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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 1889 to 1894, both Years inclusive. 





188 9. 



18 9 0. 1891. 



1892. 



189 3. 



1894. 



Januaby - 



No. 

 35,360 



Day. 

 No. 

 35,013 



Evening. 

 No. 



Day. 



No. 



33,563 



Evening. 

 No. 

 3,237 



Day. 



No. 



33,559 



Evening. 

 No. 

 2,789 



Day. 



No. 



38,872 



Evening. 

 No. 

 2,839 



Day. 

 No. 

 42,063 



Evening. 

 No. 

 2,905 



February - 



34,622 



31,876 



15,230 



31,369 



3,836 



32,482 



3,964 



36,834 



3,062 



35,634 



3,029 



March 



37,366 



32,092 



9,535 



44,058 



3,984 



39,484 



3,531 



38,815 



2,915 



49,272 



3,375 



April 



52,716 



54,141 



7,442 



42,270 



4,012 



48,980 



3,222 



49,104 



2,740 



43,576 



3,206 



May - - 



43,509 



43,101 



6,212 



46,449 



3,865 



37,358 



3,006 



42,624 



3,142 



50,434 



3,531 



June - 



53,792 



34,318 



4,963 



35,677 



( galleries 

 \ closed. 



41,516 



3,284 



37,280 



2,736 



44,408 



3,106 



July ^ 



46,964 



45,036 



4,712 



45,753 



3,246 



40,904 



2,613 



43,308 



1,969 



47,498 



2,604 



August 



51,359 



49,710 



3,543 



52,998 



4,420 



71,044 



4,354 



51,132 



2,906 



64,150 



4,051 



September 



37,681 



39,429 



4,301 



39,440 



4,273 



50,353 



4,504 



45.226 



3,931 



44,594 



3,724 



October - 

 notf.mber 



40,427 

 34,559 



36,061 

 31,105 



4,431 

 3,629 



37,162 

 32,007 





44,339 

 37,964 





44,529 

 38,435 



3,424 



2,458 







3,346 



3,096 



37,861 



2,997 



December - 



36,182 



31,951 



2,341 



34,019 



2,349 



39,946 



2,751 



38,064 



2,226 



37,297 



2,229 



Total Num-, 

























ber of Per- 



504,537 



463,833 



60,339 



474,765 



40,149 



517,929 



40,619 



504,213 



34,347 



540,964 



38,013 



ted to view / 





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^^ 





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V 



■r 



the General 

 Collections -) 



530,172 



514,914 



558,548 



538,560 



578,977 



NUMBER OF VISITS 

















TO PARTICULAR 



1889. 



18 90. 



18 91. 



1 



8 9 2. 



1893. 



1894. 



DEPARTMENTS. 





























To the Reading Room, for the pur- 

 pose of 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--! 

 scripts, for the purpose of (^ 

 examining Select ajid other ( 

 Manuscripts - - - -J 



To the Print Room, for the pur. 

 pose of study - - - . 



To the Egyptian and Assyrians 

 Department, for the purpose of \ 

 study J 



To the Galleries of Sculpture, 

 for the purpose of study - 



To the Coin and Medal Room, 

 for the purpose of study, &c. - 



To the Gold Ornament and Gem 

 Boom 



190,025 

 14,524 



196 



8,817 

 4,850 



197,823 

 15,216 



178 

 7,805 



5,220 



198,310 



14,529 



162 



8,257 

 5,370 





197,984 



14,590 



299 



8,197 

 5,474 



194,102 



14,747 



208 



9,310 



5,645 

 1,619 



202,973 



15,394 



278 



9,610 



6,705 

 1,600 



13,122 



2,108 

 20,747 



11,686 



1,988 

 19,128 



6,625 



1,727 

 19,607 





5,815 



1,723 

 19,801 



5,311 



2,440 

 17,900 



6,272 



2,612 

 20,420 



TOTA 



L - - - 



254,389 



259,044 



254,587 



253,883 



251,282 



264,864 



