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REPORT OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1892. 



Since 1881 a careful record of visitors to the Museum and Smith- 

 sonian buildings has been kept. The results up to June 30, 1892, are 

 here presented : 



Year. 



1883 



1882 



1883 



1884 



1885 (January-June). 



1885-'86 



188C-'87 



1887-'88 



39 



L889 '90 



L890 '91 



1891-'92 



Total 



•ivil war. By Mr. Gilbert 



By Mr. (i. K. Gil- 



LECTURES AND MEETINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



As in previous years, the use of the lecture hall has been granted for 

 lectures and meetings of societies. Lectures have been held uuder 

 the auspices of the National Geographic Society as follows: 



December SO, 1891. — Peary and the West Greenland expedition. By Dr. Benjamin 

 Sharp. 



February 26, 1892. — Military surveying during tli 

 Thompson and Maj.Joel Hotchkiss. 



March 18. — (don Mountain. Arizona, and the Diablo meteorites, 

 bert. 



March 25. — Greece and Palestine. My Mr. W. A.Croffut. 



April I. — The cruise of the Albatross through the straits of Magellan. By Prof. 

 Leslie A. Lee. 



April 8. — A trip through Bolivia. By Lieut. C. H. Harlow, U. S. Navy. 



April 15.— The Cliff Dwellers. By Mr. W. H. Holmes. 



April 22. — The Challenger Expedition, with some of its scientific results. By 

 Prof. John Murray. 



May 13. — The gates and straits of Europe and Africa. By Mr. Talcott Williams. 



The following meetings of associations and scientific societies have 

 been held: The American Pomological Association, September 23; the 

 American Historical Association (eighth annual meeting), December 30; 

 the American Forestry Association, December 30; the American Geo- 

 graphical Association, December 30; the National Association of Dairy 

 and Food Commissioners, March 30 and 31 5 the National Academy of 

 Sciences, April 19-22. 



At the meeting of the National Academy of Sciences the following 

 papers were presented: 



An American Maar. (i. K.Gilbert. 



The form and efficiency of the iced bar base apparatus of the IT. S. Coast and 

 Geodetic Survey. R.S.Woodward. 



