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Number of Visitors. — There has been no diminution of the 
attendance on Sunday ; on the contrary, the interest appears to 
have increased. The total number of visitors during the year 
was 612,528. On some of the prominent holidays the attendance 
has exceeded ten thousand persons per day. 
The Terms of Chapter 423 of the Laws of 1892 having 
been modified by the Legislature of 1893, in conformity with the 
wishes of the Trustees, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment 
appropriated for a new wing the sum of four hundred thousand 
dollars ($ 400,000) in accordance with the provisions of the Act. 
The plans prepared by the architects appointed by the Trustees 
(Messrs. J. C. Cady & Co.) were submitted to, and approved by, 
the city authorities. The addition, or, as it may be properly 
termed, the East Wing, will present a frontage of one hundred 
and fifty-seven feet on Seventy-seventh Street, with a depth of 
sixty-seven feet, providing five fully-lighted halls for exhibition 
purposes. 
In connection with this subject, it is a pleasure to refer to the 
prompt and liberal action of the municipal administration in 
cooperating with the Trustees, to provide the Museum with 
enlarged facilities for the display of the specimens. This recog- 
nition of the work of the Trustees furnishes encouragement in 
their efforts to make this Institution one of the most important 
of its kind in the country. 
It is also evident at this time that a further appropriation will 
be required to equip arid complete the new wing, and to provide 
for the alteration and full equipment of the old building made 
necessary by the erection of the East Wing. This work is receiv- 
ing our most earnest attention. 
The Board of Estimate and Apportionment placed at the dis- 
posal of the Trustees the sum of $65,000 for the maintenance of 
the Museum during 1893. This sum, however, was inadequate 
for its purpose, the Trustees having to provide for a considerable 
deficiency. 
Charge for Admission. — For the first time in the history of 
the Museum the system of charging visitors a fee for admission 
