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GENERAL BUSINESS TERMS. 
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Please spell your name a nd addires s in print form if possible , 
so that there be no danger of mis-sending your order, as, 
your not doing so might cause delay and death to either plants 
or fish. 
- SHIPMENTS - 
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All shipments go forward in rotation as they come in, we re¬ 
serving the right to either ship by Express or Parcel-post, 
whichever may be the safest at that time. By doing this, we 
are looking out for your interest . On parcel-post orders of 
less than $1,'25, please include 15^ for parcel-post charge. 
TERMS - 
Orders go forward only when sufficient funds to cover are 
accompanied with order. Shipments made C. 0. D. (either by 
Express or Parcel-post), will go forward only when at least 
25 % of the total is sent with order to guarantee acceptance 
of same. 
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- SHIPPING CANS - 
Our Shipping Department is endeavoring at all times to deliver 
to you live healthy specimens and use their best judgment as 
to how many fish will ship safely in a can or thermos. 
1-2 Gallon Thermos #2.00 Ea. RETURNABLE P'OR CREDIT WHEN - 
PREPAID. 
American Can 
German Can 
.50 Ea. NOT RETURNABLE. 
1.00 Ea. RETURNABLE FOR CREDIT WHEN - 
PREPAID. 
Ex. Large German Can 1.50 Ea. RETURNABLE FOR CREDIT WHEN - 
PREPAID . 
(Prepaying on cans or thermos cost only 20^ if returned by 
express.) 
REPLACEMENTS - 
We replace fish and plants only when accompanied by a bad 
order slip from the Railway Express Agency . Please examine 
same on arrival and should there be a loss, kindly get bad 
order slip. We will replace your fish or plants and put in 
claim from this end. 
INQUIRIES - 
We do our best to answer all questions, but for fuller in¬ 
structions on fish and plants, you will find the following 
books full of Aquatic information. They are: Goldfish 
Varieties and Tropical Aquarium Fishes, published by Wm. T, 
Innes & Sons, Philadelphia, Penna. Also, Tropical Fish for 
the Home by F. H. Stoye, an American Aquarium book that 
surpasses the German books on the market. Also, Life and 
Love in the Aquarium by C. H. Peters. All 3 of these are the 
Newest out and the best on the hobby. You may also buy all 
threeffrom Wm. T. Innes & Sons or The Home Aquarium Bulletin, 
East Orange, N. J. For the identification of New Tropical 
fish, we suggest the Bilderatlas, which is a picture book 
with Latin name below each fish and may be bought from 
August M. Roth, World Building, Baltimore, Maryland, 
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