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ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The Newspaper Room is open, under similar regulations, 

 from 10 a.m. until ten minutes before the hour of general 

 closing. 



The Reading Room, Newspaper Room, and Students' Room, 

 Department of Manuscripts, are closed on Sundays, Good 

 Friday, Christmas Day, and the first four week-days in March 

 and September. 



Students are admitted generally to the several Departments, 

 on week-days, from 10 till 4 o'clock : to the Sculpture Galleries 

 from 9 o'clock till the hour of general closing ; and to the Print 

 Room from 10 till 4 o'clock from January to March, 

 and from August to December, and from 10 till 5 from April 

 to July. 



British Museum,) 

 31 March 1897. ) 



E. Maunde Thomjyson, 

 Principal Librarian and Secretary. 



-Persons admitted to view the Coekections in the Hkitish 

 Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, in each Year from 

 1891 to 1896, inclusive. 





1891: 



1892 : 



1 

 ltJ93: i 1894 : 



1895 



: 1896: 













, Week- 

 days.. 



Sun- 

 days. 



January 



25,146 



30,002 



23,789 



30,093 



28,073 i 33,238 



— 



Fkbkuary - - - - - 



21,376 



22,984 



24.204 



27,884 



19,986 27,818 



— 



March 



39,697 



26,014 



26,181 



44,117 



30,532 28,333 



— 



Aritii, 



32,102 



43,765 



44,042 



29,260 



57,730 53,520 



— 



May 



36,841 



2L516 



43,420 



40,248 



35,11 



2 1 36,225 



5,4'9 



Jlne 



26,405 



3!,697 



31,134 



30,586 



42,019 27,927 



6.376 



.JlLY 



31,923 



25,613 



36,714 



29,752 



40,120 ; 31,303 



3,713 



AfGCST 



47,635 37,19U 



59,072 



54,606 



69,762 47,864 



6,390 



.SKPTEMBEU . - - - 



32,217 



26,285 



30,OU 



32,375 



27,121 36,541 



5,920 



October 



31,496 



28,965 



34,848 



34,152 



33,573 35,45.-. 



3,854 



November .... 



23,366 



24.539 



26,847 



27,308 



29,822 27,832 



3,045 



December . - - - - 



Total Nvimbcr of Persons i 

 admitted to view tlie 1 

 Natural History Col lee- i 

 tious (incluiUiig Students) I 



27,702 



28,345 



27,946 



33,191 



32,887 1 30,977 



2,203 



1 



375,906 



351,917 



408,208 



413,572 



446,7C 



7 ^417.' 33 

 45: 



1 

 36.923 



,956 



Number of Visits to particular 

 Departments, for the purpcise 

 of Study— 



1891 : 



1892 





1893 : 



1894 : 



1895. 



1896 : 



Zoology ------ 



9,413 



10.93 



J 



10,872 



10,730 



8,189 



7.995 



GEOLOGY 



2,9f!l 



4,10 



^ 



4,95S 



5,176 



5,986 



5.923 



MlXERALOCY 



9-10 



1,75 



1 



1,714 



1,994 



2,073 



1,841 



BOTAXY 



2,-.'.'6 



2,58 

 19,:17 



5 



5 



2,274 



2,129 



2,206 



2,.-;55 



TOTAL - - - 



15,57 



6 



19, 



815 



2f 



,029 



18,4.H 



18,314 



The Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum (Natural 

 History), Cromwell-road, South Kensington, including the 



Departments 



