REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 



43 



VISITORS. 



The following- table shows the number of visitors to the Museum 

 and Smithsonian buildings for each month of the fiscal year ending June 

 30, 1896: 



July 



August — 

 September 

 October 



November 

 December. 



January .. 

 February . 

 March . . . 



April 



May 



June 



Total 



Tear and month. 



Approximate daily average on a basis of 313 da^ s in the year. 



Museum 



Smith- 



17,516 

 15, 685 

 18, 223 

 14, 066 

 12, 320 

 13, 150 



10,063 



16,771 



21, 457 



15, 443 



9,747 



180, 505 



577 



9,336 

 8,053 

 10, 130 

 10, 280 

 6,703 

 7,340 



6,407 

 8,519 

 8,132 

 12, 713 

 10,070 

 5,901 



103, 650 

 331 



Xnmher of visitors to the Mnseinn and Smithsonian hiiildinf/s since the ojjenimj 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' 



1893-94 



1894-95 



1895- 9G 



Total . . . . 



Museum 

 building. 



Smith- 

 sonian 

 building. 



150, 000 

 167, 455 

 202, 188 

 97, 661 

 205, 026 

 174, 225 

 216, 562 

 249, 665 

 374, 843 

 274, 324 

 286, 426 

 209, 825 

 319,930 

 195, 748 

 201, 744 

 180, 505 



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 



Total to 

 both build- 

 ings. 



250, 000 

 320, 199 

 307, Oil 

 143, 220 

 311,019 

 263, 185 

 315, 114 

 352, 528 

 524, 461 

 395, 218 

 398, 095 

 384, 042 

 494, 118 

 299, 658 

 307, 402 

 284, 155 



3,566,127 1 1,783,904, 5,350,031 



' Tears of Presidential inaugurations. 



