Enumeration of Visitors to the Royal Botanic 
Garden, Edinburgh, during the Years 1889-1912. 
ON the Ist of April 1889, the control of the Royal Botanic 
Garden, Edinburgh, was vested in the Commissioners of His 
Majesty’s Works, and the Garden became subject to the “ Act 
for the Regulation of the Royal Parks and Gardens, 1872.” 
From the date specified the Garden has been opened to the 
public on Sundays, and also for an extended period on Week- 
days. The table below shows the number of visitors to the 
Garden on Sundays and Week-days respectively during the 
twenty-four years which have elapsed since the Garden was 
transferred to the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Works :— 
Largest | Smallest 
Number | Number 
Total Total pe gst Total 
Year. Sa . = a a aaa : Week on on : 
ear, undays. a Week | a Wee 
Sunday. | Sunday. Days. Day. Day. 
*1889 ... | 368,219 | 187,457 13,935 129 180,762 8 50 
1890... | 446,540 | 216,345 | 11,262 gI ponaen tom 65 
1891 54,083 | 220,543 | 9,445 | 340 | 233,540 | -3,228| 76 
1892 437,205 | 218,233 | 13,581 149 218,972 | 2,666 43 
1893 531,232 | 271,893 | 12,860 45 259,339 | 3,197 | 40 
1894 $26,948 | 268,793 | 13,515 | 68 | 258155 | 3,153 | 28 
1895 608 | 264,497 | 15,227| 127 | 22111 | §292| 26 
1896 516,407 | 296,576 | 13,517 527 219,831 3,825 30 
1897 475,210 | 271,730 | 16,001 74 | 203,480} 3,153 | 20 
1898 443,289 258,499 | 12,840 123 184,790 3,234 39 
61,686 | 259,424 | 15,161 105 202,262 | 2,758 | 30 
1900 561,359 | 324,856 | 17,700 | 268 236,503 | 3,667 53 
1901 586,461 | 339,290 | 19,456 |- a8 | aay 202 | 9607 | 45 
1902 322,303 | 295,892 | 15,561 | 165 | 226,471 5,461 
1903 606, 184 355,310 | 19,583 135 250,874 | 4,202 41 
190 639,066 | 367, 20,719 | 374 271,776 | 3,564 | 42 
1905 584,546 | 330,995 | 19,859] too 253,551 | 2,708 | 60 
699,558 | 394,030 | 21,959 8 305,528 | 3,7 
1907 674,208 899 | 25,601 708 251,309 | 3,365 | 40 
1908 585,171 | 342, 549 | 570 | 243,065 | 2,898] 39 
909 683,243 | 394,861 | 24,334 | -165 288,382 | 3,483 | 71 
Iglo_ ... 777,864 | 430,776 21,813 244 347, 3,598 
BOLE 3545) 708,943 | 420, 163 | 22,765 82 288,780 | 3,828 66 
EOTS «3 -y, 714,170 | 383,476 25,930 88 330,694 3.515 81 
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