ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



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



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Persons admitted to view the General Collections in each Year from 1869 to 3 874, both Years inclusive. 



JANUARt - - - . . 



Februart - 



March -----.. 



April - - - 



"May 



June -----.. 

 July --.--.. 



August ------- 



September .--... 

 October - - - i . . 



November ----.. 



December ---... 



Total Number of Persons admitted! 

 to view the General Collections i 

 (exclusive of Readers) - -J 



Number of Visits — 



To the Reading Room, for the purpose of\ 

 Study or Research - - -/ 



To the Department of Manuscripts, for the] 

 purpose of studying the collections and [■ 

 of examining Select Manuscripts - -J 



To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the pur-1 

 pose of Study J 



To the Coin and Medal Room, for the pur- 

 poses of Study, &c. - . - - 



To the Gold Ornament Room . - - 



To the Departments of Natural History, for 

 the purposes of Study - - - - 



To the Print Room, for the purposes of ] 

 Study or Research - - - -J 



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 



18 70. 



460,635 



103,884 



2,983 



1,948 

 7,687 

 4,123 



3,167 



N" 



31,199 

 27,282 

 33,306 

 50,793 

 29,538 

 46,493 

 40,410 

 45,103 

 29,619 

 32,668 

 25,234 

 35,602 



Total 



584,427 



427,247 



98,971 



2,981 



1,382 

 0,863 

 4,514 



2,833 



18 7 1. 



N° 



23,731 

 23,072 

 35,029 

 41,507 

 41,146 

 41,042 

 48,574 

 44,076 

 27,046 

 29,845 

 21,026 

 42,000 



18 72. 



28,903 

 23,638 

 26,131 

 56,305 

 44,025 

 32,500 

 41,225 

 49,489 

 27,045 

 28,762 

 23,191 

 42,854 



418,094 



105,130 



3,911 



1,149 

 6,905 

 4,921 



2,422 



543,791 



542,532 



424,068 



105,006 



4,769 



1,359 

 5,926 

 4,751 



2,616 



187 3. 



N° 



28,486 

 18,537 

 29,492 

 50,573 

 27,839 

 66,565 

 44,494 

 48,872 

 31,917 

 33,735 

 24,476 

 47,278 



548,494 



442,264 



103,971 

 1,345 



6,281 



1,724 



12,740 



4,861 



2,833 



187 4. 



N" 



28,176 

 24,058 

 33,270 

 66,245 

 45,674 

 41,368 

 49,043 

 52,353 

 31,759 

 35,036 

 27,227 

 36,850 



576,019 



*461,059 



104,727 

 1,632 



7,185 



1,674 



16,560 



6,022 



2,984 



601,843 



* Including the total number of persons (2,471) admitted to the British Museum on Monday and Saturday evenings from six till eio-ht 

 o'clock, from the 8th of May to the 15th of August 1874, inclusive, as compared with 2,1 14 persons admitted in 1873. 



In addition to the above, 858 persons were admitted during the year 1874 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 864 persons admitted in 1873. 



3Iem. — The Public are admitted to the British Museum on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays — 



Mondays. 



Wednesdays. 



Fridays. 



From Ten till Four 

 o'clock in — 



January. 

 February. 

 November. 

 December. 



From Ten till Five 

 o'clock in — 



March. 

 April. 

 September. 

 October. 



From Ten till Six 

 o'clock in — 



May. 

 June. 

 July. 

 August. 



Saturday's, from Twelve o'clock till the hour of closing, January — December. 



The Public will also be admitted until Eight o'clock in the evening, on Mondays and Saturdays, from the 8th of 

 May to the 14th of August inclusive, in the present year. 



Classes or other bodies of persons are admitted on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the year for purposes of 

 instruction, to the number of 30 for the Upper Galleries of the Museum, and 50 for the Lower Galleries, 

 on previous application to the Principal Librarian. 



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 J 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 Flint Room from Ten till Four o'clock, every day on which the Museum is open. 



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 on any Special Fast or 

 Tlianksgiving-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, ^ 

 10 April 1875. / 



Winter Jones, 



Principal Librarian. 



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