REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 



47 



The material obtained in exchange from individuals abroad was as 

 follows: From L. Chevallier, Precigne, Sarthe, France. 342 Algerian 

 plants; from Dr. Aristides Brezina, Vienna, Austria, a fragment of 

 the Trenzano meteorite, weighing lf>4 grams; from Mr. Julius Bohm, 

 Vienna, Austria, a piece of meteoric stony iron from Finnmarken, 

 weighing 595 grains; from Mr. Cecil Seymour Browne, Anacapri, Italy. 

 a collection of Lepidoptera; from Mr. A. Berger, La Mortola, Venti- 

 miglia, Italy, 31 plants; from Rev. R. P. Longin Navas, S. J., Colegio 

 del Salvador, Zaragoza, Spain, a collection of Neuropteroid insects 

 from Spain; from Maj. Charles G. Nurse, Nineteenth Bomlw Infan- 

 try, Quetta, Baluchistan, India, 130 species of Hymenoptera: from 

 Prof. N. S. Jambunathan, Native College, Madura. India, 52 speci- 

 mens of spiders from India. 



VISITORS. 



The Museum building was visited during the year by 220,778 per- 

 sons, and the Smithsonian building by 143,988 persons, a daily aver- 

 age of 705 for the former and 460 for the latter. The decrease as 

 compared with the previous year is accounted for by the meeting of 

 the Grand Army of the Republic in October, 1902, during which 

 month alone the attendance amounted to 131,448. 



The following tables show, respectively, the attendance during each 

 month of the past year, and for each year beginning with 1881, when 

 the Museum building was first opened to the public. 



Number of visitors during the fiscal year 1903-04- 



Year and month. 



1903 



July 



August 



September . . „. '. 



October 



November 



December 



1904 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



Total 



Approximate daily average 



Museum 

 building. 



19, 100 

 25, .792 

 24, 408 

 17, 4SS 

 13, 783 

 14,634 



12,621 



15, 202 



20. 375 

 27, 838 



16. 376 

 13, 136 



220, 778 

 705 



Smithsonian 

 building. 



11,359 

 17,181 

 1 [,635 

 12, 709 

 11,252 

 11,675 



9,674 

 8,964 



10, 922 

 16, 151 

 10, 497 



8,669 



143,988 

 460 



