ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



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



Persows admitted to view the General Collections in each Year from 1867 to 1872, both Years inclusive. 





18 6 7. 



18 68. 



1 



1869. 



18 7 0. 



18 7 1. 

 N° 



18 7 2. 





N° 



N" 



N° 



N" 



N° 



Januari ... . _ - 



•22,136 



27,402 



29,226 



31,199 



23,731 



28,903 



February 



25,645 



26,987 



23,549 



27,282 



23,072 



23,638 



March 



23,165 



31,591 



65,282 



33,306 



35,029 



26,131 



April - - 



46,886 



47,778 



41,068 



50,793 



41,507 



56,305 



May ....... 



26,466 



29,047 



45,433 



29,538 



41,146 



44,025 



June .-....- 



47,024 



63,626 



35,466 



46,493 



41,042 



32,500 



July -..-..- 



60,785 



44,427 



40,796 



40,410 



48,574 



41,225 



August --.-..- 



62,986 



46,181 



43,048 



46,103 



44,076 



49,489 



September .--_-- 



37,131 



28,791 



26,607 



29,619 



27,046 



27,045 



October ...... 



38,561 



40,776 



33,156 



32,668- 



29,845 



28,762 



November ...... 



29,356 



28,989 



23,896 



26,234 



21,026 



23,191 



December ...... 



44,895 



67,215 



53,108 



35,602 



42,000 



42,854 



Total Number of Persons admittedl 

 to view the General Collections ' 

 (exclusive of Readers) - -J 















446,036 



461,710 



460,635 



427,247 



418,094 



*424,068 















Number of Visits — 















To the Reading Room, for the purpose of] 

 Study or Research . - -J 















103,469 



103,529 



103,S84 



08,971 



105,130 



105,006 



To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the pur-1 

 pose of Studv / 















2,416 



2,018 



2,983 



2,981 



3,911 



4,769 



To the Mausoleum and Cnidus Galleries - 



520 



339 











— 



— 



To the Coin and Medal Room - - - 



2,084 



1,548 



1,948 



1,382 



1,149 



1,359 



To the Ornament Room - . - - 



- 



. 



7,687 



5,863 



6,905 



5,925 



To the Departmc-nts of Natural Histoiy 



. 



3,509 



4,123 



4.514 



4,921 



4,751 



To the Print Room - - . . - 



2,792 



3,086 



3,167 



2,833 



2,422 



2,616 



Total - - - 



550,317 



675,739 



584,427 



643,791 



642,532 



548,494 



• Including the total number of persons (1,493) admitted to the British Museum on Monday and Saturday evenings from six till eight 

 o'clock, from the 8th of May to the 12th of August 1872, inclusive, as compared with 2,228 persons admitted in 1871. 



In addition to the above, 871 persons were admitted during the year 1872 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 827 persons admitted in 1871. 



3Iem. — 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, Januarj', and February; from Ten till Five during 

 the Months of September, October, March, and April. From the 8th of May to the 16th 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 Wednesdays and Fridays, ^vomTen 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 beloM', 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 Cliristmas-day, and also ou 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, ~| 

 5 May 1873. / 



Winter Jones, 



Principal Librarian. 



