ACCOUNTS, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



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



Persons admitted to view the General Collections in each Year, from 1864 to 1869, both Years inclusive. 



January ...... 



February ...... 



March 



April ..-.•-- 



May 



June ....... 



July --.-.-- 

 August - - - - - 



September ._...- 



October 



November ..--.. 

 December ..---- 



186 4. 



N" 

 18,884 

 23,315 

 45,267 

 30,471 

 33,493 

 30,098 

 40,832 

 46,662 

 28,196 

 34,478 

 26,748 

 74,895 



186 5. 



N" 

 24,443 

 21,564 

 28,163 

 39,045 

 23,755 

 42,840 

 36,868 

 39,979 

 21^644 

 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 

 23,166 

 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 



186 9. 



N" 

 29,226 

 23,549 

 65,282 

 41,068 

 45,433 

 35,466 

 40,796 

 43,048 

 26,607 

 33,156 

 23,896 

 63,108 



Total Number of Persons admitted' 

 to view the General Collections . 

 (exclusive of Readers) - -J 



Number of Visits — 

 To the Reading Room, for the purpose of) 



Study or Research . . - -j 

 To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the pur-| 



pose of Study . . . .j 

 To the Mausoleum and Cnidus Galleries - 



To the Ornament Room . . - - 



To the Print Room - - - - - 



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 



460,635 



103,884 

 2,983 



1,948 

 7,687 

 4,123 

 3,167 



Total - - - 



543,561 



477,650 



516,650 



556,317 



575,739 



684,427 



In addition to the above, 755 persons were admitted during the year 1869 to view the Christy Collections of Ethno- 

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

 Westminster. 



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. From the 9th of May to the 8th of August inclusive, in 

 the present year, Visitors will be admitted to view the Collections, as follows, viz. : on Mondays, from Ten 

 until Eight o'clock ; on WednesdaysQ,nA Fridays,fromTenmii\\S\yi o'clock; and on iSa^wra^ay^, from Twelve 

 until Eight o'clock. From the 9th to the 31st of August: on Mondays. Wednesdays, and Fridays, from 

 Ten until Six o'clock ; and on Saturdays, from Twelve until Six o'clock. 



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 ticket* 

 issued at the British Museum. 



British Museum, "| 

 4 June, 1870. / 



Winter Jones, 



Principal Librarian. 



