376  Field  Columbian  Museum — Reports,  Vol.  i. 
Attendance  and  Receipts  for  Year  Ending  September  30,  1899. 
ATTENDANCE. 
Total. 
Paid  Attendance — 
Adults,    .   20,316 
Children,   1,131  21,447 
Free  Admissions  on  Pay  Days — 
Schoolchildren,   7,111 
Students,   i>570 
Teachers,   450 
Members — Corporate,   37 
Annual,   411 
Life,   31 
Officers'  Families,   37 
Special,   66 
Press,   1  9,714 
Admission  on  Free  Days — 
Saturdays,   54>490 
Sundays,   137,653  192,143 
Total  attendance,   223,304 
Highest  Attendance  on  any  day,  (August  6,  1899),      .     .    .  6,709 
Lowest           "           "        "    (Dec.  29,  1898),    ....  5 
Highest  Paid              "        "    ( July  4,  1899,)     ....  352 
Average  Daily  Admissions  (365  days)   611 
Average  Paid  Admissions  (260  days)    82 
receipts. 
Guides  Sold — 1,432  at  25  cents  each,   $  358.00 
Articles  Checked — 21,653  at  5  cents  each,   1,082.65 
Admissions,   5,192.10 
$6,632 . 75 
