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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 1891 to 1896, both Years inclusive. 



January - 

 February - 

 March 



APRIt, 



May - 



JUXE - 



July - 

 August 

 September 



December - 



Total Num- 

 ber of Per- 

 sons admit- 

 ted to view 

 the General 

 Collections -j 



Day. 

 I No. 

 I 33,563 



I 31,369 



' 44,058 



! 42,270 



! 46,449 



' 35,077 



I 45,753 

 ! 52,998 



39,440 

 i 37,162 

 ' 32,007 



34,019 



Evening. 

 No. 

 3,237 



3,836 



3,984 



4,012 



3,865 



Galleries 

 closed. 



3,240 



4.420 



4,273 



I 3,581 



3,346 



2,349 



474,705 . 40,149 



Day. 



No. 



33,559 



32,482 



39,484 



48,980 

 37,358 

 41,516 



40,9114 

 71,044 

 50,353 

 44,339 

 :S7,964 

 39,946 



517 



Evening. 

 No. 



2,789 



3,964 

 3,531 

 3,222 

 3,006 

 3,234 



2,613 

 4,351 

 4,504 

 3,50o 

 3,095 

 2.751 



189 3. 



Day. 



No. 

 38,872 



Evening. 

 No. 

 2,839 



36,824 



3,062 



38,815 



2,915 



49,104 



2,740 



12,624 



3,142 



37,280 



2,736 



43,308 



1,969 



51,132 



2,906 



45,226 



3,931 



44,529 



3,424 



38,435 



2,458 



38,064 



2,225 



504,213 



34,347 



53 



B,560 



Day. 



No. 

 42,063 



No. 

 2,905 



35,634 



3,029 



49,272 



3,375 



43,576 



3,206 



50,434 



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 



Day. 



No. 



39,516 



29,739 



37,247 



50,772 



39,914 



43,059 



48,696 

 65,328 

 39,787 

 42,996 

 37,363 

 37,485 



Evening. Day. 

 No. No. 

 2,399 43,992 



1,762 

 2,448 

 2,629 

 2,519 

 2,787 



2,264 

 3,124 

 3,299 

 2,839 

 2,485 

 1,966 



511,902 30,521 

 542,423 



36,795 

 3.8,390 

 55,262 

 43,308 

 .36,424 



48,833 

 58,529 

 47,236 

 40,649 

 35,806 

 30,777 



522,001 



Evening. 

 No. 

 2,773 



2,759 



2,529 



2,807 



2,606 



2,310 



2,236 

 2,957 



2,893 

 2,200 

 2,025 

 1,674 



Sunday. 

 No. 



4,957 

 4,429 



3,326 



5,580 

 4,670 

 3,497 

 2,074 

 1,603 



,136 



NUMBER OF VISITS 

 TO PARTICULAR 1 i89] 

 DEPARTMENTS. i — 



To the Reading Room, for the pur- 

 pose of researcli and reference - 



To tlie Newspaper Room, for the 

 purpose of research - - - 



To the Map Room, for the pur- 

 pose of special researcli - 



To the Department of Manu- 1 

 scripts, for the purpose of y 

 examining Select and other ( 

 Manuscripts - - - -J 



To tlie Print Room, for the pur- 

 pose of 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 tlie purpose of study, &c. - 



To the Gold Ornament and Gem 

 Room - 



Total 



198,310 



14,529 



162 



8,257 



197,984 



14,590 



299 



8,197 



1,727 

 19,007 



1,723 



19,801 



194,102 



14,747 



208 



9,310 



5,645 

 1,619 

 5,311 



2,440 

 17,900 



202,973 



15,394 



278 



9,610 



5,705 

 1,000 

 6,272 



2,012 

 20,420 



194,924 

 13,031 



5,900 

 1,730 

 5,245 



2,516 



191,363 

 12,741 



5,762 

 1,539 

 4,385- 



2,675 



232,484 228,493 



* 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. 



