The following are the comparative total attendances 

 for the past two years : — 



1902-3 122,823 •• 1903-4 119,441 



The Museum was open to the public on 260! days 

 during the year, and the above total gives an average 

 attendance per day of 458. 



Between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 

 p.m., the number of visitors ad- 

 mitted was . . . . . . . . 87,749 



And between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. . . 31,692 



119,441 



The largest attendance on a single day was that of 

 Easter Monday, when 6,21 1 visitors entered the Museum. 



There was a comparative decrease in the attendance 

 in the month of August, but the increase in August of 

 1903 was abnormal. 



The Museum has been visited during the year by 

 1,421 pupils and 84 teachers from local schools. 



Explanatory demonstrations have been given to the 

 following parties of visitors : — Members of the Broad 

 Plain Mission (4 visits) ; Members of the Horfield 

 Baptist Institute ; Students from the Fishponds Diocesan 

 College. 



A course of twelve science lectures was given to 

 elementary school teachers on Saturday mornings by 

 Miss W. Hoskyns-Abrahall. 



The following lectures were delivered by the 

 Curator in the Museum Lecture Theatre : — 



Dec. 3rd " Sponges." 



„ 26th (Bank Holiday) " The Great Ice Age." 

 Feb. nth .. .. .. " Strange Fishes." 



March 24th . . . . '* Life History of Frogs." 



