4 



ACCOUNTS, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



VI.— ACCOUNT OF SPECIAL PARLIAMENTARY GRANTS for the Year 



ending Cliristmas 1846. 



Cash in hand December 26, 1845, on account of Grant for classifying and preparing 

 Fossils from the Sub-Himalayan Mountains .-----.. 



Paid on this Account during the Year ending December 25, 1846 . . _ . 



Cash on hand on this Account ------.-.-£, 



£. s. d. 



669 1 2 



541 12 3 



127 8 11 



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

 Persons admitted to view the General Collections from Christmas 1840 to Cliristmas 1846. 





From 



From 



From 



From 



From 



From 





Christmas 1840 



to 

 Christmas 1841. 



Christmas 1641 



Christmas 1842 



Christmas 184.3 



in 



Christmas 1844 



Christmas 1845 





Christmas 1842. 



Christmas 1843. 



Christmas 1844. 



Christmas 1845. 



Christmas 1846. 





NO 



NO 



NO 



NO 



NO 



NO 



January 



9,476 



20,471 



26,981 



37,179 



23,353 



40,737 



February - 



7,635 



22,068 



16,221 



19,705 



22,638 



36,875 



March - 



16,059 



40,478 



24,914 



26,780 



46,452 



51,141 



April - 



30,697 



36,444 



47,403 



68,689 



43,768 



90,625 



May - 



28,208 



57,069 



30,130 



8.3,876 



113,956 



51,660 



June 



36,099 



66,107 



72,693 



69,972 



58,970 



99,273 



July 



38,759 



87,138 



66,600 



85,320 



82,462 



87,210 



August - 



44,241 



85,989 



78,669 



66,264 



71,393 



101,506 



September - 



26,863 



36,925 



44,392 



4.3,647 



63,882 



45,119 



October 



24,112 



26,578 



29,336 



27,374 



55,829 



43,605 



November 



19,489 



18,719 



21,055 



20,212 



34,181 



47,732 



Decewbeh 



37,836 



69,732 



00,066 



46,840 



78,730 



65,218 





319,374 



547,718 



517,440 



675,758 



685,614 



750,601 



Number of Visits made to the Reading Rooms, for the purpose of Study or Research, about 1,950 in 

 1810; 4,300 in 1815; 8,820 in 1820; 22,800 in 1825 ; 31,200 in 1830 ; 63,466 in 1 835 ; 67,642 in 1840 ; 

 69,303 in 1841 ; 71,706 in 1842 ; 70,931 in 1843 ; 07,611 in 1844; 64,427 in 1845 ; 66,784 in 1846. 



Number of Visits, by Artists and Students, to the Galleries of Sculpture, for the pui-pose of Study, 

 about 4,938 in 1831 ; 6,081 in 1835; 6,-354 in 1840; .5,655 in 1841 ; 5,627 in 1842; 4,907 in 1843; 5,436 

 in 1844; 4,266 in 1845 ; 4,124 in 1846. 



Number of Visits made to the Print Room, about 4,400 in 1832 ; 1,065 in 1835 ; 6,717 in 1840 ; 7,744 in 

 1841 ; 8,781 in 1842; 8,162 in 1843 ; 8,998 in 1844 ; 5,904 in 1845 ; 4,-390 in 1846. 



-Mem. — The Public are admitted to the British JMuseum 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 1 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 untU 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, between the hours of Nine and Four, 

 every day, except Saturday. 



The Museum is closed from the 1st to the 7th Januarj', 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, T 

 12 January 1847. J 



Mamer Cowtan, 



Accountant. 



