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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. 



1890. 



1891. 



1892. 



1 



3 9 3. 



1894. 







Day. 



Evening. 



Day. 



Evening. 



Day. 



Evening. 



Day. 



Evening. 



1 

 Dar. Evening. 





No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. No. 



January - 



35,3G0 



35,013 



— 



33,563 



3,237 



33,559 



2,789 



38,872 



2,839 



42,063 



2,905 



February - 



34,622 



31,876 



15,230 



31,369 



3,836 



32,482 



3,964 



36,824 



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 



37,388 



3,006 



42,624 



3,142 



50,434 



3,531 



June - - 



53,792 



34,318 



4,963 



3s."^|jSr 



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 



AUGU&T 



51,359 



49,710 



3,543 



52,998 



4,420 



71,044 



4,354 



51,132 



2,906 



64,180 



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 - 



40,427 



36,061 



4,431 j 37,162 



3,581 



44,339 



3,506 



44,529 



3,424 



44,177 



3,256 



NOTFMBER 



34,559 



31,105 



3,629 '32,007 



3,346 



37,964 



3,095 



38,435 



2,458 



37,861 



2,997 



December - 



36,182 



31,951 



2,341 



34,019 



2,349 



39,946 



2,751 



38,064 



2,225 



37,297 



2,229 



Total Num-> 











• 















ber of Per-1 

 sons admit- 



504,537 



463,833 



GG,339 



474,765 



40,149 



517,929 



40,619 



504,213 



34,347 



540,964 



38,013 



ted to view/ 

 the General 

 Collections -) 





^ ' 



^ 1 , 











^ 



/■ 





530,172 



514,914 



558,548 



538,560 



578,977 



NUMBER or VISITS 

















TO PARTICULAR 



188 9. 



18 90. 



18 91. 



1 



8 9 2. 



18 9 3. 



1894. 



DEPARTMENTS. 





























To the Reading Room, for the pur- 

















pose of research and reference - 



190,025 



197,823 



198,310 





197,984 



194,102 



202,975 



To the Newspaper Room, for the 

















purpose of research - 



14,524 



15,216 



14,529 





14,590 



14,747 



15,394 



To the Map Room, for the pur- 

















pose of special research - 



196 



178 



162 





299 



208 



278 



To the Department of Manu-i 

 scripts, for the purpose of \ 

 examining Select and other f 

















8,817 



7,805 



8,257 





8,197 



9,310 



9,610 



Manuscripts - - - -J 

















To the Print Room, for the pur- 

















pose of study - - - . 



4,850 



5,220 



5,370 





5,474 



5,645 



5,705 



To the Egyptian and Assyrian^ 

 Department, for the purpose of \ 

 study J 

















— 



— 



— 





— 



1,619 



1,600 



To the Galleries of Sculpture, 



13,122 



11,686 



6,625 





5,815 



5,311 



6,272 



for the purpose of study - 

















To the Coin and Medal Room, 

















for the purpose of study, &c. - 



2,108 



1 988 



1,727 





1,723 



2,440 



2,612 



To the Gold Ornament and Gem 

















Room - 



20,747 



19,128 



19,607 





19,801 



17,900 



20,420 







TOTA 



L - - - 254,389 



259,044 



254,587 



253,883 



251,282 



264,864 



