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Indian collection on view, is almost completed. Cataloging of the 

 Chinese books in the library is being revised. 



Changes in exhibition have involved a total of 1G5 objects, distrib- 

 uted as follows: 



American paintings and prints, 118. 



Arabic mss. 13. 



Arabic painting, 1. • 



Chinese bronzet., IS. 



Chinese porcelain, 1. 



East Christian painting, 1. 



Japanese screens, 4. 



Persian paintings, 7. 



Persian pottery, 1. 



Syrian glass, 1. 



AUDITORIUM 



Several local organizations have met. in the auditorium and have 

 been given an illustrated talk by a staff member, preliminary to a 

 view of exhibitions in the galleries above. 



November 14. — Twentieth Century Club, Art Section: Arts and Cultures of the 



Near East. Attendance, 51. 

 February 10.— Women's Club of Chevy Chase, Art Section: Chinese Arts. 



Attendance, 39. 

 May 19. — District of Columbia Library Association: Christian and Islamic Mss. 



Attendance, 98. 

 May 14. — The American Federation of Arts, in annual convention, held one 



session at the Freer Gallery to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of 



the birth of James NcNeill Whistler. For them a special Whistler exhibition 



was arranged in Galleries VIII-XII. Attendance, 157. 



ATTENDANCE 



The Gallery has been open every day from 9 until 4:30 o'clock, 

 with the exception of Mondays, Christmas Day, and New Year's 

 Day. 



The total attendance of visitors coming in at the main entrance 

 was 117,340. The total attendance for week days exclusive of 

 Mondays, was 77,810; for Sundays 39,530. The ratio of about 3 to 1, 

 which for several years has existed between Sunday and week-day 

 attendance was maintained, the average Sunday attendance being 

 760, the average week-day attendance, 250. As heretofore, the high- 

 est montlily attendance was reached in April (22,232) and August 

 (11,265). The lowest monthly attendance this year was in February 

 (5,423). 



The total attendance on Mondays was 23, maldng a grand total 

 of 117,363. 



There were 2,754 visitors to the offices during the year. Of these, 

 84 came for general information, 444 to see objects in storage, 64 to 

 examine the building and installations, 229 to study in the library, 



