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EEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908. 



and the Institiito Seriimtherapico do Estado de Sao Paulo, Brazil; 

 the Hope Gardens, Kingston, Jamaica; Queen's Universit,y, Kings- 

 toil, Canada ; and the Estacion Central Agronomica, Santiago de las 

 Vegas, Cuba. 



Among the individuals may be mentioned: Mr, Edward Lovett, 

 Croydon, P^ngland: Mr. Plenri Douville, l*aris, Mr. A. Duchaussoy, 

 Caudebec les Elbeuf, Seine Inferieure, and Mr. J. Vaquez, Perreux, 

 Seine, France; Dr. F. S. Archenhold, Treptow-Sternwarte, Trep- 

 tow bei Berlin, Mr. A. Kneucker, Karlsruhe, Mr. F. Krantz, Bonn, 

 and Mr. Curt Morhart, Ensfield, ISIiddle Franconia, Germany: ]Mr. 

 O. M. Renter, Abo. Finland ; . Mr. Robert E. Fries, Stockholm, 

 Sweden; Mr. Friedrich Hendel. Vienna, Austria; Mr. Michele Gua- 

 dagno and Mr. Ernesto Monaco, Xaples, Italy; Dr. Casimir de 

 Candolle, Geneva, and Mr. Henry Volkart, St. Gallen, Switzerland; 

 Mr. F. Baker. Richmond, Victoria, and Mr. "\V. H. D. Le Souef, 

 Melbourne, Australia; Dr. Eugenio F. Giacornelli, La Rioja, Ar- 

 gentina, and Seiior Juan Tremoleras, Montevideo, Uruguay, South 

 America : Dr. Carlos Renson, San Salvador, Central America ; Mr. 

 Luis Brooks, Santiago, Cuba. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 

 VISITORS. 



The number of visitors ° to the National Museum building during 

 the year 11)07-8 was 299,059, a daily average of 954, and to the Smith- 

 sonian building. 237,182, a daily average of 755. 



The following tables show, respectively, the attendance during 

 each month of the past year, and for each year beginning with 1881, 

 when the INluseum building was first opened to the public. 



NkviJxt of risittirs <liirin(/ (lie fisvul i/<ar 1007-8. 



Year and month. 



190' 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



Year and month. 



1908, 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



Total 



Museum 

 building. 



13, 994 

 13, 606 

 18, 700 

 27, 698 

 17, 307 

 14, .546 



Smith- 

 sonian 

 building. 



9,788 

 9, 262 

 13,926 

 21,248 

 13,590 

 10, 983 



299, 659 237, 182 



"These figures are based on an attendance during ;;i4 days in the year, on which the 

 buildings were open to the public. 



