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ACCOUNTS, ETOa, or 



THE 



BRITISH MUSEcUMv. 









1 



VII.— NUMBER of Persons Admitted to Visit the British 



1 



Museum and the Br 

 A,— Persons Admitted to "V 



[TisH Museum Q. 



^ATURAI. HlSTORX-). 



OLLECTIONS in the British 



1 



iew the General C 



Museum in each Year from 1892 to 1897, both Years inclusive. 







1892. 



189 3. 



1894. 



1896. 



18 96. 



189 7. 







Day. 



Evening. 



Day. 



Evening. 



Day. 



Evening 



. Day. 



Evening. 



Day. 



Evening. 



Sunday 



Day. 



Evening. 



Sunday. 



jAinJABT - 



33,559 



2,789 



38,872 



2,839 



42,063 



2,906 



39,616 



2,399 



•43,992 



2,773 



— 1 43,162 



1,870 



1.751 



Fbbbuabt • 



32,482 



3,964 



36,824 



3,062 



35,634 



3,029 



29,739 



1,762 



36,795 



2,759 



- j 32,378 



1,859 



2,122 



MABOH . 

 APBIL 

 MAT . - 



39,484 

 48,980 

 37,358 



3,531 

 3,222 

 3,006 



38,816 

 49,104 

 42,624 



2,915 



49,272 



3,375 



37,247 



2,448 



38,390 

 59,262 

 43,308 



2,529 



- 40,770 



2,333 



3,239 



3,142 



60,434 



3,531 



39,914 



2,619 



2,606 



4,957 41,006 2,192 



4,164 



JUNE « 



41,516 



3,284 



37,280 



2,736 



44,408 



3,106 



43,069 



2,787 



36,424 



2,310 



4,429 ! 42,025 2,046 



2,941 



JULY - . 



40,904 



2,613 



43,308 



1,969 



47,498 



2,604 



48,696 



2,264 



48,833 



2,236 



3,326 



49,764 2,249 



2,851 



AUGUST 



71,044 



4,354 



61,132 



2,906 



64,150 



4,051 



66,328 



3,124 



58,529 



2,957 



6,580 



52,917 



2,647 



4,567 



SEPTEMBER 



50,353 



4,504 



45,226 



3,931 



44,594 



3,724 



39,787 



3,299 



47,236 



2;893 



4,670 



46,345 



2,935 



4,223 



OCTOBER - 



44,339 



3,506 



44,529 



3,424 



44,177 



3,256 



42.996 - 



2,839 



40,649 



2,200 



3,497 



44,538 



..2,420 



4,524 



NOVEMBER 



37,964 



3,095 



38,435 



2,458 



37,861 



2,997 



37,363 



2,485 



35,806 



2,025 



2,074 



36,522 



2,172 



1,822^ 



DECEMBER - 



39,946 



2,751 



38,064 



2,225 



37,297 



2,229 



37,485 



1,966 



36,777 



1,674 



1,603 



43,189 



1,466 



1,490 



Total Num., 































ber of Por- 



517,929 



40,619 



504,213 



34,347 



540,964 



38,013 



611,902 



30,521 



622,001 



29,769 



30,136 



522,589 



26,254 



37,694 



ted to view/ 











X 



, 



'■ ^ 





^ 













/ 



the General 

 Collections -) 



688,548 



538,560 



678,977 



542,423 . 



581,906 



, 586,437 



NUMBER OF VISITS 

















TO PARTICULAR 



189 2. 



1893. 



18 94. 



1895. 



18 96. 



1897. 





DEPARTMENTS. 















— 











; 



To the Heading Room, for the pur- 

 pose ot research and reference - 



To the Newspaper Room, for the 

 purpose of research - 



To the Map Room, for the pur- 

 pose of special research - 



To the Department of Manu-i 

 scripts, for the purpose of { 

 examining Select and other ( 

 Manuscripts ... -J 



To the Print Room, for the pur- 

 pose of study .... 



To the Egyptian and Assyrian-* 

 Department, for the purpose of J> 

 study i 



To the Galleries of Sculpture, 

 for the purpose of study - 



To the Coin and Medal Room, 

 for the purpose of study, &e. - 



To the Gold Ornament and Gem 

 Room 



197,984 



14,590 



299 



8,197 



6,474 



194,102 

 14,747 



208 



9,J10 



5,645 

 1,619 



202,973 



15,394 



278 



9,610 



6,705 

 1,600 



194,924 

 13,031 



288 



8,784 



5,966 

 1,730 



191,363 

 12,741 



298 



9,730 



5,762 

 1,639 



188,628 



16,376 



315 



9,972 



6,206 

 1,410 



V, 



6,815 



1,723 



19,801 



5,311 



2,44.) 

 17,900 



6,272 



2,612 

 20,420 



5,245 



2,616 



* 



4,386 



2,676 



« 



3,764 



2,934 



• 







TO 



TAL - . 



- 



253,883 



261,282 



264,864 



232,484 228,493 



229,604 



* 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. 





