter, but exposed to the fresh air. 



The windows of the ground floor have been greatly 

 improved by the removal of the heavy wooden sashes and 

 common glass, now replaced by continuous plate glass, 

 which gives much more light to the laboratories. The 

 discarded windows will be used for glazing in the verandah. 

 The whole of the outside iron and woodwork has also been 



Fir;. 3. Interior of the Aquarium. From a photo by 

 Mr. Edwin Thompson. 



re-painted. The varnishing of the interior will have to be 

 undertaken soon. There are many other minor improve- 

 ments which are only postponed from want of funds. 



A new high-level storage tank for sea-water has been 

 placed on the cliff behind the building. This useful addi- 

 tion, which gives a much-needed suppty of water to the 

 Aquarium and upper Laboratory, was paid for by part of 



