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ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The Newspaper Room is open, under similar regulations, 

 from 10 a.m. until ten minutes oefore the hour of general 

 closing. 



The Reading Room, Newspaper Room, and Students' Room, 

 Department of Manuscripts, are closed on Sundays, Good 

 Friday, Christmas Day, and the first four week-days in March 

 and September. 



Students are admitted generally to the several Departments, 

 on week-days, from 10 till 4 o'clock : to the Sculpture Galleries 

 from 9 o'clock till the hour of general closing ; and to the Print 

 Room from 10 till 4 o'clock from January to March, 

 and from August to December, and from 10 till 5 from April 

 to July. 



E. Maunde Thompson, 

 Principal Librarian and Secretary. 



British Museum,) 

 .31 March 1897.) 



B.— Persons Ar.MiTXED to view the Collections in the British 

 Museum (Xatukal Histouv), Ckomwell Road, in each Yeai- from 

 1891 to 1896, inclusive. 



Janiary 



February 



March 



April 



May 



Jlne 



JlLY 



Al'GUST 



September . - - - 



October 



November . . . . 

 December - - - - - 



Total Number of Persons 

 admitteil to view tlie 

 Natural History Collec- 

 tions (inclniUug Stuilents) 



30,002 

 22,984 

 26,014 

 43,765 

 2 !.516 

 8.^697 

 25,613 

 37,19^ 

 26,285 

 28,965 

 24,539 

 28,345 



351,917 



23,789 

 24,204 

 26,181 

 44,042 

 43,420 

 31,134 

 36,714 

 59,072 

 30,011 

 34,848 

 2(5,847 

 27,946 



30,093 

 27,8d4 

 44,117 

 29,260 

 40,248 

 30,586 

 29,752 

 54,606 

 32,375 

 34,152 

 27,308 

 33,191 



Number of Visits to particular 

 Departments, for the purpose 

 of Study— 



Zoology - 

 geology - 

 Mineralogy 

 botany - 



28,073 

 19,986 

 30,532 

 57,730 

 35,112 

 42,019 

 40,120 

 60,762 

 27,121 

 33,573 

 29,822 

 32,887 



Week- 

 days.- 



33,238 

 27,818 

 28,333 

 53,520 

 36,225 

 27,927 

 31,303 

 47,864 

 36,541 

 35,45.-, 

 27,832 

 30,977 



ilayi- 



5,4 '9 

 6,376 

 3,713 

 6,390 

 5,920 

 3,854 

 3,045 

 2,206 



446,737 U17,<'33 36.923 

 453,956 



1891 : 



9,443 



2,9fil 



U-IS 



1. ■5,576 



1892: 

 10,932 

 4,107 

 1,751 



2,585 



1893 : 

 10,872 

 4,95S 

 1,714 

 2,274 



1894; 



10,730 

 5,176 

 1,994 

 2,129 



1895. 

 8,189 

 5,986 

 2,073 

 2,206 



1896: 

 7,995 

 5,923 

 1,841 

 2,o55 



The Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum (Natural 

 History), Cromwell-road, South Kensington, including the 



Departments 



