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Tlu' Mviseuiii wiis (tpfii thiuuylioul the ynv mi 29o davs. and this 

 makes a daily average attoudaiice of 188.83. 



Mean daily average of visitors to Museum during 1905 : 



The total for the year is 55,103, the niunber of days the Museum 

 was opened during the year is 295, giving a mean daily average of 185 

 visitors. 



H.H. the Sultan of Peralc, Sir Idris Mersid-el-Aiizam Shah, 

 G.C.M.O., and suite, visited the Institution on the 24th June : H.E. the 

 Higli Commissioner of the Federated Malay States, Sir John Anderson, 

 K.C.M.O., on the 4th August ; the Resident-General, Sir W. T. Taylor, 

 K.c'.M.G., on the 5th and 6th December; and the British Resident, 

 Mr. E. W. Birch, c.m.g., with Lieut.-Colonel R. S. F. Walker, c.m.g., 

 Oommaudant of the Malay States Guides, on the 1st February. 

 Mr. R. Shelford, late Curator of the Sarawak Museum, made a 

 prolonged inspection of the collections in March, on passing through 

 Taiping, and the thanks of the Government are due to him for 

 afterwards obtaining the valuable Javanese ethnological objects already 

 mentioned. 



Classes from the Central School visited the Museum on the 

 3rd April and 2nd June. On the former occasion the Curator was able 

 to give the pupils a short address. Pupils and Sisters from the 

 Klian Pau Convent School paid a visit on the 2nd Aiigust ; and on 

 Sunday, the 5th Februar}', the Museum was opened, by special request, 

 to the Penang Convent Scliool. 



STAFF. 



Mr. E. Keilich, Taxidermist, returned from leave and resumed 

 duties on the 2l8t September, after 18 months' furlough. 



