ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



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



Persons admitted to view the General Collections in each Year from 1870 to 1875, both Years inclusive. 



• 



18 70. 



18 7 1. 



18 72. 



N° 

 28,903 

 23,638 

 26,131 

 56,305 

 44,025 

 32,500 

 41,225 

 49,489 

 27,045 

 28,762 

 23,191 

 42,854 



18 7 3. 



18 7 4. 



N" 

 28,176 

 24,058 

 33,270 

 66,245 

 45,674 

 41,368 

 49,043 

 52,353 

 31,769 

 35,036 

 27,227 

 36,850 



187 5. 



January - - . - - 

 February ...... 



March -..-.-. 

 April ....... 



May 



June ....... 



July ...._.. 



August --..-.- 

 September ...... 



October ...... 



November 



December ...... 



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 



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 



28,486 

 18,537 

 29,492 

 50,573 

 27,839 

 66,565 

 44,494 

 48,872 

 31,917 

 33,735 

 24,476 

 47,278 



N" 



29,368 

 24,758 

 52,731 

 52,887 

 63,384 

 50,757 

 58,594 

 60,166 

 28,844 

 32,793 

 24,489 

 64,666 



Total Number of Persons admitted 1 

 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 Departnient of Maps fur the purpose! 



of special research - - - -J 

 To the Department of Manuscripts, for the 1 



purpose of studying the collections and ^■ 



of examining Select Manuscripts - -J 

 To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the pur- 1 



pose of study - - - - - f 

 To the Coin and Medal Room, for the pur-) 



poses of study, &c. . . - -j" 

 To the Gold Ornament Room 

 To the Departments of Natural B istory, for] 



the purpose of study . . - .j 

 To the Print Room, for the purpose of 1 



study or research - - - - / 



427,247 

 98,971 



2,981 



1,382 

 5,863 

 4,614 



2,833 



418,094 

 106,130 



3,911 



1,149 

 6,905 

 4,921 



2,422 



424,068 

 105,006 



4,769 



1,359 

 5,925 

 4,761 



2,616 



442,264 

 103,971 



1,345 



6,281 



1,724 



12,740 



4,861 



2,833 



461,059 

 104,727 



1,632 



7,185 



1,674 



16,560 



6,022 



2,984 



*623,317 



105,310 



186 



1,785 



7,219 



1,713 



14,785 

 5,870 



3,713 



Total - - - 



543,791 



542,532 



548,494 



576,019 



601,843 



663,898 



* Including the tota'. number of persons (3,514) admitted to the Biilish Museum on Monday and Saturday evenings from six till eight 

 o'clock, from the 8th of May to the 15th of August 1875, inclusive, as compared witli 2,471 persons admitted in 1874. 



In addition to the above, 668 persons were admitted during the year 1875 to view the Christy Collections of Ethno- 

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

 Westminster— as compared with 856 persons admitted in 1874. 



Mem. — 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. 



Satuidaj'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 01- other bodies of persons are admitted on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the year for purposes of 

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

 on {irevioas 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 montiis 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 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 Christmas-day, and also on any Special Fast or 

 Thanksgiving-day ordered by authority. 



The Puidic 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,) 

 8 April 1876. J 



J. Winter Jones, 



Principal Librarian. 



