REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1925 15 



Number of visitors to the Museum and Smithsonian Buildings since 1881 — Con. 





Smithsonian 

 Building 



Museum buildings 





Year 



Arts and 

 industries 



Natural 

 history 



Aircraft 



Total 



1904-05- _ - ._ 



149, 380 



149, 661 



153, 591 



237, 182 



198, 054 



179, 163 



167, 085 



143, 134 



142, 420 



102, 645 



40, 324 



48, 517 



86, 335 



67, 224 



101, 504 



86, 013 



90, 235 



83, 384 



95, 168 



104, 601 



107, 342 



235, 921 

 210, 886 

 210, 017 

 299, 659 

 245, 187 

 228, 804 

 207, 010 



172, 182 



173, 858 

 146, 533 

 133, 202 

 146, 956 

 161, 700 

 161, 298 

 266, 532 

 250, 982 

 286, 397 

 262, 151 

 259, 542 

 290, 012 

 304, 858 







385, 301 



1905-06 







360, 547 



1906-07 







363, 698 



1907-08 







536, 841 



1908-09 







443, 241 



1909-10 



1910-11 



50, 403 

 151, 112 

 281, 887 

 319, 806 

 329, 381 

 321, 712 

 381, 228 

 407, 025 

 401, 100 

 1 132, 859 

 422, 984 

 467, 299 

 441, 604 

 508, 518 

 540, 776 

 557, 016 







458, 370 

 525, 207 



1911-12 





597, 203 



1912-13 _ . 





636, 084 



1913-14 _ _ _ 





578, 559 



1914-15 - - _ _ - 



495, 238 



1915-16 



1916-17 -_ __ 



576, 701 

 655, 060 



1917-18 





629, 622 



1918-19 _ _ __ _ 



500, 895 



1919-20 _ _ __ _ _ 



759, 979 



1920-21_. _ 



31, 235 

 46, 380 



42, 904 



43, 534 

 52, 787 



875, 166 



1921-22_ . 



833, 519 



1922-23 



906, 132 



1923-24 



978, 923 



1924-25 



1, 082, 003 







Grand total 



5, 462, 739 



9, 971, 204 



5, 714, 710 



216, 840 



21, 365, 493 



Building open for only three months of the year. 



PUBLICATIONS 



The publications issued during the year include five volumes, the 

 annual report for 1924, volumes 63 and 64 of the proceedings, Bulle- 

 tin 129, " The spider crabs of America," by Mary J, Rathbun, and 

 Bulletin 130, " Life histories of North American wild fowl, order 

 Anseres," by Arthur Cleveland Bent. Seventy separate papers 

 published include 1 paper in the bulletin series, 3 in the contribu- 

 tions from the National Herbarium and 66 in the proceedings. The 

 constant demand for Bulletin 39, Part N, entitled "Directions for 

 Preparing Specimens of Mammals," by Gerrit S. Miller, jr., necessi- 

 tated the reprinting of this pamphlet. This marks the fifth edition 

 of this paper, which has been revised as required. A second edition 

 of the " Illustrated Handbook of the Department of Geology of the 

 United States National Museum" was printed and placed on sale, as 

 was also an illustrated catalogue of " The Herbert Ward African 

 Collection." New editions of the guide plans to the Arts and In- 

 dustries Building, and to the Natural History Building were also 

 published. 



In line with the program for economy in Government expendi- 

 tures as voiced by the President, the mailing lists for Museum 



