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Director'' s Annual Report. 



him mvich more time for original investigation for which he is well 

 fitted, and his department (the largest in the Museum) will be 

 greatl}^ benefitted. Mr. Stokes has also arranged and labelled our 

 excellent colledtion of Hawaiian corals, many of which he collecfted. 



Attendance of Visitors. As the change in open days 

 came into effect October ist, the list of attendance is given in two 

 parts of which the totals may easily be compared. For last year 

 the number of whites was 5457 ; this year 6210. The number of 

 visitors of all nationalities for the two years was 11,012 and 1 1 , 202 . 



Table of Attendance. 



Open on 



Cm 



O 00 



Average 

 Attendance. 





o 



January .. 

 Fobruary .. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 

 Totals.. 



4G0 

 606 

 596 

 439 

 4.3.3 

 343 

 534 

 527 

 597 



SO 



80 



103 



148 



68 



55 



120 



79 



86 



37 

 114 

 84 

 96 

 .54 

 71 

 134 

 78 

 99 



60 

 118 

 107 

 127 

 164 

 173 

 136 

 104 

 174 



49 

 31 

 52 

 23 

 53 

 109 

 163 



75 



105 



101 



95 



89 



69 



106 



94 



S3 



710 

 946 

 960 

 890 

 762 

 715 



1,005 

 859 



1,077 



,924 



October . 



November 



December . 



Totals. 



1,.349 

 1,075 



854 

 3,278 



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