fered with by the alterations that went on, it has been 

 well maintained. It of course varies with the season of the 

 year, but in the Summer time it has mounted up to 2,000 

 weekly, or an average of 400 for each of the five open 

 days. The attendances during the weeks in which the 

 Bank Holidays occurred are as follows : — 



Christmas, 1896 . . . . . . . . 2,602 



Easter, 1897 . . . . . . . . 6,293 



Whitsuntide, 1897 . . • . . . . 4,523 



August, 1897 . . . . . . . . 2,969 



16,387 



Christmas, 1897 . . . . . . . . 2,625 



Easter, 1898 5,235 



Whitsuntide, 1898 . . . . . . 5,214 



August, 1898 3,573 



16,647 



The total number of Museum attendances for the 

 two years under review is 119,425. The highest recorded 

 attendance on any one day was 3,572. 



During the period covered by this Report three editions 

 of the Penny Guide, consisting of 5,000 copies each, have 

 been published. Owing to the carrying out of the improve- 

 ments already described, the last edition, which is now on 

 sale, was to some extent rewritten by the present Curator. 

 At the same time, alterations in size and the general 

 arrangement of contents were introduced, which have 

 increased the usefulness and popularity of the Guide, and 

 made it uniform in size and character with the other 

 publications issued by the Committee. 



In September of the past year the British Association 

 for the Advancement of Science, held its sixty-eighth 

 Annual Meeting in Bristol. Your Committee placed the 



