96 



The f(.)llowiug tiil)le gives the details oi' lulniissioii 



As the total number recorded by the turnstile was 61,449, and the 

 number of days the Museum was open to the public was 291^, there 

 was a mean daily average of 210.80 visitors. The greatest number of 

 visitors lor one mouth was 7,725, registered during October. The 

 largest daily number was 2,118, this occurred on the 29th October, 

 the o]>euing of the newlv erected Tanda-i-Thapani Temple at the 

 Waterfall. 



Other large daily attendances were recorded as shown below : 



Hindu Festival, called Panguni Ootharam (7th April) ... 1,445 

 Chinese Festival, the 15th of the 8th moon (2nd Octoljer) 1,232 

 Hindu Festival, called Tai Pusum (8th February) ... 520 

 First day of Race Meeting (23rd August) 500 



The Consul-Oeueral for Grermany in the Straits and Federated 

 Malav States visited the Museum on the 19th of January ; the Earl 

 and Countess of Carnarvon, the Countess of Lanesborough, and 

 Mr. Kelway Bamber, the Ceylon Government Chemist, on the 5th of 

 FebruarA- : H.H. Tungku Mohamed, c.m.g., Yang di }>er Tuan of Negri 

 Sembilan, H.H. Suleiman bin Almerhum Raja Musa, Sultan of 

 Selangor. the British Resident of Selangor, and the Resident-General 

 on the 12th of Febiaiary ; Professor Engler, Director of Botanical 

 Gardens, Ik-rlin, on the 24th of February ; Seuator the Honourable 

 Stanjiifoi-th Smith, C<Mnmonwealth of Australia, on the 14th of Mai-ch ; 

 H.S.H. Prince Heinrich Von Reuss on the 24th of March; Mr. T. 

 Tanaka. the Acting Japanese Consul, on the 26th of March ; Mr. Suen 

 Tye Ting, the Chinese Cousul-Geueral. on the 6th of October: Phya 



