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CITY LI BR A 11 Y ASSOCIATION. 



Mar. 18, 1904. A talk by Dr. W. H. Chapin on the Wilbrahaui 

 Quarry, and the Indian pottery and implements found there. 



Apr. 22. An account of Mt. Mica, near Paris, Me., and the tour- 

 malines found there. Mr. W. G. Whitman. 



Attendance of Classes, 



A most important function of the museum is to co-operate with the 

 schools of the city in developing an intelligent interest in nature among 

 children. The museum officials provide every facility for visits of teachers 

 and classes. Statistics given herewith show that this use of the museum 

 is steadily growing in popularity. 



Total number of classes for past year 54 



City schools, 30 



Outside of city, 24 



Total number of pupils, 1,135 



The Albany Library School of forty members visited the museum this 

 spring ; also the Pratt Institute class of thirty members. 



Figures for general attendance. 



Average daily attendance, f|l 



Average Sunday attendance, 84 



Average week-day attendance, 94 



Largest daily attendance, 181 



Smallest attendance, 17 



Estimated total yearly attendance, 33,215 



Progress in Organization, 



During the past year the collections in Ornithology, Botany, and Ar- 

 chaeology have been rearranged and made more effective for study and dis- 

 play. 



A series of loan collections has been made up for use in schools. The 

 arrangement for the lectures, especially for those by Mr. Frank L. Chap- 

 man on Birds, incurred a large amount of detail work, all of which was 

 done or supervised by the museum authorities. 



The Catharine Howard library has been catalogued by members of the 

 library staff, and 1,020 cards filled out by the assistant curator. 



It is gratifying to note that people are each year making more use of 

 the museum as an interesting place to visit and a source of information on 

 matters scientific. Such demands on the time and attention of the officials 

 are gladly met. 



New cases have been installed as follows : 



Three on the second floor for archaeological collections and one on the 

 first floor for birds. 



