ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



VII. — RETURN of the Number of Persons Admitted to Visit the British Museum. 



Persons admitted to view the General Collections in each Year, from 1857 to 1862, both Years inclusive. 



Januauy ..-.-- 



February ------ 



March ------- 



April 



May ------ 



JJUXE ------- 



(July ------- 



August ------- 



September ------ 



October ------ 



November ._---- 



December ------ 



Total Number of Persons admitted 

 to view the General Collections 

 (exclusive of Readers) 



Number of Visits — 



To the Reading Room, for the purpose of 

 Study or Research - . - 



To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the pur 

 pose of Study - - - - . 



To the Print Room - - - - 



To the Coin and Medal Room - 



Total - - 



1857. 



N° 



-i 



17,632 

 lfi,368 

 18,009 

 45,060 

 17 7,355 

 93,148 

 65,866 

 48,474 

 32,181 

 27,653 

 '20,872 

 58,416 



621,034 



94,370 



2,613 



3,315 

 2,316 



723,648 



1858. 



N" 



24,246 

 28,470 

 33,312 

 04,363 

 58,043 

 37,554 

 42,357 

 46,548 

 31,762 

 37,072 

 22,953 

 92,885 



519,565 



122,103 



O tOO 



3,499 

 2,002 



18 5 9. 



N° 



35,638 

 28,261 

 32,881 

 70,462 

 2i),071 

 63,435 

 41,861 

 50,310 

 31,118 

 38,582 

 27,092 

 69,184 



649,691 



517,895 



122,424 



2,364 



3,013 

 2,204 



647,900 



18 60. 



N° 



30,018 

 29,995 

 33,995 

 65,982 

 57,354 

 50,218 

 50,955 

 51,626 

 33,846 

 46,635 

 29,506 

 56,809 



536,939 



127,763 



2,710 



3,197 

 2,005 



18 6 1. 



N° 



28,607 

 32,183 

 33,378 

 83,436 

 69,993 

 46,068 

 09,361 

 08,205 

 41,671 

 49,578 

 39,351 

 79,995 



18 6 2. 



N" 



43,070 



30,445 



38,499 



59,204 



48,021 



103,274 



143,258 



105,017 



87,008 



81,530 



35,802 



53,949 



072,674 



041,886 



130,410 



2,030 



3,109 

 1,817 



779,252 



896,077 



122,497 



1,047 



3,205 

 1,544 



1,034,030 



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 durino- 

 the Months of September, October, March, and April ; and from Ten till Six from the 8th of May to the 31st of 

 August. The Public will be also admitted on the Saturdays in the Months of May, June, July and Au^-ust 

 of the present year, between the hours of Twelve and Six. 



Persons applying for the purposes of Study or Research are admitted to the Reading Room, under certain reo-u- 

 lations, every day, except on the days 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 till Six in the months of May, June, July and August. 



Artists are admitted, under similar regulations, to study in the Galleries of Sculpture, from Nine o'clock to the 

 hour of closing, every day on which the Museum is open. 



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 Oiristmas-day, and also on any Special Fast or 

 Thanksgiving Days ordered by Authority. 



British Museum, "| 



14 April 1863. / 



J. Winter Jones, 

 Deputy Principal Librarian. 



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