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C. Lewis, janitor; Fred Maag, carpenter and assistant jani- 

 tor; George W. Edwards, assistant janitor; Frank W. Yale, 

 night watchman; Mrs. Johanna E. Wilkens, janitress; Patrick 

 J. O'Brien, day watch ; Archie McCarte, night watch. 



ACCESSIONS TO THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY 



Accessions to the Museum and the Library have been un- 

 usually numerous and valuable, as is shown by the detailed 

 list in the appendix to this report (pp. 149-158). 



VISITORS TO THE MUSEUM 



In accordance with established policy, the Museum was 



open to the public every day in the year. The attendance by 

 months for each of the years since the Museum was first 

 opened to the public is shown in the following table: 



Month— 1916 1917 1918 ' 1919 1920 



January 23170 25260 17241 27013 



February 22058 23698 19586 23450 



March 31606 26810 27397 25419 



April 32175 23274 25994 32208 



May 26154 26391 28369 37107 



June 32123 29843 32248 36207 



July 37193 31420 48028 52492 



August 24619 31137 43730 53470 



September 16448' 27866 29847 34007 42413 



October 36933 20629 14743= 30463 33500 



November 27718 21810 853^ 25246 19347 



December 15002 21693 19588 21246 21340 



Total 96101 321096 290542 351497 403566 



A comparison of the number of visitors to the Museum of 

 the California Academy of Sciences with those who visited 

 the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum at 

 Washington in the year ending June 30, 1920, will prove 

 very interesting. The visitors by months are given in the 

 following table, which shows that the number visiting the 

 Smithsonian Institution was only 21 per cent of those visiting 

 the Academy Museum; the number visiting the Natural His- 

 tory Building of the National Museum was only 4.7 per cent, 

 greater than that at the Academy, while that at the Arts and 

 Industries Building of the National Museum was only 62 

 per cent of that at the Academy, These figures should be 

 very gratifying to us. 



1 Attendance from September 22 to 30. 



.* Museum closed 29 days on account of the "flu." 



