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ATTENDANCE 



The gallery has been open every day, with the exception of Mon- 

 days, from 9 until 4.30. The total attendance for the year was 109,862. 

 The aggregate Sunday attendance was 28,172, making an average 

 of 541; the Aveek-day attendance amounted to 81,690, with an aver- 

 age of 318. Of these visitors, 431 came to the study rooms to see 

 objects not on exhibition or to consult books in the library; 4 to 

 make copies or photographs, 72 to examine the building and equip- 

 ment, while 27 brought objects in their possession for examination 

 and information. 



PERSONNEL 



Mr. Y. Kinoshita, of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, worked 

 at the gallery during the winter months on the preservation of 

 oriental paintings. 



Mr. Herbert E. Thompson worked on the preservation of oil 

 paintings. 



FIELD WORK 



A detailed account of the activities of the gallery's expedition in 

 China is contained in Appendix B (not printed) accompanying this 

 report, and will be condensed for publication in Explorations and 

 Field Work of the Smithsonian Institution in 1925. 



Respectfully submitted. 



J. E. Lodge, Curator. 

 Dr. Charles D. Walcott, 



/Secretary, Sinithsonian Institution. 



