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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1904. 



Number of visitors to the Museum and Smithsonian buildings since the opening of the 



former in 1881. 



1881 



1882 



1883 



1884 (half year) 



1884-85" 



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 



1899-1900 



1900-1901" 



1901-02 



1902-03 



1903-04 



Total 



Museum 

 building. 



150,000 

 167,455 

 202, 188 

 97,661 

 205,026 

 174,225 

 216, 562 

 249, 665 

 374,843 

 274,324 

 286, 426 

 269, 825 

 319, 930 

 195, 748 

 201,744 

 180, 505 

 229,606 

 177, 254 

 192, 471 

 225, 440 

 216, 556 

 173, 888 

 315, 307 

 220, 778 



Smithsonian 

 building. 



5, 317, 427 



100,000 

 152, 744 

 104,823 



45, 565 

 105,993 



88, 960 



98, 552 

 102,863 

 149, 618 

 120, 894 

 111, 669 

 114,817 

 174,188 

 103, 910 

 105, 658 

 103, 650 

 115, 709 



99,273 

 116,912 

 133, 147 

 151,563 

 144,107 

 181,174 

 1 13,988 



2, 869, 777 



" Years of Presidential inaugurations. 



MEETINGS AND LECTURES. 



During- the first half of the year the lecture hall was utilized for the 

 preparation and packing of a part of the exhibits for the Louisiana 

 Purchase Exposition. After January 1, 1904, however, it was fre- 

 quently used for its legitimate purposes. 



A series of Saturday afternoon lectures, under the auspices of the 

 Biological Society of Washington, was given as follows: 



February 20, Exploration of the Deep Sea, by Mr. Charles H. Town- 

 send; February 27, The Living Forest, by Mr. Gitford Pinchot; 

 March 5, A Naturalist's Winter in Mexico, by Mr. E. W. Nelson; 

 March 12, The Evolution of the Horse, by Prof. Henry F. Osborn; 

 March 19, The Coast Region of Alaska, by Dr. C. Hart Merriam. 



The attendance at these lectures varied from 898 to 1,213 persons — 

 far more than the seating capacity of the hall. 



The closing exercises of the U. S. Naval Medical School were held 

 here on March 21, and those of the U. S. Army Medical School on 

 April 5. 



