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the exceptional figure of 15,467, and, while subsequently it was never 

 nearly so large, the daily average for the 39 Sundays until the close 

 of the year amounted to 1,666 as against a week-day average for the 

 new building of 693, showing that the innovation was fully justified. 

 The following tables show, respectively, the attendance of visitors 

 during each month of the past year, and for each year since 1881, 

 when the older Museum building was first opened to the public : 



Number of i-isitors during the year ending June 30, 1912. 



Year and month. 



1911 



July 



August 



September . 



October 



November. 

 December.. 



Year and montli. 



1912. 



January . . 

 February . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



Total. 



Older 

 Museum 

 Building. 



7,210 

 9,290 

 9,964 

 20,011 

 13,733 

 15,853 



172, 182 



New 

 Museum 

 Building. 



16,372 

 19,844 

 23,274 

 33, 136 

 22, 138 

 22,316 



281,887 



Smithso- 

 nian 

 Building. 



5,761 

 7,688 

 8,333 

 17, 600 

 11,425 

 13,801 



143, 134 



Number of visitors to the Museum and Smithsonian Buildings since icS'8/. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The publications of the year consisted of 7 completed volumes and 

 59 papers printed separately, all of which related to the collections 

 and activities of the Museum. The volumes comprised the Annual 



