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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). 



-Persons admitted to Yiew the General Collections in the British 

 Museum in each Year from 1888 to 1893, both Years inclusive. 



January - 

 Febbuary - 

 March 

 April 



May - 



June - 

 July - 

 August 

 September 



OCTOBEK - 



November 



December - 



Total Num-. 

 ber of Per- 1 

 sous admit- I 

 ted to view / 

 the General 

 CoUectious -/ 



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 



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 



Day. 



No. 



33,563 



31,369 



44,058 



42,270 



46,449 



35,677 

 45,753 

 52,998 

 39,440 

 37,162 

 32,007 

 34,019 



463,833 66,339 474,765 40,149 



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 



530,172 



Day. 



No. 



33,559 



32,482 



39,484 



48,980 



37,358 



41,516 



40,904 

 71,044 

 50,353 

 44,339 

 37,964 

 39,946 



Evening. 

 No. 

 2,789 



3,964 



3,531 



3,222 



3,006 



3,284 



2,613 

 4,354 

 4,504 

 3,506 

 3,095 

 2,751 



517,929 40,619 



Day. 



No. 

 38,872 



36,824 



38,815 



49,104 



42,624 



37,280 

 43,308 

 51,132 

 45.226 

 44,529 

 38,435 

 38,064 



Evening. 

 No. 

 2,839 



3,062 



2,915 



2,740 



3,142 



'2,736 

 1,969 

 2,906 

 3,931 

 3,424 

 2,458 

 2,225 



504,213 34,347 



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-i 

 scripts, for the purpose of [ 

 examining Select and other ( 

 Manuscripts - - - -J 



To the Print Room, for -the pur- 

 pose of study - - - . 



To the Egyptian and Assyrian~\ 

 Department, tor 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 



TOTAL - - - 



188,432 



14,499 



101 



8,873 



10,687 



2,003 

 15,138 



190,025 



14,524 



196 



8,817 



13,122 



2,108 

 20,747 



197,823 



15,216 



178 



6,220 



19,128 



,389 I 259,044 



14,529 

 162 



1,727 

 19,607 



254,587 



197,984 



14,590 



299 



8,197 



5,815 



1,723 

 19,801 



194,102 



14,747 



208 



9,310 



5,645 

 1,619 

 5,311 



2,440 

 17,900 



