10 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



VII.— NUMBER of Persons Admitted to Visit the British 

 Museum and the British Museum (Natural History). 



A.— Persons admitted to View the General Collections in the British 

 Museum in each Year from 1890 to 1895, both Years inclusive. 



January - 

 Febbuaky - 

 March 

 April 

 May - - 

 June - 



July - 



August 



September 



October - 



November 



December - 



Total Num- 

 ber of Per- 1 

 sons admit- 

 ted to view \ 

 the General ( 

 Collections - 



Day. 

 No. 

 35,013 



31,87f> 



32,092 



54,141 



43,101 



34,318 



45,036 

 49,710 

 39,429 

 30,061 

 31,105 

 31,951 



~ I 



Evening.; Day. 

 N o. No. 



— : 33,563 



; 31,369 



J 44,058 

 4-2,270 

 40,449 

 35,677 



15,230 

 9,535 

 7,442 

 6,212 

 4,963 



4,71 i j 45,753 



3,543 I 52,998 



4,301 I 39,440 



4,431 ' 37,162 



3,629 I 32,007 



2,341 I 34,019 



Evening. 

 No. 

 3,237 



3,836 



3,984 



4,012 



3,865 



galleries 

 closed. 



3,246 



4,<r20 



4,273 



3,581 



3,340 



2,349 



463,833 06,339 ^474,705 1 40,149 

 530,172 514,914 



Day. 



No. 



33,559 



32,482 



39,484 



48,980 



37,358 



41,510 



40,9114 

 71,044 

 50,353 

 44,339 

 :-(7,9G4 

 39,940 



Evening 

 No. 

 2,789 



3,964 



3,531 



3,222 



3,000 



3,284 



2,013 

 4,354 

 4,504 

 3,506 

 3,095 

 2,751 



517,929 40,019 



Day. I Evening. 



No. ! No. 



38,872 

 36,824 I 



38,815 j 



49,104 i 

 t 

 12,024 



37,280 



43,308 

 51,132 

 45.220 

 44,529 

 38,435 

 38,064 



2,839 

 3.062 

 2,915 

 2,740 

 3,142 

 2,736 



1,969 

 2,906 

 3,931 

 3,424 

 2,458 

 2,22 5 



504,213 34,347 



Day. 

 No. 

 43,063 



Evening 

 No. 

 2,906 



35,634 



3,029 



49,272 



3,375, 



43,576 



3,206 



60,434 



3,531 



44,408 



3,106 



47,498 



2,604 



64,150 



4,051 



44,594 



3,724 



44,177 



3,256 



37,861 



2,997 



37,297 



2 229 



540,964 



38,013 



Diy. 



No. 

 39,516 



Evening. 

 No. 

 2,39» 



29,739 



1,762 



37,247 



2,448 



60,772 



2,629 



39,914 



2,519 



43,059 



2,787 



48,096 



2,264 



65,328 



3,124 



39,787 



3,299 



42.996 



2,839 



37,363 



2,485 



37.485 



1,966 



511,902 



30,521 



, 





I^UMBER OF VISITS 



TO PARTICULAE 



DEPARTMENTS. 



To the Reading Room, for the pur- 

 pose of research and reference - 



To the Newspaper Roorn, for the 

 jrarpose of research - - - 



To the Map Room, for the pur- 

 pose- of siieoial research - 



To the Department of Manu- -i 

 scripts, for the purpose of | 

 examining Select and other f 

 Manuscripts - - - - ; 



To the Print Room, for the pur- 

 pose oi study - . - - 



To the Egyptian and Assyrian "> 

 Department, for the purpose of / 

 study - - - - • ' 



To the Galleries of Sculpture 

 for the purpose of study - 



To the Coin and Medal Room, 

 for the purpose of study, &c. - 



To the Gold Ornament and Gem 

 Koom 



18 90. I 1891. 



197,823 



5,220 



198,310 



14,529 



162 



8,257 



1,727 

 19,007 



197,984 



14.590 



299 



259,044 254,587 



1,723 



19,801 



194,102 



14,747 



208 



0,310 



1,619 

 5,311 



2,440 

 17,900 



251,282 



202,973 



15,394 



278 



9,'ilO 



5,705 

 1,600 

 6,272 



2,612 

 20,420 



264,864 



194,924 

 13,031 



5,966 

 1,730 

 5,245 



2,5ie 



232,484 



» Visitors to the Gold Ornament and Gem Room are not now included in the number of students, 

 the room being, under present arrangements, open freely to the general public. 



