Enumeration of Visitors to the Royal Botanic 
Garden, Edinburgh, during the Years 1889-1921. 
On the 1st 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 
thirty-three years which have elapsed since the Garden was trans- 
ferred to the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Works :— 
f 
Total Total Large Sm: allest Total Hat See | ee 
Venr. if } 5 Namber Number Mosel oa | ie 
yr Bac ave ona eek 7 
Year. Sundays. isc “Sunday. Days. a dongs a a 
ee e: | et | se 
#1889 ... | 368,219 | 187,457 | 13,035 | 129 | 180,762 | 3,834 | 50 
1890... | 446,540 | 216,345 | 11,262 |, 91 230,195 | 5032 65 
1891... | 454,083 | 220,543 | 9544 3 "233,540 | 3,228 76 
1892 437,205 | 218,233 |. 13,581 149 218,972 | 2,666 | 43 
1893 531,232 | 271, ; 5 | 256,330 |.3,197 ] 40 
1894 948 | 268,793 | 13,515 68 } 258,155 | 3,153 | 28 
1895 516,608 | 264,497 | 15,227 127° 52,02 | 5292 |. 26 
407 | 296,576 | 13,517 | 527 | 279,831 | 3,825.| 30 
1897 475,210 | 271,730 | 16,001 74. |. 203,480-| 5,153 |’ 20 
1898 »289 8,449 | 12,840 123 184,790 | 3,234 39 
1899 61,686 | 259,42 15,161 105 903 2634; 2758). 2 20 
1g00 561,359 | 324,856 | 17, 268 | 236,503 |. 3,667 53 
1901 86,461 | 339,229 | 19,256 258 } 247,232" | 4,62 ~45 
1902 522,303 | 295,892 | 15,561 165 226,471 | 5,461 60 
1903 6,184 | 355,310 3 135 | 250,874 | 4,202 41 
1904 39,066 | 367,2 20,719:| 374 4. 271,776 |. 3,564 42 
1905 584,546 | 330,995 | 19,859 | 100 | 253,551 | 2,708 | . 60 
I 699,558 | 394,030 | 21,959 | 84 | 305,528 | 3,760} 44 
1907 674,208 22,899 | 25,601 | 708 361,300") °3/905 40 
908 585,171 | 342,106 | 20,549 | 570 | 243,065 | 2,898 39 
1909 :.. | 683,243 | 394,861 | 24,334 165 [| 288,382 | 3,483 | 71 
Ig1o 777,364 | 430,776 | 21,813 244° | 347,088 | 3,598 | 80 
IgIt 708,943 20,16 22,765 82 288,78¢ 828 |, 66 
1gI2 714,170 | 383,476 | 25,930 88 } 330,694 | 3,515 81 
19i3 876,585 | 500,205 | 27,398 680 | 376,380 | 4,100 59 
1914 776,280 | 414,518 | 25,521 106 61,702 | 5,337 62 
1915 739, 442,179 | 21,155 125 4 288,582 | 3,82 55 
1916 695,364-| 367,713 | 20,227 327,051 | 3,926 4t 
1917 737,070 | 428,752 | 21,531 170 | 208,318 | 3,293 59 
1918 727,782 | 320,450 | 20,811 236 407,232 | 3,911 39 
1919 811,937 | 436,055 | 21,775 | 231 5,882 | 6,274 | 52 
1920 ..} 644,856 | 399,398 | 19,340 481° | 245,458 | 3,777 84 
192I ... | 702,482 418,832 | 20,892 707 283,649 | 4,027 48 
Total for } 
_ Thirty- [20,223,679 | 11,263,975! «+= oe 5,959,704 
three Years | 
oo in this year for nine months only. 
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