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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). 



-^- — Peksoxs admitted to View the GE\EiiAr> Collections in the British 

 Museum in each Year from 1890 to 1895, both Years inclusive. 



January - 

 Febbuaky - 

 March 



Al'KIL 



May - 



JUXB - 



July - 



AU(;rsT 



SEl"l'EilBKU 

 OCTOJiEH - 

 NOVKMBER 

 DKCEMBEH - 



Total Num- 

 ber of Per-( 

 sons admit- 1 

 ted to view 

 the General [ 

 Collections - 



Day. 

 Xo. 

 35,U13 



31,87r. 



32,092 



54,141 



43,101 



34,318 



45,036 

 49,710 

 39,429 

 3C,0G1 

 31,105 

 31,951 



463,833 



Evening 



Bay. 



Xo. 



33,563 



15,230 



31,369 



9,535 



44,058 



7,442 

 6,212 

 4,963 



4,71; 

 3,543 

 4,3U1 

 4,431 



2,341 



42,270 

 46,440 



Evening. 

 No. 

 3,237 



3,836 



3,984 



4,012 



3,865 



35,677 galleries 

 ■ closed. 



45,753 

 52,998 

 39,440 

 37,162 

 32,007 

 34,019 



3,246 

 4,420 

 4,273 

 3,581 

 3,346 

 2,349 



66,839 ,474,765 i 40,149 



1892. 





Day. 



No. 



33,559 



Evening 

 No. 

 2,789 





32,482 



3,961 



3 



39,484 



3,531 



3 



48,980 



3,222 



4 



37,358 



3,006 





41,516 



3,2.84 



3 



40,904 



2,613 



4 



71,044 



4,354 



5 



50,353 



4,504 



4 



44,339 



3,506 



4 



H 7,964 



3,095 



3 



39,946 



2,751 



3 



517,929 



40,619 



5 



558 



548 





Day. 



No. 



38,872 



36,824 



38,815 



49,104 



J,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 



04,213, 34,347 



Day. Evening- 

 No. I No. 



42,063 

 35,634 

 49,272 

 43,576 

 50,434 

 44,408 



4 7,408 

 64,150 

 44,594 

 44,177 

 37,861 

 37,297 



2,905 

 3,029 

 3,375 

 3,206 

 3,531 



:-i,iQG 



2,604 

 4,051 

 3.724 

 3,266 

 2,997 

 2 229 



540,961 38,013 



Diy. 



No. 

 39,516 



Evening. 

 No. 

 2,399 



29,739 



1,762 



37,247 



2,448 



50,772 



2,629 



39,914 



2,519 



43,059 



2,787 



48,596 



2,264 



65,328 



3,124 



39,787 



3,299 



42,996 



2,839 



37,363 



2,485 



37.485 



1,966 



511,902 



30,521 



NUMBER OF VISITS 



TO PARTICULAR 



DEPARTMENTS. 



To the Reading Room, for the pur- 

 pose of researcli and reference - 



To the Newspaper Room, for .the 

 purpose of research - - - 



To the Maj) Room, for the pur- 

 pose of special research - 



To the Department of Mann- •> 

 scripts, for the purpose of | 

 examining Select and other i 

 Manuscripts - - - - ) 



To the Print Room, for the pur- 

 Iiose OT stKily 



To the E,'-ryptiaii ;ind Assyrian' 

 Department, for the purpose 

 study 



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 

 Room ------ 



18 90. i 18 9 1. 



197,823 

 l.-.,216 



178 

 7,805 



ian'^ 

 of > 



TOTAL, - - 



1,988 

 19,128 



198,310 



14,529 



162 



8,257 



1,727 

 19.607 



197,984 



14.590 



299 



8,197 

 5,474 



1,723 



19,801 



194,102 



14,747 



208 



9,310 



5,645 

 1,619 

 5,311 



2,440 

 17,900 



202,973 



16,394 



278 



5,705 

 1,600 

 6,272 



2,612 

 20.420 



194,924 

 13,031 



5,966 

 1,730 

 5,245 



2,516 



* Visitors to the Gold Ornament and Gem Room are not now included in the number of students, 

 the room being, under present arrangements, open freely to the general public. 



