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ACCOUNTS OF BRITISH iVIUSEUM: 1839. 



Number of Visits made to the Reading Rooms, for the purpose of Study or Research, about 1,050 in 

 1810; 4,300 in 1815; 8,820 in 1820; 22,800 in 1825 ; 31,200 in 1830 ; 63,400 in 1835 ; 62,360 in 1836 ; 

 69,930 in 1837 ; 64,843 in 1838. 



Number of Visits, by Artists and Students, to the Galleries of Sculpture, for the purpose of Study, 

 4,938 in 183J ; 4,740 in 1832; 4,490 in 1833: 6,645 in 1834; 6,081 in 1835; 7,052 in 1836; 5,570 in 

 1837; 5,015 in 1838. 



Number of Visits made to the Print Room, about 4,400 in 1832; 2,900 in 1833 ; 2,204 in 1834; 1,065 in 

 1835 ; 2,916 in 1836 ; 4,429 in 1837 ; 5,017 in 1838. 



Mem. — The Public are admitted to the British Museum on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, between 

 the hours of Ten and Four, from the 7th September to the 1st May; and between the hours of Ten 

 and Seven from the 7th May to the ] st September. 



Persons applying for the purpose of Study or Research are admitted to the Reading Rooms every 

 day, from Nine o'clock in the Morning until Four in the Afternoon, between the 7th of September 

 and the 1st of May, and until Seven in the Evening between the 7th of May and the 1st of Sep- 

 tember. 



Artists are admitted to study in the Galleries of Sculpture every day, between the hours of Nine 

 and Four, except Saturday. 



The Museum is closed between the 1st and 7th January, the 1st and 7th May, and the 1st and 7th 

 September, and on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and Christmas-day, and also on any Special Fast or 

 Thanksgiving Days ordered by Authority. 



British Museum, 12 January 1839. 



Mawer Cowtan, Accountant. 



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