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REPOKT OF THE SECRETARY. 



Number of visitors to the United States National Museum and Smithsonian Institution for 



1882, 1883, and 1884. 



Year. 



Museum 

 building. 



Smithsonian 

 building. 



1881 

 1882 

 1883 

 1884 



*150,000 



+167, 455 



202, 188 



195, 322 



152, 744 



104,823 

 91,130 



* Estimated on basis of register. 



+ Estimated on basis of from February 8 to December 31. 



Meetings in the Lecture-Rail. — The lecture-hall of the National Museum 

 has been used during the year for sixty-eight meetings of various char- 

 acters, as is shown below. 



National Academy of Sciences. — April 15-April 17. Ten meetings were 

 held. On the evening of the 17th a public meeting was held, at which 

 the eulogies of deceased members were pronounced, 176 persons being 

 in attendance. 



■American Surgical Association. — April 30-May 3. Eight meetings 

 were held. 



American Fish- Cultural Association. — Maj^ 13-May 1 3. Seven meet- 

 ings were held. On the evening of May 13 a public meeting took place, 

 Hon. Elbridge G. Lapham in the chair. The address was delivered by 

 Hon. Theodore Lyman, of Massachusetts, who was followed by Hon. S. 

 S. Cox, of New York. About 350 people were present. 



American Dental Association. — July 22- July 23. Four meetings were 

 held. 



Society of American Taxidermists. — July 30. One meeting was 

 held. 



Society of Naturalists of the Eastern United States. — December 29- 

 December 30. Four meetings were held. 



The Biological Society of Washington. — Fortnightly meetings were 

 held between January 25 and May 31 and between November 1 and 

 December 27. In all there were fifteen meetings. 



The Entomological Society of Washington held three meetings in the 

 oflBce of the Assistant Director, on May 8, June 3, and November 3, 

 respectively. 



Saturday Lectures. — Four courses of these lectures were given, con- 

 sisting of seventeen lectures, a list of which is subjoined : 



January 5. Mr. Grove K. Gilbert, Cliffs and Terraces. 



January 12. Prof. Otis T. Mason, Child Life among Savage and 

 Uncivilized Peoples. 



January 19. Prof. Edward S. Morse, Social Life among the Japanese. 



January 26, Maj. J. W. Powell, Win-tun Mythology. 



February 2. Prof, F. W. Clarke, Lightning and Lightning Rods, 



