5 
The attendance on 
the Bank Holidays, 
when the Museum 
was open all day, is 
shown by the accom- 
panying table : 
The total attendance on Bank Holidays during 
the past year thus exhibits an average of 3270, and 
is an increase of 3927 on the past year. 
Good Friday . . 
493 i 
Easter Monday 
4643 
Whit Monday 
3015 
August Monday . . 
2546 
Boxing Day 
1217 
Total 
16352 
The following Table shows the Number of Visitors 
to the Gardens, for the summer months of 1897 : — 
Month. 
No. of 
days open. 
Total. 
Daily 
Average. 
April 
10 
29601 
2960 
May 
19 
14164 
745 • 
June 
18 
20612 
ii 45 
J ul y 
17 
17165 
1009 
August 
18 
27516 
1529 
September 
17 
9945 
585 
Boxing Day 
1 
1207 
1207 
Total . . 
100 
120210 
1202 
The Sunday afternoon attendance for the year has 
been 19,527, being an average of 375, and showing 
an increase of 154 on the average for that day. 
The following Table gives the number of Visitors 
to the Museum during the last six. years : — 
Year 
1892 
1893 
| 1894 
1895 
1896 
1897 
Total 
36,794 
41,801 
65,329 
85,807 
62,119 
90,383 
Daily Average . . ' 
328 
383 
4 L 3 
456 
296. 
432 
The total attendance since the opening (by the 
late Sir Moreljl Mackenzie, M.D.), on December 
the 24th, 1690, has been 440,267. 
