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adequately labeled. In considering the attendance, the num- 

 ber of visitors to the Flower Show and to the Exhibit of 

 Industrial Art has been discounted, but subtracting these, 

 the number during the last four months was as great as at 

 any previous corresponding period. 



Among noteworthy visitors were the King and Queen of 

 Belgium, accompanied by the Crown Prince ; the members 

 of the Abyssinian Mission, headed by the Dedjazmatch 

 (Duke) Nado; and Viscount Grey. 



The Abyssinians were most impressed by the fossil 

 vertebrates, not merely by the size of such creatures as the 

 Dinosaurs, but with their great age, and the abundance of 

 life at so early a period in the history of the earth. 



The past few years of war, cold, unrest, strikes and 

 epidemics of infantile paralysis and influenza have told 

 severely on Museum attendance, but the year 1919, it is 

 hoped, can be considered as an approach to normal. 



STATISTICS OF NUMBERS REACHED BY THE MUSEUM AND ITS 

 EXTENSION EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM 



1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 



Board of Education Lectures 41,970 34,421 32,790 21,624 1,191 



Lectures to School Children 

 and Classes visiting the 



Museum for Study 61,437 58,842 57,463 21,484 35,221 



Meetings of Scientific So- 

 cieties and Other Meetings 



and Lectures 22,542 28,495 25,549 20,928 21,475 



Total 125,949 121,758 115,802 64,036 57,887 



Attendance in Exhibition 



Halls 794,139 725,917 786,151 627,302 810,575 



Total Attendance for 



all Purposes 920,088 847,675 901,953 691,338 868,462 



Lectures to Pupils in Local 



Centers 32,800 37,400 38,525 19,575 25,575 



Numbers reached by Circu- 

 lating Collections 1,238,581 1,118,322 1,104,456 817,610 955,438 



Grand Total 2,191,469 2,003,397 2,044,934 1,528,523 1,849,475 



The sales of popular publications have reflected the char- 

 acter of the attendance, being greater than ever, particularly 



of the Guide, which was exhausted much 

 Sales of sooner than expected and "out of print" for 



Publications ^ our monr -hs. Three of the Handbooks were 



also "sold out." All together there were sold 

 at the attendants' desks 3,005 Guides, 1,886 Handbooks, 3,087 

 Leaflets and 1,044 Reprints, a total of 9,022 copies. 



