4 
At 10.30 p.m. bombs were let off as a signal that 
the Museum and Gardens were finally closed, in 
order to prepare for the building of a new Museum, 
The whole Fete was a. great success, and every- 
thing went off without a hitch. The weather was 
wonderfully fine. 
The following table shows the number of visitors 
to the Gardens and Park for the months in 1898 
Month. 
No. of 
Days 
Open. 
Total. 
Daily 
Average. 
January . . 
12 
19.253 
1604 
April 
30 
14,546 
485 
May 
3 i 
5.273 
170 
June 
30 
12,020 
400 
July .. 
3 i 
11,400 
368 
August 
3 i 
15,900 
5*3 
September 
30 
4,900 
163 
October.. 
3 * 
3,120 
100 
Total . . . . j 
226 
86,412 
382 
Ihe following table gives the number of visitors to 
the Museum during the last seven years : - 
Year. 
1892 
1893 
1894 
1895 
1896 
1897 
1898 
Total 
36794 
41801 
65329 
85807 
62119 
90383 
*5324 
Daily ) 
Average j 
328 
383 
4 i 3 
456 
296 
432 
666 
The total attendance since, the opening (by the 
late Sir Morell Mackenzie, M.D.), on December 
the 24th, 1890, has been 455,591. 
