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BELDT’S AQUARIUM, St. Louis, Mo. 
General Directions to Customers 
Forwarding—All shipments of live stock are for¬ 
warded via express; also all glass articles. We guar¬ 
antee glass articles only if forwarded via express and 
in case of damage in transit will replace all articles 
gratis only if a bad order is obtained from express 
company and mailed to us. We do not pay express 
charges on replacements or on original orders. We 
do not guarantee live stock sent through mail. 
Wy do not pay postage or expressage on any ship¬ 
ments. All price quotations in this catalog are strictly 
net F. O. B. St. Louis except on items listed postpaid. 
Do not remit any money to cover express charges 
as these are collected when the express man delivers 
the goods. If you desire items sent parcel post, make 
your remittance large enough to cover postage. We 
can not guarantee parcel post shipments against dam¬ 
age or loss. 
Correspondence—We can not give detailed in¬ 
formation concerning breeding habits, etc. of fish. 
In order to properly do so would require hours of 
writing concerning some of the varieties. Include 
with all inquiries a self addressed and stamped en¬ 
velope. 
Claims—We can not entertain claims unless they 
are made within 3 days upon receipt of shipment. 
Cash with Orders—Please send sufficient money 
with order to cover the whole bill. We decline to 
ship "Collect on Delivery” unless 50% remittance 
be made to guarantee acceptance. 
Shipping Cans—Orders for about two dozen fish 
or less are shipped in 35c cans which are not return¬ 
able. Except if you wish another shipment made 
you may return the old can prepaid. Goldfish are 
never shipped in thermos cans. Only tropical fish 
are shipped in thermos cans from Oct. 1 until warm 
weather. Also during summer Northern shipments 
to localities where nights are cold are benefited if 
shipped in thermos cans. A $3.00 deposit is required 
on thermos cans which we refund upon receipt of 
empty can, which must be returned to us express 
prepaid. Empty cans can be returned from any¬ 
where in the U. S. for only 20c prepaid. 
We Guarantee the Live Arrival of Tropical Fish 
All Year Around. Subject to following conditions. 
We will only cover losses in shipments if Express 
Company bad order report, is returned to us, and 
also any dead fish received, must be returned. 
(Sprinkle a little salt on the fish and wrap in wax 
paper) so we may identify them, and replace them. 
We refuse to make any replacements however, unless 
lost fish are returned to us the same day shipment 
arrives, and bad order report is mailed to us, not 
later than three days after receipt of shipment. Our 
responsibility ceases when fish are delivered alive, and 
we do not guarantee results after arrival. We do not 
guarantee live delivery of tropical fish beyond the 
5th zone, or more than 1000 miles from St. Louis. 
Any order received for fish farther than 1000 miles 
from St. Louis carries the agreement that they travel 
entirely at purchaser’s risk. 
Shipping Season—We ship everything listed in 
this catalog all year around. During cold weather 
tropical fish are shipped in thermos cans. Goldfish 
shipments cannot be made during extremely hot 
weather, and we cannot guarantee the live delivery 
of goldfish from May 10 to October 1; however, we 
ship them all summer, when weather conditions per¬ 
mit. We reserve the right to delay orders, should 
weather conditions arise that may call for delays on 
shipments, and such delay, in no way, should be a 
cause for cancellation of orders. 
Canadian Shipments—Obtain a permit to import 
plants from the Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, 
Ontario. Send us permit number. You keep orig¬ 
inal. 
Non-Warranty—Various conditions, such as un¬ 
favorable weather, improper planting, etc., may cause 
poor results. We send out only first quality stock, 
but we give no warranty as to productiveness or de¬ 
scription. 
Selecting Tropical Fish—Not all varieties listed 
can be shipped in one can. Customers desiring only 
such varieties that can be kept together in one aquar¬ 
ium should order those marked * which are known 
as "Flappy Family Fish.” 
Pairs—Quite often a fancier wishes to match odd 
fish in order to pair them. You can purchase either 
sex at one half the catalog price as quoted for pairs. 
