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 1858 to 1863, both Years inclusive. 



1858. 



N" 



January .--.-- 



February __.--- 

 March ------- 



April ------- 



May 



June ------- 



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 ofl 

 Study or Research . - - -J 



To the' Galleries of Sculpture, for the pur- 

 pose of Study - - - - - 



To the Print Room - - - - - 



To the Coin and Medal Room - 



Total - - - 



24,246 

 28,470 

 03,312 

 64,363 

 58,043 

 37,554 

 42,357 

 46,548 

 31,762 

 37,072 

 22,953 

 92,885 



519,565 



122,103 



2,522 



3,499 

 2,002 



18 59. 



N" 



35,638 

 28,261 

 32,881 

 70,462 

 29,071 

 63,435 

 41,861 

 50,310 

 31,118 

 38,582 

 27,092 

 69,184 



18 60. 



NO 



30,018 

 29,995 

 33,995 

 65,982 

 57,354 

 50,218 

 50,955 

 61,626 

 33,846 

 46,635 

 29,506 

 56,809 



18 6 1. 



N° 



649,691 



517,895 



122,424 



2,364 



3,013 

 2,204 



647,900 



536,939 



127,763 



2,710 



3,197 



2,005 



28,667 

 32,183 

 33,378 

 83,436 

 69,993 

 46,068 

 69,361 

 68,205 

 41,671 

 49,578 

 39,351 

 79,995 



1862. 



N" 



43,070 



36,445 



38,499 



59,204 



48,021 



103,274 



143,258 



165,017 



87,008 



81,530 



35,802 



53,949 



1863. 



w 



32,453 

 30,042 

 34,774 

 49,493 

 42,453 

 32,751 

 42,618 

 39,836 

 33,028 

 32,215 

 23,507 

 47,631 



641,886 



130,410 



2,030 



3,109 

 1,817 



672,674 



779,252 



895,077 



122,497 



1,647 



3,265 

 1,544 



1,024,030 



440,801 



107,821 



2,042 



2,827 

 1,204 



554,695 



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

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

 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 regu- 

 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 Cliristmas-day, and also on any Special Fast or 

 Thanksgiving Days ordered by Authority. 



British Museum, "| 

 18 April 1864. / 



A. Panizzi, 



Principal Librarian. 



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