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instruction, four groups were given docent service in the galleries, 

 and two lectures were delivered in the auditorium, as follows : 



February 25 : Dr. Alfred Salmony, on " Les Problemes de la Sculpture dans 

 les Iiides Orientales." Illustrated. 



March 16: Mr. Carl W. Bishop, on "Archeological Research in China." 

 Illustrated. The latter lecture was given under the combined auspices of the 

 Archaeological Society of Washington and the Art and Archaeology League. 



This report marks the close of the fifth year of the Freer Gallery 

 as an institution open to the uses of the public. During these years 



Figure 1 



the total attendance has been fairly constant, that of the first j-ear 

 reaching 111,942; that of the fifth year, 111,288. The Sunday at- 

 tendance has noticeably increased, being slightly more than twice as 

 great as week-day attendance during the past year. Figure 1 indi- 

 cates in graphic form the total and average attendance since the 

 gallery was first opened to the public. 



Last winter for the space of a month a record was kept of the 

 average length of time spent by visitors in the exhibition galleries. 

 During the time that this observation was being made the longest 

 visit lasted 2 hours and 45 minutes; the shortest, 11 minutes. Fig- 

 ure 2 indicates the average stay. 



While the above records give some indication of the response of the 

 general public to the exhibitions, another survey indicates the demand 



