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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 G-enekal Collections in the British 

 Museum in each Year from 1887 to 1892, both Years inclusive. 



January - 

 Pebruaky - 

 March 

 Aprii. - 

 May - 



June - 



July - 



August 



September • 



October 



November - 



December - 



Total Nuni- s 

 ber of Per- 

 sons admit- 

 ted to view 

 the General 

 CoUectious -J 



No. 

 33,176 



27,413 



33,412 



46,414 



50,493 



44,628 



52,223 

 58,819 

 40.508 

 37,078 

 31,390 

 45,700 



No. 

 37,472 



33,311 



40,136 



54,698 



46,922 



42,108 

 45,739 

 53,793 

 40,674 

 39,208 

 29,930 

 34,519 



No. 

 35,360 



34,622 



37,366 



52,716 



43,509 



53,792 



,46,964 

 51,359 

 37,681 

 40,427 

 34,559 

 36,182 



504,537 



Day. 

 No. 

 35,013 



32,092 

 54,141 

 43,101 

 34,318 

 45,036 

 49,710 

 39,429 

 36,061 

 31,105 

 31,951 



Evening. 

 No. 



15,230 

 9,535 

 7,442 

 6,212 

 4,963 

 4,712 

 3,543 

 4,301 

 4,431 

 3,629 

 2,341 



463,833 66,339 



Day. 

 No. 

 33,563 



31,369 



42,270 

 46,449 



35,677 



45,753 

 52,998 

 39,440 

 37,162 

 32,007 

 34,019 



Evening. 

 No. 

 3,237 



3,836 



3,984 



4,012 



3,865 



( galleries 

 \ closed. 



3,246 



4,420 



4,273 



3,581 



3,346 



2,349 



474,765 40,149 



Day. 

 No. 

 33,559 



Evening. 

 No. 

 2,789 



32,482 



3,964 



39,484 



3,531 



48,980 



3,222 



37,358 



3,006 



41,516 



3,284 



40,904 



2,613 



71,044 



4,354 



50,353 



4,504 



44,339 



3,506 



37,964 



3,095 



39,946 



2,751 



517,929 



40,619 



558,548 



NUMBER OF VISITS 



TO PARTICULAR 



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-^j 

 scripts, for the purpose of ( 

 examining Select and other f 

 Manuscripts - - - -J 



To the Galleries of Sculpture, 

 for the purp.jse of study - 



To the Coin and Medal Room, 

 for the purpose of study, &c. - 



To the Gold Ornament and Gem 

 Boom ------ 



To the Print Room, for the pur- 

 pose of study . - . - 



Total - - - 



182,778 



11,802 



169 



5,749 



10,341 

 1,952 



11,719 

 5,511 



188,432 



14,499 



101 



8,873 



10,687 

 2,003 



15,138 

 5,851 



230,021 245,584 



190,025 

 14,524 



13,122 

 2,108 



20,747 

 4,850 



254,389 



197,823 



. 15,216 



178 



7,805 



11,686 



19,128 

 6,220 



259,044 



198,310 



14,529 



162 



8,257 



6,625 

 1,727 

 19,607 

 5,370 

 254,587 



197,984 



14,590 



299 



8,197 



5,815 

 1,723 

 19,801 

 5,474 



253,883 



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

 the year 1883. 



