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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 View the General Collections in the British 

 Museum in each Year from 1891 to 1896, both Years inclusive. 





189 1. 



1892. 



189 3. 



1894. 



189 5. 



1896. 





Jan u ART - 



Day. 



No. 



33,563 



Evening. 

 No. 

 3,237 



Day. 



No. 



33,559 



Evening 

 No. 

 2,789 



Day. 

 No. 



38,872 



Evening. 

 No. 

 2,839 



■Si- 



42,063 



Evening 

 No. 

 2,905 



Day. 



No. 



39,616 



Evening. 

 No. 

 2,399 



Day. 

 No. 



43,992 



Evening. 

 No. 

 2,773 



Sunday. 

 No. 



February- 31,369 



3,836 



32,482 



3,961 



36,824 



3,062 



35,634 



3,029 



29,739 



1,762 



36,795 



2,759 



- 



March - 44,o58 



3,984 



39,484 



3,531 



38,815 



2,915 



49,272 



3,375 



37,247 



2,448 



iH,390 



2,529 



- 



April - 42,270 4,012 



48,980 



3,222 



49,104 



2,740 



43,576 



3,206 



50,772 



2,629 



55,262 



2,807 



- 



May - - 46,449 3,865 



37,358 



3,006 



t2,624 



3,142 



50,434 



3,531 



39,914 



2,519 



43^08 



2,606 



4,951 



JUNE - - 35,677 Galleries 

 1 closed. 



41,516 



3,234 



37,280 



2,736 



44,408 



3,106 



43,059 



2,787 



J6,424 



2,310 



4,42» 



JULY - - ' 45,753 3,246 



40,9114 



2,613 



43,308 



1,969 



47,498 



2,604 



48,696 



2,264 



18,833 



2,236 



3,32S 



AUGUST - 52,998 



4,420 



71,044 



4,351 



51,132 



2,906 



64,150 



4,051 



65,328 



3,124 



>8,529 



2,957 



5,580 



SEPTEMBER 39,440 



j 



4,273 



50,353 



4,504 



45,226 



3,931 



44,594 



3,724 



39,787 



3,299 



S7^3fi 



2,893 



4,670 



October - 37,162 



3,581 



44.339 



3,503 



44,529 



3,424 



44,177 



3,256 



42,996 



2,839 



0,649 



2,200 



3,497 



November 32,007 



3,346 



:H7,964 



3,095 



38,435 



2,458 



37,861 



2,997 



37,363 



2,485 



J5,806 



2,025 



2,074 



December - 



Total Nuni-s, 

 ber of Per- 

 sons admit- 



34,019 



2,349 



39,946 



2,751 



38,064 



2,225 



37,297 



2,223 





37,485 



1,966 



J6,777 



1,674 



1,603 



474,765 



40,149 



517,929 



40,619 



504,213 



34,347 



540,964 



38,013 



511,902,' 



30,521 5 



22,001 



29,769 



30,136 .: 



ted to view/^ 



the General ., 

 Collections -) ^^ 



, 











^ 



j 











4,914 



553,548 



538,560 



678,977 



545 



,423 



581,906 



NUMBER OF VISITS 

















TO PARTICULAR 



1891. 



189 2. 



18 9 3. 



18 94. 



1895. 



18 96. 





DEPARTMENTS. 





























To the Reading Room, for the pur- 

 pose of researcli and reference - 

 To the Newspaper Room, for the 



- 198,310 



197,984 



194,102 



202,973 



194,924 



191,365 





purpose of research - 



To tlie Map Room, for the pur- 

 pose of special research - 



To the Department of Mann- \ 

 scripts, for tlie purpose of \ 

 examining Select and other f 

 Manuscripts - - - -j 



To tlie Print Room, for the pur- 



14,529 

 162 



8,257 



14,590 

 299 



8,197 



14,747 

 208 



9,310 



15,394 



278 



9,610 



13,031 



288 



8,784 



12,741 

 29S 



9,730 





pose of study - . . . 

 To the Egyptian and Assyrian^ 



Department, for the purpose of > 



study J 



To the Galleries of Sculpture, 



for the purpose of studv - 

 To the Coin and Medal Room, 



5,370 



5,474 



5,645 

 1,619 



5,705 

 1,600 



5,966 

 1,730 



{ 5,762 

 ' 1,539 





6,625 



5,815 



5,311 



6,272 



5,245 



4,38^ 





for the purpose of study, &c. - 

 To the Gold Ornament and Gem 



1,727 



1,723 



2,440 



2,612 



2,516 



2,675 



1 





Room - 



19,607 



19,801 



17,900 



20,420 



* 







Total 



- _l 



254,587 



253,883 



251,282 



264,864 



232,484 j 228,493 





* 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. 



