Report of the President 3 ^ 



issued in November, in time for Teachers' Day. This has been 

 in good demand by visitors, as have also various Guide Leaflets, 

 particularly the attractive guide to the Forestry Hall, published 

 early in the year. A number of the Leaflets most often called 

 for is out of print, but new and revised editions are in course 

 of preparation. 



The sale of such publications has been perceptibly in- 

 creased by having them sold by attendants as well as at the 

 door. Incidentally it may be said that the post cards, from 

 subjects selected by Dr. Townsend while Acting Director, have 

 been in good demand, over 5,000 having been sold during the 

 short time that they have been available. 



Statistics of Numbers Reached by Museum 

 Extension System 



1905 1906 1907 



Board of Educa- 

 tion Lectures. . . 42,212 45,000 35,o68 

 Children's Lec- 



, tures 35,ooo 17,187 26,312 



Children's Room 

 and Mrs. Roes- 

 ler's Special 



Lectures 3,376 



Classes visiting 

 the Museum for 

 : General Study. . 11,000 6,813 7,795 



Meetings of Sci- 

 I entific Societies 

 ■ and other Meet- 

 I ings and Lec- 

 : tures 35, 281 6,867 11,784 15,587 337,433 58,926 76,132 



1908 



1909 



1910 



1911 



43,386 



28,402 



43,549 



40,067 



22,931 



20,165 



9,242 



22,797 



5,430 



7,359 



6,368 



7,138 



10,818 



8,712 



9,284 



9^444 



; General Atten- 



j dance for all 



J purposes 565,489 476,133 537,8941,043,582 839,141 613,152 724,141 



Number of Pupils 

 reached by Cir- 

 culating Collec- 

 tions 375,ooo 800,000 725,000 575,8oi 922,512 839,089 1,253,435 



940,489 1,276,133 1,262,894 1,619,383 1,761,653 1,452,241 1,977,576 



Not only is this attendance more than 100,000 greater than 

 that of last year, but it is really the largest in the history of 

 the Museum — the large figures of 1908-1909 being due to the 

 great number of visitors to the Tuberculosis Exhibit and to 



