46 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1907. 

 \ umber of visitors during the fiscal year 1906-7. 



Year and month. 



July 



August 



September. - 



( ictober 



November 



I lecember 



1907 



January 



February 



March 



April 



Ma) 



June 



Total 



Museum 

 building. 



Smithsonian 

 building. 



9, 127 

 16, 102 

 13, .15 



1 1 . 822 

 9, i34 

 9,334 



8,967 

 9,631 



11,871 

 15,891 

 17,844 

 19,653 



153,591 



"Number of visitors to the Museum and Smithsonian buildings since the opening 



of the former in 1881. 



ISM .. ... 

 1 882 

 1883 



IS84 hall \ 

 [884 V. 

 1885 86 

 1886-87 - 

 I S87 88 . . 



1888 vi 



1889 90 



1890 91 



1891 92 . . 



1892 93 



1893 '.M 

 1894-95 



Museum 

 building. 



Smithsonian 

 building. 



Museum Smithsonian 

 building. building. 



150, 



167, 

 10 i, 

 97, 

 205, 

 174, 

 216, 

 249, 

 374, 

 2' I 

 286, 

 269, 

 319 

 195, 

 201, 







155 

 188 

 661 

 026 

 225 

 562 

 66 • 

 S43 

 324 

 126 

 825 

 930 

 7 is 

 711 



100, 

 152, 

 int. 

 15, 

 105, 

 ss, 

 98, 

 102, 



I 19, 

 120, 

 111, 



II I 

 174 

 103, 

 105, 



1895 96 



1896 97 

 1897-98 

 1898-99 

 1899-1900 ... 

 i mi ii i i '.hi: 



1901 2 



1902 3 



1903 I 



I '.ii 1 1 5 



1905-6 



1906-7 



Total. 



MEETINGS. 



Iii November, lf)0G, the lecture hall was fitted up for the purposes of 

 the National Gallery of- Art until more suitable quarters could be 

 provided for the latter. This prevented the holding of regular lec- 

 ture courses during the year, but by removing the cases occupying 

 the Hour it has been possible to utilize the hall for a limited number 

 of meetings. The American Ornithologists' Union had its annual 

 congress here from November hi to 15, inclusive. 



On the evening of December 3, under the auspices of the Board 

 of Regents, a meeting was held to commemorate the life and services 

 oi i he late Secretary, Samuel Pierpont Langley, at which many of his 



