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 1885 to 1890, both Years inclusive. 





188 5. 



1886. 



188 7. 



18 88. 



188 9. 



18 90. 















Day. 



Evening. 





No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



January - 



48,118 



31,053 



33,176 



37,472 



35,360 



35,013 



- 



February 



30,185 



27,847 



27,415 



33.311 



34,622 



31,876 



15,230 



MARCn 



36,595 



39,107 



33,412 



40,136 



37,366 



32,092 



9,535 



Aprii- 



51,118 



45,833 



46,414 



54,698 



52,716 



54,141 



7,442 



May . - - - 



56,981 



58,940 



50,493 



46,922 



43,509 



43,101 



6,212 



June - - - - 



53,731 



48,479 



44,628 



42,108 



53,792 



34,318 



4,963 



July - - - - 



57,681 



48,725 



52,223 



45,739 



46,964 



45,036 



4,711 



AUGUST 



70,497 



63,234 



58,819 



53,793 



51,359 



49,710 



3,543 



September 



58,369 



45,178 



40,508 



40,674 



37,681 



39,429 



4,301 



October - 



51,841 



38,167 



37,078 



39,208 



40,427 



36,061 



4,431 



November 



30,883 



28,667 



31,390 



29,930 



34,559 



31,105 



3,629 



December 



38,661 



29,663 



45,700 



34,519 



36,182 



31,951 



2,341 



Total (Number of-j 

 Persons admitted 1 

 to view the Gene- i 

 ral CoUectious -J 

















584,660 



504,893 



501,256 



498.510 



504,537 



463,833 



66,339 













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53( 



).172 



NUMBER OF VISITS 















TO PARTICULAR 



1885. 



18 86. 



1887. 



18 88. 



1889. 



18 90. 



DEPARTMENTS. 















-- 











To the Reading Room, for the pur- 















pose of research aud reference - 



159,340 



176,893 



182,778 



188,432 



190,025 



197,823 



To the Newspaper Room, for the 















purpose of research - 



1,452 



9,152 



11,802 



14,499 



14,524 



l.i,216 



To the Department of Maps, for 















the purpose of special research 



91 



98 



169 



101 



196 



178 



To the Department of Manu- 1 

 scripts, for the purpose of | 

 examining Select and other ( 



. 













2,933 



4,228 



5,749 



8,873 



8,.817 



7,805 



Manuscripts - - - -J 















To the Galleries of Sculpture, 















for the purpose of studv - 



15,244 



11,755 



10,341 



10,687 



13,122 



11.686 



To the Coin and Medal Room, 















for the purpose of study, &c. - 



1,866 



2,013 



1,952 



2,003 



2,108 



1 QQQ 



To the Gold Ornament and Gem 















Room 



16,186 



15,367 



11,719 



15,138 



20,747 



19,128 



To the Print Room, for the pur- 















pose of study - - - . 



4,096 

 201,208 



5,565 



5,511 



5,851 



4,850 



5,220 



TOTAl 



-■•1 



225,071 



230,021 



245,584 



254,389 



259,044 



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

 the year 1883. 



