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ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF. THE BRITISH MUSEUJC. 



YJI _NUMBER of Persons Admitted to Visit the British 

 Museum and the British Museum (Natural History). 



A.— Person s Admitted to View the General Collections in the British 

 Museum in each Year from 1892 to 1897, both Years inclusive. 



APRIL 



Mat • 



July - 



October 



Decbmbek • 



Total Num- 

 ber of Per- 

 sons admit- 

 ted to view 

 the General 

 Collections -, 



Day. 

 33,559 

 32,482 

 39,464 

 48,980 

 37,388 

 41,516 

 40,904 

 71,044 

 50,353 

 44,339 

 37,964 

 39,946 



Evening. 

 2,789 

 3,964 

 3,531 

 3,233 

 3,006 

 3,284 

 2,613 

 4,354 

 4,504 

 3,506 

 3,095 

 2,761 



517,929 40,619 



658,548 



Day. 

 38,873 

 36,824 

 36^15 

 49,104 

 42,624 

 37,280 

 43,308 

 51,132 

 45,226 

 44,529 

 38,435 

 38,064 



Evening. 

 2,839 

 3,062 

 2,815 

 2,740 

 3,143 

 2,736 

 1,969 

 2,906 

 3,931 

 3,424 

 2,458 

 2,226 



504,213 34,347 



Day. 

 42,063 

 35,634 

 49,272 

 43,576 

 50,434 

 44,408 

 47,498 

 64,150 

 44,594 

 44,177 

 37,861 

 37,297 



Evening. 

 2,905 

 3,029 



t;s7i 



3,206 

 3,531 

 3,106 

 2,604 

 4,051 

 3,724 

 3,256 

 2,997 

 2,229 



540.964 38,013 



678,977 



Day. 

 39,516 

 29,739 

 37,247 

 50,772 

 39,914 

 43,059 

 48,696 

 65.328 

 39,787 

 42,996 

 37,363 

 37,485 



Evening. 

 2,399 

 1,762 

 2,448 

 2,629 

 2,519 

 2,787 

 2,264 

 3,124 

 3,299 

 2,839 

 2,485 

 1,966 



511,902 30,521 



542,423 



Day. 

 43,992 

 36,7% 

 38,390 

 55,262 

 43,308 

 36,424 

 48,833 

 58,529 

 47,236 

 40^649 

 35,806 

 36,777 



18 96, 



Evening. 

 2,773 

 2,759 

 3,529 

 2,807 

 2,606 

 2,310 

 2,236 

 2,957 

 2,893 

 2,200 

 2,025 

 1,674 



522,001 29,769 30,136 



Sunday 



4,957 

 4,429 

 3,326 

 5,580 

 4,670 

 3,497 

 2,074 

 1,603 



681,906 



Day. 



Bvenin«; 



43,162 



1,870 



32,378 



1,869 



40,770 



2,333 



49,973 



2,176 



41,006 



2,192 



42,025 



2,046 



49,764 



2,249 



52,917 



2,547 



46,345 



2,935 



44,538 



2,420 



36,522 



2,172 



43,189 



1,456 



522,589 



26,254 



SuDd 



i.ri 

 3,8; 



3,9 

 4,1 

 2,9 

 2,8 



4,2 

 4,5 



NUMBER OF VISITS 



TO PARTICULAR 



DEPARTMENTS. 



To tlie Reading Room, for the pur- 

 pose ot 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--j 

 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 Assyrians 

 Department, for the purpose of J> 

 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 



TOTAL - 



197,984 



14,590 



299 



8,197 



1,723 



19,801 



253,883 



194,102 



14,747 



5,645 

 1,619 

 5,311 



2,440 

 17,900 



15,394 



278 

 9,610 



5,705 

 1,600 

 6,272 



2,612 

 20,420 



251,282 264,864 



189 5. 



1896. 











194,924 



191,363 



13,031 



12,741 



288 



298 



8,784 



9,730 



5,966 



5,762 



1,730 



1,539 



5,245 



4,385 



2,516 



2,675 



* 



• 



232,484 



228,493 



16,376 



6,206 

 1,410 

 3,764 



2,934 



229,604 



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

 the room being under present arraii^emeuts open freely to the general public. 



