ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



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



Persons admitted to view the Geneeal Collections from Christmas 1845 to Christmas 1861. 





From 

 Christmas J 845 



to 

 Christmas 1 846. 



From 

 Christmas 1846 



to 

 Christmas 1847. 



From 

 Christmas 1847 



to 

 Christmas 1848. 



From 

 Christmas 1848 



to 

 Chi-istmas 1849. 



From 

 Christmas 1849 



to 

 Christmas 1850. 



From 



Christmas 1850 



to 





Christmas 1851. 





N° 



■N" 



N" 



N" 



N° 



N" 



January 



40,737 



39,167 



67,781 



57,791 



58,696 



94,054 



February 



36,875 



26,113 



76,934 



49,551 



49,877 



65,657 



March - 



51,141 



37,288 



81,424 



71,726 



75,862 



63,852 



April - 



90,625 



89,618 



78,048 



104,752 



131 ,060 



96,247 



May - 



51,660 



100,468 



60,547 



95,594 



110,485 



123,164 



June 



99,273 



96,664 



89,546 



107,131 



86,533 



335,550 



July 



87,210 



82,025 



111,220 



97,055 



133,520 



344,356 



August - 



101,506 



80,136 



88,585 



109,709 



109,349 



580,709 



September - 



45,119 



80,636 



66,227 



58,670 



69,894 



523,614 



October 



43,505 



68,834 



62,008 



76,046 



79,802 



239,901 



November 



47,732 



39,099 



50,256 



62,857 



86,703 



20,201 



December 



56,218 



81,017 



75,409 



88,191 



107,182 



37,449 





750,601 



820,965 



897,985 



979,073 



1,098,863 



2,524,754 



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 1835 ; 67,542 in 1840; 69,303 

 in 1841; 71,706 in 1842; 70,9-31 in 1843; 67,511 in 1844; 64,427 in 1845; 66,784 in 1846; 67,525 in 

 1847; 66,867 in 1848; 70,371 in 1849; 78,533 in 18.50; and 78,211 in 1851. 



Number of Visits made by Artists and Students to the Galleries of Sculpture, for the purpose 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; 3,608 in 1847; 3,694 in 1848; 6,804 in 1849; 6,611 in 

 1850; and 6,086 in 1861. 



Number of Visits made to the Print Room, about 4,400 in 1832; 1,065 in 1836; 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 ; 4,572 in 1847 ; 5,813 

 in 1848 ; 5,970 in 1849 ; .3,745 in 1850 ; and 3,867 in 1851. 



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

 the hours of Ten and Four, during the Months of November, December, January and February ; 

 from Ten till Five during the ISIonths of September, October, March and April ; and from Ten 

 till Six from the 7th of May to the 1st of September. 



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

 day, from Nine o'clock, except on the Holidays as specified below, from Nine till Four in the 

 Months of November, December, January and February ; from Nine till Five in the Months of 

 September, October, March and April ; and from Nine tUl Six in the Months of May, June, July 

 and August, with the exception that on Saturdays in these latter months it closes at Five. 



Artists are admitted to study in the Galleries of Sculpture from Nine o'clock to the hour of closing, 

 every day, except Saturday. 



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

 the 7th of 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 

 13 March 1852. i 



Henry Ellis, 



Principal Librarian. 



