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REPORT OF THE CURATOR OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 
| OR 1925 
Dr. C. STUART GAGER, DIRECTOR. 
Sir: 1 take pleasure in submitting herewith my report for 
the year ending December 31, 1925: 
Lectures, Classes, and Attendance 
On account of lack of funds the special Saturday and Sunday 
public lectures for adults were discontinued during 1925. This 
I feel is not as it should be, for this feature is a field of service 
for which the Garden is eminently fitted. I earnestly hope, 
therefore, that in the future it may be found possible to set 
aside a fund for this purpose. 
In regard to the attendance of regular and visiting classes of 
adults and children at the Garden there has been a slight increase, 
this year’s total being 88,694 in comparison with 81,567 of last 
-year. This year’s figure is nearly double that of 1921 (48,8109), 
mainly due to the increased demands on the Department of 
Elementary Instruction. The number of children attending 
lectures this year (45,629) is more than double that of last year 
(20,846). The following table shows the growth in these lines of 
activity for the last five years. 
TABLE I 
ATTENDANCE IN CLASSES FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN AND AT PUBLIC 
ECTURES FOR CHILDREN, I92I-1925 
Ig2t | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 1925 
Regular Garden Classes..............05. 24,008] 19,654] 25,710] 31,684] 20,931 
Misiting.(@lassec.taus-a5 ore ar ere wai 24,811] 40,529] 53,132] 49,883] 58,763 
Public Lectures for Children.............| 11,637] 16,850] 18,096] 20,846] 45,629 
PRO Gal eras essere pene ee ead Orae cg wee emer nee E 60,456] 77,033] 96,938] 102,413] 134,323 
The registration as recorded by the turnstiles at the entrances 
to the Garden shows a much greater use of the Garden by the 
general public than last year, the figures for 1925 being 504,595 
in comparison with 438,091 of last year. The number of visitors» 
