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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 1888 to 1893, both Years inclusive. 





1888. 



188 9. 



18 90. 



189L 



18 9 2. 



189 3. 









Day. 



Evening. 



Day. 



Evening. 



Day. 



Evening. 



Day. 



Evening. 





No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



January - 



37,472 



35,360 



35,013 



— 



33,563 



3,237 



33,559 



2,789 



38,872 



2,839 



February - 



33,311 



34,622 



31,876 



15,230 



31,369 



3,836 



32,482 



3,964 



36,824 



3,062 



March 



40,136 



37,366 



32,092 



9,535 



44,058 



3,984 



39,484 



3,531 



38,816 



2,915 



APRIL 



54,698 



52,716 



54,141 



7,442 



42,270 



4,012 



48,980 



3,222 



49,104 



2,740 



MAY - - 



46,922 



43,509 



43,101 



6,212 



46,449 



3,865 



37,358 



3,006 



42,624 



3,142 



JUNE - 



42,108 



53,792 



34,318 



4,963 



35,677 



( galleries 

 \ closed. 



41,516 



3,284 



37,280 



'2,736 



JULY - 



45,739 



46,964 



45,036 



4,712 



45,753 



3,246 



40,9(14 



2,613 



43,308 



1,969 



AUGUST 



53,793 



51,359 



49,710 



3,543 



52,998 



4,420 



71,044 



4,354 



51,132 



2,906 



September 



40,674 



37,681 



39,429 



4,301 



39,440 



4,273 



50,353 



4,504 



45.226 



3,931 



October - 



39,208 



40,427 



36,061 



4,431 



37,162 



3,581 



44,339 



3,506 



44,529 



3,424 



November 



29,930 



34,559 



31,105 



3,629 



32,007 



3,346 



37,964 



3,095 



38,435 



2,458 



December - 



34,519 



36,182 



31,951 



2,341 



34,019 



2,349 



39,946 



2,751 



38,064 



2,225 



Total Num-. 























ber of Per- 

 sons admit- 1 



498,510 



504,537 



463,833 



66,339 



474,765 



40,149 



517,929 



40,619 



504,213 



34,347 



ted to view / 











^ 



, 











the General 

 Collections -) 



53 



),172 



514,914 



658,548 



538,560 



NUMBER OF VISITS 





















TO PARTICULAR 



1 



8 8 8. 



188 9. 



18 90. 



1891. 



18£ 



2. 





8 9 3, 



DEPARTMENTS. 





















— 



- 









To the Reading Room, for the pur- 





















pose of research and reference - 





188,432 



190,025 



197,823 



198,310 



197 



984 





194,102 



To the Newspaper Room, for the 





















purpose of research - 





14,499 



14,524 



15,216 



14,529 



14 



590 





14,747 



To the Map Room, for the pur- 





















pose of special research - 





101 



196 



178 



162 





299 





208 



To the Department of ManU'-j 

 scripts, for the purpose of \ 

 examining Select and other r 























8,873 



8,817 



7,805 



8,257 



8 



197 





9,310 



Manuscripts - - - -) 





















To the Print Room, for the pur- 





















pose of study - - - . 





5,851 



4,850 



5,220 



5,370 



5 



474 





5,645 



To the Egyptian and Assyrian^ 

 Department, fur the purpose of > 

 study J 























— 



— 



— 



— 









1,619 



To the Galleries of Sculpture, 





10,687 



13,122 



11,686 



6,625 



5 



815 





5,311 



for the purpose of study - 





















To the Coin and Medal Room, 





















for the purpose of study, &c. - 





2,003 



2,108 



1 988 



1,727 



1 



723 





2,440 



To the Gold Ornament and Gem 





















Room 





15.138 



20,747 



19,128 



]9,GC 



7 

 7 



19 



801 





17,900 



TOTAL - 





245,584 



254,389 



259,044 



254,5^ 



253,883 



251,282 



