REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 



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Subject. 



Administration 



Biography 



Birds 



Ethnology 



Exploration 



Fishes 



Fossils 



Geology 



Graphic arts 



History 



Mammals 



Marine invertebrates 



Minerals 



Mollusks 



Oriental antiquities 



Prehistoric anthropology - 



Recent plants 



Reptiles and batraehiaus. 



Transportation 



Miscellaneous 



Total 



166 



VISITORS. 



During the year the total number of visitors to the Museum building 

 was 269,825, and to the Smithsonian Institution, 114,817. 

 The monthly register of visitors is as follows: 



Year and month. 



1891: 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



1892: 



January 



February 



March 



April 



Max 



June 



Total 



Approximate daily a\ eragc mi a basis of 313 days in 1 1n- 3 eai 



National 

 Museum 

 building, 



Smith- 

 sonian 

 building 



. 825 

 862 



8. 350 

 9 856 



9, 552 

 9,331 

 7,038 

 9,089 



7 185 



in. 7: IS 

 9, 706 

 10,716 

 16, 215 

 7, 130 



114, S17 

 367 



