ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



V. — 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 1886 to 1891, both Years inclusive. 





1886. 



188 7. 



1888. 



188 9. 



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9 0. 



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Day. 



Evening. 



Day. 



Evening. 





No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



January - 



31,053 



33,176 



37,472 



35,360 



35,013 





33,563 



3,237 



February 



27,847 



27,415 



33,311 



34,622 



31,876 



15,230 



31,369 



3,836 



March . - - 



39,107 



33,412 



40,136 



37,366 



32,092 



9,535 



44,058 



3,984 



April, 



45,833 



46,414 



54,698 



52,716 



54,141 



7,442 



1 42,270 



4.012 



MAY ... - 



58,940 



50,493 



46,922 



43,509 



43,101 



6,212 



46,449 



3,865 



JUNE ... - 



48,479 



44,628 



42,108 



53,792 



34,318 



4,963 



35,677 



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JULY ... - 



48,725 



52,223 



45,739 



.46,964 



45,036 



4,712 



45,753 



3,246 



AUGUST - 



63,234 



58,819 



53,793 



51,359 



49,710 



3,543 



52,998 



4,420 



SEPTEMBER 



45,178 



40,508 



40,674 



37,681 



39,429 



4,301 



39,440 



4,273 



October - 



38,167 



37,078 



39,208 



40,427 



36,061 



4,431 



37,162 



3,581 



November 



28,667 



31,390 



29,930 



34,559 



31,105 



3,629 



32,007 



3,346 



Vecember 



29,663 



45,700 



34,519 



36,182 



31,951 



2,341 



34,019 



2,349 



Total Number of-* 

 Persons admitted 1 

 to view the Gene- | 

 ral Collections -J 

















504,893 



501,256 



498,510 



504,537 



463,833 



66,339 



474,765 



40,149 











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J 



^ 













530,172 



514,914 



NUMBER OF VISITS 

















TO PARTICULAR 



18 86. 



18 87. 





188 8. 



1889. 



18 90. 



1891. 



DEPARTMENTS. 





























To the Reading Room, for the pur- 

















pose of research and reference - 



176,893 



182,778 





188,432 



190,025 



197,823 



198,310 



To the Newspaper Room, for the 















purpose of research - 



9.152 



11,802 





14,499 



14,524 



15,216 



14,529 



To the Department of Maps, for 















the purpose of special research 



98 



1G9 





101' 



196 



178 



162 



To the Department of Manu- 1 

 scripts, for the purpose of ( 

 examining Select and other ( 

















4,228 



5,749 





8,873 



8,817 



7,805 



8,257 



Manuscripts - - - -) 

















To the Galleries of Sculpture, 

















for the purpose of study - 

 To the Coin and Medal Room, 



11,755 



10,341 





10,687 



13,122 



11,686 



6,625 



for the purpose of study, &c. - 



2,013 



1,952 





2,003 



2,108 



1 988 



1,727 



To the Gold Ornament and Gem 















Room 



To the Print Room, for the pur- 



15,367 



11,719 





15,138 



20,747 



19,128 



19,607 



pose of study - - - - 



5,565 



5,511 





5,851 



4,850 



5,220 



5,370 



TOTA 



L - - 



_ 



225,071 



230,021 



245,584 



254,389 



259,044 



254,587 



The Christy Collection was removed from 103, Victoria-street, to the British Museum, 

 the year 1883, 



during 



