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KEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1909. 



Lajos Meliely, Budapest, Hungary; Prof. E. Monaco, Portici, Naples, 

 Italy; Dr. H. Christ, Basel, and Messrs. Grebel, Wendler & Co., 

 Geneva, Switzerland ; Eev. Father Saturio Gonzales, Santo Domingo 

 de Silos, Spain; Mr. C. J. Gabriel, Abbotsford, Melbourne, Aus- 

 tralia; Dr. Eugenio Giacornelli, La Rioja, Argentina; Seilor 

 Juan Tremoleras, Montevideo, Uruguay; Mr. Federico Eichlam, 

 Guatemala. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



VISITORS. 



The number of visitors to tlie National Museum buildinc; durine 

 the year 1908-9 was 245,187, a daily average of 783 ; and to the Smith- 

 sonian building 198,054 j^ersons, a dail}^ average of 632. 



The following tables show, respectively, the attendance during each 

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

 the Museum building was first opened to the public : 



Numhcr of visitors during the year ending June 30, 1009. 



Year and month. 



1908, 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



Museum 

 building. 



13, 545 

 21,094 

 21,210 

 18, 866 

 14, 399 

 14,015 



Smithson- 

 ian 

 building. 



11,327 

 17, 795 

 18, 938 

 15, 475 

 12, 753 

 10, 758 



Year and month. 



1909. 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



Total 



Museum 

 building. 



12,006 

 15, 702 

 54, 408 

 25,353 

 17, 495 

 17, 094 



245, 187 



Smithson- 

 ian 

 building. 



9,085 

 11, 403 

 43, 686 

 19, 957 

 13, 279 

 13, 598 



198, 054 



Nuniher of visitors to the Museum and Smithsonian huildings since the opening 



of the former in 1881, 



Year. 



1881 



1882 



1883 



1884 (half year).... 

 1884-85 (fiscal year) 



1885-86 



1886-87 



1887-88 



1888-89 



1889-90 



1890-91 



1891-92 



1892-93 



1893-94 



1894-95 



1S95-9G 



Museum 

 building. 



150,000 

 167, 455 

 202, 188 

 97, 661 

 205, 026 

 174, 225 

 216, 562 

 249, 665 

 374, 843 

 274, 324 

 286,426 

 269, 825 

 319,930 

 195, 748 

 201, 744 

 180.505 



Smithso- 

 nian 

 building. 



100,000 

 152,744 

 104,823 

 45, 565 

 105, 993 

 88, 960 

 98, 552 

 102, 863 

 149,618 

 120, 894 

 111, 669 

 114,817 

 174, 188 

 103, 910 

 105,658 

 103,650 



Year. 



1896-97 



1897-98 



1898-99 



1899-1900... 

 1900-1901... 



1901-2 



1902-3 



1903-1 



1904-5 



1905-6 



1906-7 



1907-8 



1908-9 



Total 



^luseum 

 building. 



229, 606 

 177, 254 

 192, 471 

 225, 440 

 216, 556 

 173, 888 

 315, 307 

 220, 778 

 235,921 

 210,886 

 210, 107 

 299, 659 

 245, 187 



6,519,187 



Smithso- 

 nian 

 building. 



115,709 

 99, 273 

 116,912 

 133, 147 

 151, 563 

 144, 107 

 181,174 

 143, 988 

 149, 380 

 149, 661 

 153, 591 

 237, 182 

 198, 054 



3,757,645 



