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ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



B. — Persons admitted to view the Collections in the British 

 Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, in each Year from 

 1886 to 1891, inclusive. 



January 



February 



March 



April ------ 



May 



June 



July 



August . . . - - 

 September - . - - 



October 



November , - - - 

 December 



Total Number of Persons^ 

 admitted to view the | 

 Natural History Collec- r' 

 tions (includiug Students) J 



1886 : 



27,353 

 23,916 

 27,849 

 40,080 

 31,416 

 35,301 

 31,331 

 52,525 

 35,540 

 33,122 

 22,936 

 21,473 



1887: 



24,529 

 21,560 

 27,431 

 40,207 

 36,126 

 27,742 

 27,114 

 36,584 

 29,817 

 29,424 

 23,170 

 34,474 



Number of Visits to particular 

 Departments, for the purpose 

 of Study— 



ZOOLOGY ------ 



Geology 



Mineralogy 



Botany 



8,313 



1,959 



626 



1,105 



8,372 



2,466 



761 



1,026 



28,095 

 22,093 

 32,622 

 47,926 

 37,822 

 27,967 

 33,758 

 43,073 

 27,404 

 22,225 

 21,491 

 28,326 



1889: 



1890: 



24,699 



24,273 



20,391 



17,937 



30,294 



22,439 



49,262 



46,309 



31,866 



38,034 



42,201 



32,381 



28,485 



29,820 



40,138 



40,434 



25,262 



29,329 



23,264 



28,138 



20,319 



23,144 



24,865 



24,444 



361,046 



355,682 



1891: 



25,146 



21,376 

 39,697 

 32,102 

 36,841 

 26,405 

 31,923 

 47,635 

 32,217 

 31,496 

 23,366 

 27,702 



8,955 



3,290 



620 



1,483 



1888: 



8,797 



3,111 



733 



2,214 



12,003 12,625 14,348 14,855 13,726 14,672 15,576 



8,360 



3,339 



683 



1,344 



1890: 

 9,034 

 3,771 

 623 

 1,244 



1891: 

 9,448 

 2,961 



The Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum (Natural 

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

 Departments of Zoology, Geology and Palaeontology, Mine- 

 ralogy, and Botany, are open to the public, free, every day of 

 the week, except Sunday, and except Good Friday and Christ- 

 mas-day, and days of Public Fast or Thanksgiving. 



The Hours of Admission are from — 



10 a.m. till 4 p.m. in January, November and December. 



10 a.m. till 4.30 p.m. in February. 



10 a.m. till 5 p.m. in October. 



10 a.m. till .5.30 p.m. in March and September. 



10 a.m. till 6 p.m. in April, May, June, July and August. 



10 a.m. till 8 p.m. on Monday and Saturday only, from 



1st May to the middle of July. 

 10 a.m. till 7 p.m. on Monday and Saturday only, 



from the middle of July to the end of August. 



Persons are admitted daily to study in these Departments 

 from 10 till 4 o'clock. 



British Museum (Natural History), 

 1 April 1892. 



W. 



H. Flower, 



Director. 



