Oct., 1905. Annual Report of the Director. 



365 



Photography and Illustration. — The following table indicates the 

 work performed in this important division: 



Negatives. Prints. Lantern Slides. 



49 



8,313 



400 



475 



91 



278 



41 



9,647 



580 



3 

 61 



179 



12 



200 



1,03s 



Negatives made in the field by Curators of Departments and 

 developed by the Division of Photography: 



Anthropology, " 270 



Botany, 168 



Geology, 235 



Zoology, 12 



68s 



Printing. — The number of labels, forms and other impressions 

 turned out by the printer is shown in the following table: 



Anthropology, 



Botany, 



Geolog)', 



ZoOlogj', 



Director's Office, 



Library, 



In addition, 50 copies of a Special Report to the Board of Trustees 

 (42 pages) has been set and printed. 



Taxidermy. — The Taxidermist (until his departure for British 

 East Africa) and his assistants have been chiefly engaged on experi- 

 mental ideas for new installations. Several large specimens have 

 been mounted, however, for the systematic collection, and approxi- 

 mately 400 skins prepared for the cabinet series. 



Attendance. — The total attendance record for the year is 

 207,867, being a decrease of over 37,000 below last year's figures. 

 No special reason can be given for this deficiency. The decrease in 

 the attendance of school children is also to be noted, and this may 

 be accounted for by the fact that the principals of the schools are not 

 aware of. the privileges which are accorded by the Museum to their 



