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During the last ten years (1898-1907) 16,428,084 persons have 
visited the Gardens, giving an average of 1,642,808. The total 
number on Sundays was 1,321,384 and on week-days 1,388,836. 
The number of visitors on Sundays is the largest on record, being in 
excess of that for 1907 by 52,883. The increase is probably very 
largely due to the great number of French visitors during the 
summer. The total number on week-days was 1,388,836, the corre- 
sponding number for 1907, 1,694,213. The maximum attendance 
on any one day was 98,388 on August 3rd. The smallest number 
on any one day was 68 on January 21st. The greatest number on 
a Sunday was 70,904 on July 26th and is a record number for 
a Sunday, shewing an excess of 5,990 visitors over the figures 
for 1907. The smallest number on a Sunday was 1,032 on 
December 6th. 
The detailed monthly returns are given below :— 
January... ‘a 34,807 
February ... ee ve sei 55,896 
March eri ras ves ae 76,015 
Aral ei eed ape tee 200,203 
May ee eee 482,732 
June st es vei iis 462,137 
July Agen ee 340,286 
August ies ete ive i 493,694 
September 237,515 
ctober 209,988 
November 88,947 
December 28,000 
2,710,220 
library. 
A collection of rubbers of historical interest, together with living 
plants, and herbarium specimens of rubber-yielding plants, was 
selected and exhibited at the International Rubber Exhibition, held 
~ at Olympia, and in this connection it may be recorded that the 
Director of the Royal Gardens and the Keeper of the Museums 
were upon the Advisory Committee of the Exhibition, _ 
An exhibit was also prepared for the Forestry section of the 
Bath and West and Southern Counties Show, held at Dorchester. 
This exhibit consisted chiefly of material from the Kew Arboretum — 
to illustrate good and bad methods of pruning and diseases ; herba- 
rium specimens and photographs of forest trees were also sent in 
addition to various specimens selected from the Museums. 
uring the year there were 175 contributors to the Museums oo 
including various representatives of the different sections of the 
