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  ANNUAL 
  KEPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  192 
  9 
  

  

  MISCELLANEOUS 
  

  

  The 
  exhibition 
  hails 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Museum 
  were 
  open 
  during 
  the 
  

   year 
  on 
  week 
  days 
  from 
  9 
  a. 
  m. 
  to 
  4.30 
  p. 
  m., 
  and 
  in 
  addition 
  the 
  

   Natural 
  History 
  Building, 
  the 
  Arts 
  and 
  Industries 
  Building, 
  and 
  the 
  

   Smithsonian 
  Building 
  were 
  opened 
  Sunday 
  afternoon 
  from 
  1.30 
  to 
  

   4.30. 
  All 
  buildings 
  were 
  closed 
  on 
  the 
  day 
  before 
  Christmas, 
  Christ- 
  

   mas 
  Day, 
  New 
  Year's 
  Day, 
  and 
  Inauguration 
  Day. 
  On 
  Saturday, 
  

   March 
  2, 
  by 
  special 
  request 
  of 
  the 
  committee 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  inaugural 
  

   arrangements, 
  all 
  buildings 
  were 
  held 
  open 
  until 
  5 
  p. 
  m. 
  to 
  allow 
  

   persons 
  assembled 
  for 
  the 
  inaugural 
  ceremonies 
  a 
  better 
  opportunity 
  

   to 
  view 
  the 
  exhibits. 
  The 
  flags 
  on 
  all 
  buildings 
  were 
  flown 
  at 
  half- 
  

   mast 
  on 
  March 
  26, 
  1929, 
  out 
  of 
  respect 
  to 
  the 
  late 
  Marshal 
  Foch, 
  

   and 
  on 
  Memorial 
  Day, 
  May 
  30, 
  from 
  8.30 
  a. 
  m. 
  until 
  noon. 
  

  

  Visitors 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  totaled 
  1,929,625 
  persons, 
  

   an 
  increase 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  a 
  million 
  over 
  the 
  previous 
  year, 
  an 
  

   indication 
  of 
  the 
  increasing 
  interest 
  of 
  all 
  Americans 
  in 
  the 
  Capital 
  

   City, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  attractions 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  exhibitions 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  

   Museum 
  by 
  the 
  traveling 
  public. 
  Attendance 
  in 
  the 
  several 
  buildings 
  

   of 
  the 
  National 
  Museum 
  was 
  recorded 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  Smithsonian 
  Insti- 
  

   tution, 
  277,295 
  ; 
  Arts 
  and 
  Industries, 
  868,952 
  ; 
  Natural 
  History, 
  650,- 
  

   815; 
  Aircraft, 
  132,563. 
  The 
  average 
  daily 
  attendance 
  for 
  week 
  days 
  

   was 
  5,175 
  and 
  for 
  Sunday 
  6,330. 
  The 
  latter 
  figure 
  is 
  a 
  definite 
  

   indication 
  of 
  the 
  public 
  desire 
  for 
  the 
  opening 
  of 
  our 
  exhibits 
  on 
  

   Sunday 
  afternoons. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  the 
  Museum 
  published 
  eight 
  separate 
  volumes 
  

   and 
  61 
  miscellaneous 
  papers, 
  while 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  literature 
  

   amounted 
  to 
  115,128 
  copies 
  of 
  its 
  various 
  books 
  and 
  pamphlets. 
  

   Additions 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  library 
  included 
  2,247 
  volumes 
  and 
  748 
  

   pamphlets 
  obtained 
  partly 
  by 
  exchange, 
  partly 
  by 
  donation, 
  and 
  in 
  

   small 
  part 
  by 
  purchase 
  from 
  the 
  modest 
  sums 
  available 
  for 
  that 
  

   purpose. 
  The 
  library 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Museum, 
  as 
  separate 
  from 
  that 
  

   of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  proper, 
  has 
  now 
  74,562 
  volumes 
  and 
  

   107,629 
  pamphlets. 
  Though 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  accessions 
  for 
  the 
  present 
  

   year, 
  as 
  usual, 
  came 
  through 
  exchanges 
  of 
  publications, 
  there 
  may 
  be 
  

   noted 
  the 
  gift 
  of 
  1,000 
  volumes, 
  pamphlets, 
  and 
  manuscripts 
  of 
  a 
  

   miscellaneous 
  character 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Herbert 
  A. 
  Gill, 
  of 
  Washington, 
  

   D. 
  C, 
  these 
  pertaining 
  in 
  large 
  part 
  to 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  Dr. 
  

   Theodore 
  Gill, 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  librarian 
  and 
  associate 
  in 
  zoology 
  of 
  the 
  

   Smithsonian 
  Institution. 
  Five 
  hundred 
  books 
  and 
  periodicals 
  on 
  

   photography, 
  both 
  American 
  and 
  British, 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  old 
  and 
  rare, 
  

   came 
  from 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  B. 
  Stebbins, 
  of 
  Canisteo, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  The 
  first 
  four 
  

   volumes 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Scientific 
  Series, 
  Patrons' 
  edition, 
  were 
  

   presented 
  by 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution. 
  Thirty 
  publications 
  were 
  

   given 
  by 
  the 
  American 
  Association 
  for 
  the 
  Advancement 
  of 
  Science, 
  

  

  