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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1893. 



Whereas it is represented that the euumeratiou dT these facilities and the formal 

 statement of this policy will encourage the establishment and endowment of institu- 

 tions of learning at the seat of Government, and promote the work of education by 

 attracting students to avail themselves of the advantages aforesaid under the direc- 

 tion of competent instructors: Therefore, 



Ixesolrt'd bij the Senate and House of liepresentatives of the United States of America in 

 Congress assembled, That the facilities for research and illustration in the following 

 and any other Governmental collections now existing or hereafter to V)e established 

 in the city of Washington for the promotion of knowledge shall be accessible, under 

 such rules and restrictions as tlie otiticers in charge of each collection may presiribe, 

 subject to such authority as is now or may hereafter be permitted by law, to the sci- 

 entitic investigators and to students of any institution of higher education now incor- 

 porated or hereafter to be incorporated under the laws of Congress or of the District 

 of Columbia, to wit: 



One. Of the Library of Congress. 



Two. Of the National Museum. 



Three. Of the Patent Office. 



Four. Of the Bureau of Education 



Five. Of the Bureau of Ethnology. 



Six. Of the Army Medical Museum. 



Seven. Of the Department of Agriculture. 



Eight. Of the Fish Commission. 



Nine. Of the Botanic Gardens. 



Ten. Of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. 



Eleven. Of the Geological Survey. 



Twelve. Of the NavaJ Observatory. 

 Approved, April 12, 1892, 



VISITORS. 



The number of visitors to the Museum building during the year 

 ending June 30, 1893, was 319.930, an increase of 50,105 over the 

 preceding year; and to the Smithsonian building, 174,188, an increase 

 of 59,371 over the i)receding year. 



The monthly register of visitors during the fiscal year ending June 

 30,1893, is as follows: 



Tear nud month. 



1802. 

 July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



1893. 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



Total 



Approximate ilaily average on a basi-. of 313 days m the year 



National 

 Museum 

 building. 



21. 846 

 18, 776 

 122,484 

 28, 434 

 12, 139 

 14,992 



10,819 

 12,656 

 36, 760 

 12, 778 

 16, 662 

 11,584 



Smithsonian 

 building. 



10, 132 

 8,704 



75,392 

 9,194 

 5,229 

 7,284 



5,291 

 5,809 

 25,544 

 7,415 

 7,970 

 6,094 



319, 930 

 1,022 



174, 188 

 556 



