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ACCOUNTS, &C. OP BRITISH MUSEUM. 



VI.— ACCOUNT OF SPECIAL PARLIAMENTARY GRANTS received during the Year 



ending Christmas 1846. 



Balance of Grants made during the Year 1844 

 Amount of Grants made during the Year 



£. 



Paid for Books and Manuscripts from the Libraries of the Duke of Sussex, Sir. Bright 

 and Robert Southey, Esq. -------.._. 



Expenses incurred in collecting and conveying to England the Xanthian Antiquities 

 Collection of Fossils from Buenos Ayres, purchased from M. de Falconnet - - - 

 Collection of Prints of the early German Masters, purchased from Messrs. Smith - 

 Collection of the Works of the early Italian Designers and Engravers, purchased from 

 Messrs. Smith ------_--____ 



On Account of classifying and preparing Fossils from the Sub-Himalayan Mountain^ - 



Cash in hand on this last-mentioned Account 



£. s. 



1,095 13 



11,092 - 



12,187 13 3 



1,095 13 3 



1,387 - - 



1,000 - - 



2,830 - - 



4,875 - - 

 330 18 10 



11,518 12 1 



669 1 2 



12,187 13 3 



VII.— RETURN of the NUMBER OF PERSONS ADMITTED TO VISIT THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Persons admitted to view the General Collections from Christmas 1839 to Cliristmas 1845. 





From 



From 



From 



From 



From 



From 





Christmas 1839 



Christmas 1840 



Christmas 1841 



Christmas 1842 



Christmas 1843 



Christmas 1844 





Christmas 1840. 



Christmas 1841. 



Christmas 1842. 



Christmas 1843. 



Christmas 1844. 



Christmas 1845. 





N" 



NO 



N" 



N° 



N° 



NO 



January 



11,859 



9,476 



20,471 



25,981 



37,179 



23,353 



February 



11,072 



7,635 



22,068 



16,221 



19,705 



22,638 



March - 



13,691 



16,059 



40,478 



24,914 



26,780 



46,452 



April - 



30,671 



30,697 



36,444 



47,403 



68,689 



43,768 



May - 



21,027 



28,208 



67,069 



30,130 



83,876 



113,966 



June 



41,629 



36,099 



56,107 



72,693 



69,972 



68,970 



July 



46,713 



38,759 



87,138 



66,600 



86,320 



82,462 



August - 



24,224 



44,241 



85,989 



78,659 



66,264 



71,398 



September - 



12,872 



26,863 



36,925 



44,392 



4.3,547 



63,882 



October 



14,917 



24,112 



26,578 



29,336 



27,374 



5.5,829 



November 



8,295 



19,489 



18,719 



21,056 



20,212 



34,181 



December 



11,169 



37,836 



69,732 



60,056 



46,840 



78,730 





247,929 



319,374 



647,718 



517,440 



575,758 



685,614 



Number of Visits made to the Reading Rooms, for the pui-pose of Study or Research, about 1,960 in 

 1810; 4,300 in 1815; 8,820 in 1820; 22,800 in 1825 ; 31,200 in 1830 ; 63,466 in 1835 ; 67,542 in 1840; 

 69,303 in 1841 ; 71,706 m 1842 ; 70,931 in 1843 ; 67,511 in 1844; 64,427 in 1846. 



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

 about 4,9.38 in 1831 ; 6,081 in 1835; 6,864 in 1840; .5,665 in 1 841 ; 5,627 in 1842; 4,907 in 1843 ; 6,436 

 in 1844; 4,256 in 1845. 



Number of Visits made to the Pruit Room, about 4,400 in 1882 ; 1,065 in 1835 ; 6,717 in 1840 ; 7,744 in 

 1841 ; 8,781 in 1842; 8,162 m 1843 ; 8,998 in 1844 ; 5,904 in 1845. 



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

 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 1 st September. 



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

 day, from Nine o'clock in the Morning untU Four in the Afternoon, betvi^een the 7th of September 

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

 tember. 



Artists are admitted to study in the Galleries of Sculpture, between the^hours of Nine and Four, 

 every day, except Saturday. 



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

 7th September inclusive, on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and Christmas-day, and also on any 

 Special Fast or Thanksgiving Days ordered by Authority. 



British Museum, "1 

 17 January 1846. J 



Mawer Covotan, 



Aocountaat. 



