46 



REPORT OF NATIONAL, MUSEUM, 1907. 



Xuviber of risitorft duriufi the fiscal year 1906-7. 



Year and month. 



1906. 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



190". 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



Total 



Museiim 



liiiiMiii!?. 



13,579 

 22,527 

 18,830 

 15, 980 

 14, 243 

 13, 262 



13,167 

 13,445 

 17,759 

 21,821 

 20,149 

 25, 345 



Smithsonian 

 building. 



9, 4'J7 



16,102 



13, 515 



11, 822 



9,534 



9,334 



8,967 

 9,631 

 11,871 

 15.891 

 17,844 

 19, 653 



'2!0, 107 



153,591 



Nuiribrr of risiton< to the Museum and Smithsonian huildings since the opening 



of the former in 1881. 



Year. 



1881 



1882 



1883 



1884 (half year) 



1884-85 



1885-86 



1886-87. 



1887-88 



1888-89 



1889-90 



1890-91 



1891-92 



1892-93 



1893-9 1 



1894-95 



Mii.'^euni 

 building. 



1.50, 

 167. 

 202, 

 97, 

 205, 

 174, 

 •216, 

 249, 

 374, 

 274, 

 286, 

 269, 

 319, 

 195, 

 201, 



000 

 455 

 188 

 661 

 026 

 225 

 562 

 665 

 843 

 324 

 426 

 825 

 930 

 748 

 744 



Smith.sonian 

 building. 



100, 

 152, 

 104, 

 45, 

 105, 

 88, 

 98, 

 102, 

 149, 

 120, 

 111, 

 114, 

 174, 

 103, 

 105, 



000 

 744 

 823 

 565 

 993 

 960 

 552 

 863 

 618 

 894 

 669 

 817 

 188 

 910 

 6.58 



Year. 



Musiinii Smithsonian 

 building. { building. 



1895-96 180, im 



1896-97 229, 606 



1897-98 177, 2.54 



1898-99 ' 192,471 



1899-1900 225,440 



1900-1901 216,5.56 



1901-2 1 173,888 



1902-3 ' 31.5,307 



190:i-4 ! 220, 778 



1904-5 23.5,921 



1 90.5-6 21 0, 8.S6 



1906-7 210.107 



Total I .5,974.341 



103, 6.50 

 11.5,709 

 99,273 

 116,912 

 133, 147 

 151,563 

 144, 107 

 181,174 

 143,988 

 149,380 

 149, 661 

 153. .591 



3,322.409 



MEETINGS. 



I II November, 1900, the lecture hnll Mas fitted up for the purposes of 

 the National (lallerv of Art until more suitable (quarters could be 

 provided for the latter. '!'iii< picx cuted the holdiii<r of regular lee- 

 tiire cour.ses during the year, but l)y removiiiii: the cases occu]>vinir 

 the floor it has l)een possible to utilize the hall for a limited number 

 of meetings. The American Ornithologists' Union had its annual 

 congress here from November 13 to 15, inclusive. 



On the evening of December 3, under the auspices of the Board 

 of Regents, a meeting was held to commemorate the life ami '-crvices 

 of tjie late Secretary. Samuel Pierpoiit T^angley, at \\ bich many of his 



