Enumeration of Visitors to the Royal Botanic 
Garden, Edinburgh, during the Years 1889—1915. 
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-six years which have elapsed since the Garden was 
transferred to the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Works :— 
Largest | Smallest 
Total Total Largest | Smallest] Total Number | Number 
Y : Number ber on 
— ~~ = ona ona Week We k We - 
, days. 
vont Sundays Sunday. |Sunday.] Days. “Dae ne. 
Seats a | + 
*1889 ... | 368,219 | 187,457 | 13,935 129 180,762 | 3,834 | 50 
I ss 446,549 | 216,345 | 11,262 gl 230,195 | 4,032 65 
1891 454,083 | 220,543} 9, 340 233,540 | 3,228 76 
1892 437,205 | 218,233 | 13,581 | 149 | 218,972] 2, 43 
1893 531,232 | 271,893 | 12,860 45 259,339 | 3,197 
1894 526,948 | 268,793 | 13,515 68 258,155] 3,153) 28 
1895 16, 264,497 | 15,227 127 252,181 5,292 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 
443,289 | 258,499 | 12,840} 123 184,790 | 3,234 39 
1899 .. 401,686 | 259,424 | 15,161 105 202,262 | 2,758 30 
1900 561,359 | 324,856 | 17,700} 268 236, 503 667 | 53 
1901 586,461 | 339,229 | 19,256 | 258 247,232 | 4,627 |) 45 
1902 522,363 |} 295,892 | 15,561 165 226,471 5,461 60 
1903 , 355,310 | 19,583 135 250,874 | 4,202, 41 
1904 39,066 | 367,290 | 20,719] 374 } 271,776] 3,564] 42 
1905 584,546 | 330,995 | 19,859 100 253,551 | 2,708 
906 699,558 | 394,030 | 21,959 84 | 305,528 | 3,760 
1907 674,208 ,899 | 25,601 | 708 251,309 | 3,365 | 40 
1908 585,171 | 342,106 | 20,549} 570 243,065 398 | 39 
I 683,243 | 394,861 | 24,3 165 288, 382 Re d, 
1910 777,864 | 430,776 | 21,813 ’ 3,598 
IQII 708,943 20,163 | 22,765 82 288,780 | 3,828 
1912 714,170 | 383,476 | 25,930 330, 3,515 | 81 
1913 876,585 205 | 27, 398 | 680 | 376,380] 4,100} 59 
19tq ... | 776,280 | 414,518 | 25,521 | 106 316,762 | 5,337, 62 
ve for ) 
iii : 5,173,428 | 8,450,596 |... 1+ 1 6,677,832 
Years, 
* Numbers in this year for nine months only, 
