REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 59 



The monthly register as kept by the doorkeepers is here recorded : 



Tear and month. 



18:, J. 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



1890. 



January 



February .... 



March 



April 



May 



June 



Total 



Approximate daily average on a basis of 313 days in the year 



National 

 Museum 

 building 



13,933 



18, 573 

 23, 701 

 40, 648 



19, 750 

 22, 052 



18, :i82 

 23,813 

 23, 718 

 27, 161 

 21,832 

 14, 761 



274, 324 

 876 



Smithsonian 

 building. 



5, 485 

 8,733 

 11,274 

 25, 172 

 0,999 

 8,775 



7,541 

 9,105 

 9,699 

 11,612 

 9,283 

 7, 216 



120,894 

 322 



Table showing the number of visitors 1o the Museum and Smithsonian buildings '-ince the 

 opening of the former in 1881. 



Year. 



Museum 

 building. 



Smithsonian 

 building. 



Total number 

 of visitors 



to both 

 buildings. 



1881 



• 150,000 

 167. 455 

 202, 188 

 195, 322 

 107, 305 

 174, 225 

 210,502 

 249, 605 

 374, 843 

 274, 324 





150, 000 



1882 



152,744 



104,823 



91,130 



00, 428 



88, 900 



98, 552 



102, 8G3 



149, 018 



120, 894 



320, 199 



1883 



307, 011 



286, 452 

 167, 793 



18F4 





1885-'8G 



263, 185 



1886-'87 



315,114 

 352, 528 



1887-'88 



1888-^89 



524 4C1 



188«-'90 



395,218 







Total 



2, 111, 949 



970, 012 



3, 081 961 







The Bureau of Information seems to be regarded more and more as a 

 convenience to strangers, who are constantly applying for information 

 and advice, not only in regard to the Museum, but as to other public 

 buildings and the Government departments in general. This bureau 

 has made o^er 30,000 connections by telephone during the year. 



LECTURES AND MEETINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



In accordance with the custom of previous years, the use of the lec- 

 ture hall of the National Museum has been granted for lectures and for 

 the meetings of scientific societies. 



