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



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



Persons admitted to view the General Collections in each Year, from 1862 to 1867, both Years inclusive. 





186 2. 



N° 



186 3. 



N° 



186 4. 



18 6 5. 



N" 



18 66. 



N° 



186 7. 





N" 



N" 



January ...... 



43,070 



32,453 



18,884 



24,443 



30,096 



22,136 



February 



36,445 



30,042 



23,315 



21,564 



21,086 



25,645 



March - - - - - 



38,499 



34,774 



45,267 



28,163 



22,794 



23,165 



April - - 



59,204 



49,493 



30,471 



39,045 



46,442 



46,886 



May ....--- 



48,021 



42,463 



33,493 



23,765 



39,178 



26,466 



June ------- 



103,274 



32,751 



30,098 



42,840 



32,130 



47,024 



July ------- 



143,258 



42,618 



40,832 



36,868 



38,969 



60,785 



August - . - - - - 



165,017 



39,836 



45,662 



39.979 



41,010 



62,986 



September ------ 



87,008 



33,028 



28,196 



51,544 



26,765 



37,131 



October ------ 



81,530 



32,215 



34,478 



27,792 



35,643 



38,561 



November ------ 



35,802 



23,507 



26,748 



21,458 



26,381 



29,356 



December ------ 



53,949 



47,631 



74,895 



42,516 



47,785 



44,895 



Total Number of Persons admitted! 

 to view the General Collections ^ 

 (exclusive of Readers) - -J 















895,077 



440,801 



432,339 



369,967 



408,279 



445,036 















Number of Visits — 















To the Reading Room for the purpose of\ 

 Study or Research - - - -/ 



122,497 



107,821 



105,899 



100,271 



99,857 



103,469 



To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the pur-1 

 pose of Study . . - -J 



1,647 



2,042 



1,140 



2,356 



2,677 



2,416 



To the Mausoleum and Cnidus Galleries - 



- 



- 



- 



635 



491 



520 



To the Print Room 



3,265 



2,827 



2,361 



2,565 



2,968 



2,792 



To the Coin and Medal Room - 



1,544 



1,204 



1,822 



1,856 



2,278 



2,084 



Total - - - 



1,024,030 



564,695 



543,561 



477,650 



516,650 



556,317 



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 8th of May to the 3 1st of 

 August. The Public will be also admitted on Saturdays from the 8th of May to 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 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, 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 Ciiristmas-day, and also on any Special Fast or 

 Thanksgiving day, ordered by authority. 



British Museum, "1 

 6 May 1868. j 



J. Winter Jones, 



Principal Librarian. 



