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 1866 to 1871, both Years inclusive. 



January -...-, 



February 



March 



April ------- 



May 



June --.---. 

 July --.-.-- 

 August - - - - 



September ------ 



October -.--.- 

 November -..--- 

 December ------ 



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 

 26,645 

 23,165 



46,886 

 26,466 

 47,024 

 50,785 

 62,986 

 37,131 

 38,561 

 29,356 

 44,895 



18 68. 



N" 



27,402 

 25,987 

 31,591 

 47,778 

 29,047 

 53,626 

 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 

 33,166 

 23,896 

 63,108 



18 70. 



N° 



31,199 

 27,282 

 33,306 

 50,793 

 29,538 

 46,493 

 40,410 

 46,103 

 29,619 

 32,668 

 25,234 

 35,602 



18 7 1. i 



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NO 



23,731 

 23,072 ] 

 35,029 ' 

 41,507 

 41,146 

 41,042 ■ 

 48,574 1 

 44.076 

 27,046 

 29,845 

 21,026 

 42,000 



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 - - -/ 

 To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the pur-) 



pose of Study - - - . -j 

 To the Mau:<oleum and Cnidus Galleries - 



To the Ornament Room - - - - 



To the Print Room 



408,279 



99,857 



2,677 



491 



2,278 



2,968 



445,036 



103,469 



2,410 



520 

 2,084 



2,792 



461,710 



103,529 



2,018 



339 

 1,548 



3,509 

 3,086 



460,635 



103,884 

 2,083 



1,948 

 7,687 

 4,123 

 3,167 



427,247 



98,971 

 2,981 



1,382 

 6,863 

 4,514 

 2,833 



*418,094 



106,130 T 

 3,911 



1,149 

 6,906 

 4,9-21 

 2,422 



Total - - - 



516,550 



556,317 



575,739 



584,427 



543,791 



642,532 



• Including the total number of persons (1805) admitted to the British Museum on Monday and Saturday evenings from six till eight 

 o'clock, from the 8th of May to the 5th of August 1871, inclusive, as compared with 2,228 persons admitted in 1870. 



In addition to the above, 827 persons were admitted during the year 1871 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 — as compared with 749 persons admitted in 1870. 



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 8th of May to the 12th 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 J on Wednesdays and Fridays, from Ten until Six o'clock; and on Saturdays, from Twelve 

 until Eight o'clock. During the remainder 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 Avhich 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 Collection on Fridays only, from Ten till Four o'clock, by tickets 

 issued at the British Museum. 



British Museum, 1 

 16 April 1872. / 



Winter Jones, 



Principal Librarian. 



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