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



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



Persons admitted to view the General Collections in each Year, from 1861 to 1866, both Years ir.clusive. 





186 1. 



N° 



1862. 



N" 



186 3. 



N° 



186 4. 



186 5. 



N» 



18 66. 





N" 



N° 



January .--..- 



28,667 



43,070 



32,453 



18,884 



24,443 



30,096 



February ..--.- 



32,183 



36,445 



30,042 



23,315 



21,564 



21,086 



March ------- 



33,378 



38,499 



34,774 



45,267 



28,163 



22,794 



April ------- 



83,436 



59,204 



49,493 



30,471 



39,045 



46,442 



Mat 



69,993 



48,021 



42,453 



33,493 



23,755 



39,178 



June - - 



46,068 



103,274 



32,751 



30,098 



42,840 



32,130 



July 



69,361 



143,258 



42,618 



40,802 



36,868 



38,969 



August - - 



68,205 



165,017 



39,830 



45,662 



39.979 



41,010 



SjEPTEMBER ------ 



41,671 



87,008 



33,028 



28,196 



21,544 



26,765 



October .-.-.- 



49,578 



81,530 



32,215 



34,478 



27,792 



35,643 



November ------ 



39,351 



35,802 



23,507 



26,748 



21,458 



26,381 



December ------ 



Total Number of Persons admitted" 

 to view the General Collections > 

 (exclusive of Readers) 



79,995 



53,949 



47,631 



74,895 



42,516 



47,785 















641,886 



895,077 



440,801 



432,339 



369,967 



408,279 















Number of Visits — 















To the Reading Room, for the purpose of] 

 Study or Research ... -J" 



130,410 



122,497 



107,821 



105,899 



100,271 



99,857 



To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the pur-| 

 pose of Study J 



2,030 



1,617 



2,042 



1,140 



2,356 



2,677 



To the Mausoleum and Cnidus Galleries - 



- 



- 



- 



- 



635 



491 



To the Print Room - - - - - 



3,109 



3,265 



2,827 



2,361 



2,565 



2,968 



To the Coin and Medal Room - - - 

 Total - - - 



1,817 



1,544 



1,204 



1,822 



1,856 



2,278 



779,252 



1,024,030 



554,695 



543,561 



477,650 



516,550 



3fem. — The Public are admitted to the British Museum on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, between tlie hours of 

 Ten and Four, during the months of November, December, January, and February ; from Ten till Five durino- 



I the Months of September, October, March, and April ; and from Ten till Six from the 8th of IVlay to the 3 1st of 



August. The Public will be also admitted on Saturdays from the 8th of May lo the 31st of August of the 

 present year, between the hours of Twelve and Six. 



Persons applying for the purpose 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, excepting 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 Cliristmas-day, and also on any Special Fast or 

 Thanksgiving Day, ordered by Authoiity. 



British Museum, ") 

 30 April 1867. / 



J. Winter Jones, 



Principal Librarian. 



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