by the Alaska Commercial Co. : thirteen boxes of 

 copper and iron ores from Lake Superior, presented 

 by Samuel Sloan, Esq., and a collection of minerals 

 from the Western States, presented by Prof. A. E. 

 Foote: several mounted mammals and birds from 

 Beirout, Syria, presented by the Rev. D. Stuart Dodge : 

 many fine specimens of carboniferous plants from 

 Pennsylvania, presented by Thomas Ingham, Esq. : 

 the W. J. Hays' Collection of mounted heads of the 

 Moose, Buffalo and Cariboo : skulls and antlers of 

 many species of deer, and a large picture of a herd of 

 buffalo, all presented by the generous friends of the 

 lamented artist : Mr. D. G. Elliot's gift of over eleven 

 hundred fine skins of birds of North America, and 

 several mounted mammals. 



The Maintenance Fund, received from our Annual 

 Members, has provided for a limited corps of curators, 

 and enabled us to purchase the Squier collection. 

 The services of additional curators are now required 

 by the constant and rapid growth of our Museum, 

 and it is hoped that the list of such subscribers will 

 be largely increased during the ensuing year. 



The number of visitors to our halls has been stead- 

 ily increasing. The turnstile recently placed at the 

 entrance to the Museum has given the following sur- 

 prising results, and affords a most satisfactory proof 

 of the popularity of the institution : 

 NUMBER OF VISITORS. 



turday, September 18th, 



17,082 



u u 



25th, 



13,327 



" October 



2d, 



15,204 



ii u 



9th, 



17,778 



u u 



16th, 



. 13,385 



u ii 



23d, 



18,328 



ti ii 



30th, 



14,935 



" November 



6th, 



18,904 



