Enumeration of Visitors 
to the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, 
during the Years 1889-1908. 
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 subjoined table shows the number of visitors to the 
Garden on Sundays and Week-days respectively during the 
twenty years which have elapsed since the Garden was trans- 
ferred to the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Works :— 
Largest | Smallest 
Largest |Smallest 
y Total in | Total on Nasibet Number Total on | Number| Nu aay 
ees Year. Sundays ona on a Wier =. 
ay Sunday. | Sunday Days. a Week | a Week 
y Y Day. Day 
“1889 ... | 368,219 | 187,457 | 13,935 129 180,762 | 3,834 50. 
1890... 446,540 | 216,345 | 11,262 gl 230,195 | 4,032 | . 65 
1891. 54,083 | 220,543 | 9.445 | 340 | 233,540 | 3,228 | 76 
1892 437,205 | 218,233 | 13,581 149 | 218,972 ,666 43 
1893 531,232 | 271,893 | 12,860 45 | 259,339 | 3,197 we 
. 793 | 13,515 68 | 258.1 "353 1. 2 
1895 516,608 | 264,497 | 15,227 127 abet pete 26 
516,407 | 296,5 13,527 .\. +. 527) 8; 920,930: | > 3,885 30 
1897 475,210 | 271,730 | 16,001 74 203,480 | 3,153 rio 
1898 3289 | 258,499 | 12,840 123 184,790 |. 3,234 39 
1899 461,686 | 259,424 | 15,161 105 | 202,262 | 2,758 39 
1900 561,359 | 324,856 | 17,700 268 236,503 3,667 53 
pa 86,461 | 339,229 | 19,256 | 258 } 247,232 | 4,627 | 45 
Se 522,363 | 295,802 | 15,561 165 226,471 | 5,461 60 
8 2 355,310 | 19,583 135 250,874 4,202 41 
rs 639,066 | 367,290 | 20,719| 374 | 271,776 | 3.564 | 42 
995 584,546 | 330,995 | 19,859 | 100 | 253,551 | 2,708 
. 699,558 | 394,030 | 21,959 1528 760 
1907 -- | 674,208 | 422,899 | 25,601 | 708 | 251,309 | 3,365 ” 
+] 5859171 | 342,106 | 20,549 | 570 | 243,065 | 2,898 | 39 
Total a 
for 
Twenty 10,636, 343 | 5,906, 507 a: eee 4,729, 746 
Years 
* Numbers in this year for nine months only 
