202  Field  Columbian  Museum — Reports,  Vol.  i. 
Attendance  and  Receipts  for  the  Year  Ending  Sept.  30,  1897. 
Attendance. 
Total  Attendance,   220,283 
Paid  Attendance- 
Adults,   19,625 
Children,  1,104    .  20,729 
Free  Admission  on  pay  days — 
School  Children,   6,952 
Students,    1*429 
Teachers,   372 
Members — Corporate,   60 
Annual,   532 
Officers'  Family,   59 
Special,  ,   .    .    .  204  9,608 
Admission  on  Free  Days — 
Saturdays,   54>93& 
Sundays,   135,008 
Highest  Attendance  on  any  day  (June  20,  1897^,   5, 116 
Lowest          "              "        "    (March  23,  1897),   .....  8 
Highest  Paid"              "        "    (July  5,  1897),   302 
Average  Daily  Admissions  (365  days),   603 
Average  Paid  Admissions  (262  days),    79 
Receipts. 
Guides  sold — 1,717  at  25  cents,   $429.25 
Articles  checked— 22,203  at  5  cents,   1,1 10.15 
Admissions,   5,016.15 
$6,555-55 
