-376 Field Columbian Museum — Reports, Vol. i. 



Attendance and Receipts for Year Ending September 30, 1899. 



ATTENDANCE. 



Total. 

 "Paid Attendance — 



Adults, . . . ". 20,316 



Children, 1,131 21,447 



;Free Admissions on Pay Days — 



School Children, 7,iil 



Students, i>57o 



Teachers,  450 



Members — Corporate, 37 



Annual, 411 



Life, 31 



Officers' Families, 37 



Special, 66 



Press, I 9i7i4 



Admission on Free Days — 



Saturdays, 54490 



Sundays, 137.653 192.143 



Total attendance, . 223,304 



Highest Attendance on any day, (August 6, 1899), . . . 6,709 



Lowest " " " (Dec. 29, 1898), .... 5 



Highest Paid " " " (July 4, 1899,) .... 352 



Average Daily Admissions (365 days) 611 



Average Paid Admissions (260 days) 82 



receipts. 



Guides Sold — 1,432 at 25 cents each, $ 358.00 



Articles Checked — 21,653 at 5 cents each, 1,082.65 



Admissions, . 5,192.10 



$6,632.75 



