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study of tlie ethnology of the ludiaus of the Northwest Coast, speud- 

 iug a great deal of time in arranging and labeling specimens. The 

 results of this study and of his visit to the Northwest Coast in 1895 are 

 embodied in a paper on the " Social Organization and the Secret Societies' 

 of tlie Kwakiutl Indians," published in this volume. Dr. W. J. Hofl'man, 

 of the IJureau of Ethnology, was also engaged for a considerable time 

 in the prosecution of investigations in the department of ethnology. A 

 paper by him on ''The Graphic Arts of the Eskimo" api)ears in Part ii 

 of this volume. 



Prof. J. M. Coulter, of Lake Forest University, spent about ten days 

 in the herbarium during February and March in the study of Mexican 

 Umbellifera'. I)r. B. L. llobinson was occui^ied about a week in the 

 study of the lianuuculacejiB and neighboring families. Prof. Edward 

 L. Greene, of Berkeley, Cal., spent several days in making critical 

 observations of Western species. Dr. Marcus E. Jones, of Salt Lake 

 City, determined a large collection of plants, giving about four or five 

 months to the work. Mr. John B. Leiberg, of Hope, Idaho, was in 

 Washington for several weeks studying the plants of eastern Oregon; 

 and Mr. P. A. Kydberg, of Lincoln, Nebr,, spent two months in the 

 completion of a report on a collection of plants which he obtained in 

 the Black Hills in 1S92. 



VISITOKS. 



The following statement shows the number of visitors to the Museum 

 and Smithsonian buildings for each month during the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1895 : 



Month. 



1894. 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



1895. 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



Total 



Approximate daily average on a basis of 313 <lays in the year 



Museum 

 building. 



Smith- 

 sonian 

 building 



11,914 

 40,938 1 

 17, 954 

 13,931 

 11, 542 

 13, 617 



11, 951 

 12, 588 

 17, 769 

 19,944 

 18,837 

 10, 759 



201, 744 

 644 



7,630 

 22, 710 

 9, 942 

 8,332 

 6,570 

 8,214 



5,819 

 6,448 

 8, 312 

 7,032 

 9,023 

 5,626 



105, 658 

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