REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1918. 

 Number of visitors during the year ending June 30, 191S. 



87 



Year and month. 



1917 



July 



August 



September . 



October 



November . 

 December.. 



Museum Buildings, 



Arts and 

 Indus- 

 tries. 



14,805 

 18, 998 

 17,397 

 14, 705 

 12, 680 

 11,229 



Natural 

 History. 



27, 930 

 36, 640 

 42, 022 

 39, 809 

 41, 839 

 53,757 



Smithso- 

 nian 

 Building. 



5,611 

 7,131 

 7,394 

 6,155 

 5,722 

 5,675 



Year and month. 



191S. 



January 



February . . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



Total . 



Museum Buildings. 



Arts and 

 Indus- 

 tries. 



7,206 

 9, 2S1 

 13,497 

 13, 148 

 13, 905 

 14, 327 



161, 298 



Natural 

 History. 



24, 569 

 24, 517 

 30, 043 

 24, 205 

 23, 530 

 32, 143 



401, 100 



Smithso- 

 nian 

 Building. 



3,302 

 4,208 

 5,741 

 5,578 

 5,268 

 5, 439 



67, 224 



Number of visitors to the Museum and Smithsonian Buildings since 1881. 



Year. 



1S81 



1882 



18&3 



1884 (half year).... 

 1884-85(fiscalyear) 



1885-86 



1886-87 



1887-88 



1888-89 



1889-90 



1890-91 



1891-92 



1892-93 



1893-94 



1894-95 



1895-96 



1896-97 



1897-98 



1898-99 



1S99-1900 



Museum Buildings. 



Arts and 

 Indus- 

 tries. 



150, 

 167, 

 202, 

 97, 

 205; 

 174, 

 216, 

 249, 

 374, 

 274, 

 286, 

 269, 

 319, 

 195, 

 201, 

 180, 

 229, 

 177, 

 192, 

 225, 



Natural 

 History. 



Smithso- 

 nian 

 Building. 



100,000 

 152, 744 

 104, 823 



45,505 

 105, 993 



88,900 



98, 552 

 102, 863 

 149,618 

 120, 894 

 111,609 

 114,817 

 174, 18S 

 103, 910 

 105, 658 

 103, 050 

 115, 709 



99,273 

 110,912 

 133,147 



Year. 



1900-1 



1001-2 



1902-3 



1903-1 



1904-5 



1905-6 



1906-7 



1907-8 



1908-9 



1909-10 



1910-11 



1911-12 



1912-13 



1913-14 



1914-15 



1915-16 



1916-17 



1917-18 



Total 



Museum Buildings. 



Arts and 

 Indus- 

 tries. 



216, 

 173, 

 315, 

 220, 

 235, 

 210, 

 210, 

 299, 

 215, 

 22S, 

 207, 

 172, 

 173, 

 140, 

 133, 

 140, 

 161, 

 161, 



S, 050, 730 



Natural 

 History. 



50, 403 

 151,112 

 281, 887 

 319, 806 

 329, 381 

 321, 712 

 381, 228 

 407,025 

 401,100 



2, 643, 654 



Smithso- 

 nian 

 Building. 



151, 563 

 144, 107 

 181, 174 

 143, 988 

 149, 380 

 149, 661 

 153, 591 

 237, 182 

 198, 054 

 179, 163 

 167, 085 

 143, 134 

 142, 420 

 102, 045 

 40,324 

 48, 517 

 80,335 

 07, 224 



4, 734, 492 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The publications of the year comprised G volumes and 40 separate 

 papers. The former consisted of the annual report of the Museum for 

 1916; volume 51 of the Proceedings; and the following four Bulle- 

 tins: No. 95, "The fishes of the west coast of Peru," by Barton War- 

 ren Evermann; No. 97, "The Grapsoid crabs of America, " by Mary 



