24 Field Columbian Museum — Reports, Vol. II. 



Photography and Lantern 



Illustration. Negatives. Prints. Slides. Developments. 



Lectures, 55 ... 55 



For distribution, 112 ... ... 



Expeditions, .... 2,572 



Totals, .... 3,251 2,085 335 1,367 



Other 



Printing Office. Labels. Impressions. 



Anthropology, 713 3,975 



Botany, . . 273 13,100 



Geology, 3,642 . . . 



Transportation, • 15 ... 



Zoology . , 4,523 756 



Director's Office, :^4^B9 



Library, 3#3i2 



Taxidermy. — Work in this division has been unusually active, and 

 results of the very highest character have been attained. New 

 methods in mounting specimens have been adopted and in conse- 

 quence a perfection of work never before attained has been secured. 

 Five large groups are nearing completion, one of zebra and four of 

 the Virginia deer in spring, summer, autumn and winter, this last 

 distinguished by a wealth of accessories and detail never before 

 attempted in this class of work. 



Bequest. — The sum of $1,000.00 was bequeathed to the Museum 

 by the late Huntington W. Jackson. This brings to mind the fact 

 that the President during the year supported the movement to amend 

 the law regarding the Inheritance Tax, and the Museum is to be con- 

 gratulated on the success with which the concerted efforts of the 

 various institutions in the country has been crowned, the objection- 

 able law having been repealed by the United States and the State of 

 Illinois. 



Attendance. — A falling off in the total attendance for the year has 

 to be reported. The figures show a difference of 18,491 in favor of 

 the year ending September 30, 1900, over the year ending September 

 30, 1901. More than half of this decrease occurs in the month of 

 September,. 1901, when the attendance was 9,782 less than in the 

 same month of the previous year. The only explanation of this large 

 difference is in the fact that the weather w^as inclement on three out of 

 the nine free days of the month. The marked decrease in the paid 

 attendance is explained by the fact that during the previous year the 

 visit of the G. A. R. to Chicago brought a great many strangers to the 

 city, who visited the Museum in large numbers, in fact, the paid attend- 

 ance during the week of the encampment was 4,500 more than the 



