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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 1863 to 1868, both Years inclusive. 



January ...... 



February - 



March - . 



April ...--.. 



May ....... 



June .-.-... 

 July ....... 



August . ..... 



September - . - - . - 

 October ...... 



November ...... 



December ...... 



186 3. 



N° 



32,453 

 30,042 

 34,774 

 49,493 

 42,453 

 32,751 

 42,618 

 39,836 

 33,028 

 32,215 

 23,507 

 47,631 



186 4. 



N" 



18,884 

 23,315 

 45,267 

 30,471 

 33,493 

 30,098 

 40,832 

 45,662 

 28,196 

 34,478 

 26,748 

 74,895 



1865. 



N° 



24,443 

 21,564 

 28,163 

 39,045 

 23,755 

 42,840 

 36,868 

 39.979 

 21^544 

 27,792 

 21,458 

 42,516 



18 66. 



N° 



30,096 

 21,086 

 22,794 

 46,442 

 39,178 

 32,130 

 38,969 

 41,010 

 26,765 

 35,643 

 26,381 

 47,785 



186 7. 



N° 



22,136 

 25,645 

 23,165 

 46,886 

 26,466 

 47,024 

 50,785 

 52,986 

 37,131 

 38,561 

 29,356 

 44,895 



18 68. 



N° 



27,402 

 25,987 

 31,591 

 47,778 

 29,047 

 53,526 

 44,427 

 46,181 

 28,791 

 40,776 

 28,989 

 57,215 



Total Number of Persons admitted' 

 to view the General Collections 

 (exclusive of Readers) - .J 



Number of Visits — 



To the Reading Room, for the purpose ofl 

 Study or Research . . . -j 



To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the pur-1 

 pose of Study . . . .j 



To the Mausoleum and Cnidus Galleries - 



To the Coin and Medal Room ... 



To the Print Room - . - - . 



440,801 



107,821 

 2,042 



1,204 



2,827 



432,339 



105,899 

 1,140 



1,822 

 2,361 



369,967 



100,271 



2,356 



635 

 1,856 



2,565 



408,279 



99,857 



2,677 



491 



2,278 



2,968 



445,036 



103,469 



2,416 



520 

 2,084 



2,792 



461,710 



103,629 



2,018 



339 



1,548 

 3,509 

 3,086 



Total - - - 



554,695 



543,561 



477,650 



516,550 



556,317 



575,739 



In addition to_ the above, 553 persons were admitted during the year 1868 to view the Christy Collections of Ethno-' 

 p;raphy. &c., which, owing to the want of space at the British Museum, are temporarily exhibited at 103, Victoria-street, 

 Westminster. J 



Mem. — The Public are admitted to the British Museum on Mondays, Wediiesdays, smd JFridays, 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 Saturdays from the 8th of May to the 31st of Auo-ust 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. 



Persons are admitted, under similar regulations, to study in the Galleries of Sculpture and of Natural History, 

 from Nine o'clock to the hour of closing, every day on which the Museum is open, excepting Saturday ; and 

 to the Print Room from Ten o'clock, to the hour of closing, every day on which the Museum is open, 

 excepting Saturday and during the month of September. 



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-day ordered by authority. 



The Public are admitted to view the Christy Collections on Fridays only, from Ten till Four o'clock, by tickets 

 issued at the British Museum. 



British Museum, "I 

 13 May 1869. / 



Winter Joties, 



Principal Librarian. 



