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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1898. 



Mississippi and International Exposition. More than 160,000 letter 

 beads, envelopes, circnlars, blanks, etc., representing 68 forms, were 

 also printed. 



VISITORS. 



There were 276,527 visitors to the Smithsonian and Museum build- 

 ings during the year. The following tables show respectively the num- 

 ber of visitors during each month of the fiscal year just closed, and the 

 total number during each year since the Museum building was opened 

 in 1881: 



Number of visitors during thefincal year 1898. 



Tear and month. 



1897. 



July 



August ... 

 September 

 October — 

 November 

 December. 



1898. 



January . 

 February 

 March . . . 

 April - . - . 



May 



June 



Total 



Approximate daily average on a basis of 313 days in the year 



Number of visitors to the Museum and Smithsonian buildings since the opening of the 



former in 1881. 



'Tears of Presidential inaugurations. 



