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REPORISOR VE EsCURATOR COM Ewiae le 
INSTRUCTION EOR 1937 
Dr. C. Stuart GaAcErR, DIRECTOR 
Sir: T submit herewith my report for the year ending December 
Sle elOB: : 
GARDEN ATTENDANCE A RECORD 
The year 1932 saw an increasing number of visitors to the 
plantations and the conservatories of the Garden. The total regis- 
tration at all the entrance gates was 1,307,964 (see Table I1). 
This was an increase of more than 200,000 above the total for 1931 
(1,107,339) or about 18 per cent—the largest annual increase 
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ATTENDANCE AT THE GARDEN Durine 1932 
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May — June July 
At regular classes .... 1,264 1,820 3,071 3121 3,531 2,694 12,680 
At visiting classes 764 746 3,366 9,932 8.600 3,379 120 
At lectures to children 49] 526 2,213 8890 8500 3,079 100 
At lectures to adults .. 25 165 125 285 496 475 0 
At conservatories .... 8182 5,230 12,478 16,221 19,969 9,342 10,096 
At grounds .......... 50,832 71,339 84,480 134,838 232,737 162,960 130,053 
Annual 
Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Totals 
At regular classes ..... 10,350 3,146 3,639 2.370 2,800 50,406 
At visiting classes .... 150 137 6,319 5320 2,178 41,011 
At lectures to children . 120 25 4.389 4769 = 1,722 34 824 
At lectures to adults ... 0 224 2 475 50 2,741 
At conservatories ..... : 11,829 9830 4,906 6,317 Ox 
Ate OrOUndS: Aesth eed a. 82.898 117,629 106,881 80,587 52,730 1,307,964 
since 1927. Naturally, the attendance for individual months ran 
considerably above that of 1931. But the attendance for May, 
232,737, was especially notewort 
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1y, being not very much less than 
that for the whole year of 1916 (314,990), when atten 
records first began to be kept. 
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