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 1871 to 1876, both Years inclusive. 



January 



February 



March - 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August - 



September 



October 



November 



December 



Total Number of Persons admitted! 

 to view the General Collections 



(exclusive of Readers) 

 Number of Visits — 



-J 



To the Reading Room, for the purpose ofl 



study or research ... .J 



To the Department of Maps, for the purpose! 



of special research - - - -J 



To the Department of Manuscripts, for thel 



purpose of studying the collections and ^ 



of examining Select Manuscripts - -J 

 To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the pur 



pose of study . . - - 

 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 purpose of study - - - -J 

 To the Print Room, for the purpose of ) 



study or research - - - - / 



Total - 



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 



418,094 



105,130 



3,911 



1,149 

 6,905 

 4,921 



2,422 



18 7 2. 



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 



424,068 



105,006 



187 3. 



N° 



28,466 

 18,537 

 29,492 

 50,573 

 27,839 

 56,565 

 44,494 

 48,872 

 31,917 

 33,735 

 24,476 

 47,278 



4,769 



1,359 

 5,925 

 4,751 



2,616 



542,532 



548,494 



442,264 



103,971 



1,345 



6,281 



1,724 



12,740 



4,861 



2,833 



576,019 



187 4. 



N" 

 23,176 

 24,058 

 33,270 

 36,245 

 45,674 

 41,368 

 49,043 

 52,353 

 31,759 

 35,036 

 27,227 

 36,850 



461,059 



104,727 



1,632 



7,185 



1,674 



16,560 



6,022 



2,984 



001,843 



1875. 



N" 



29,358 

 24,758 

 52,731 

 52,887 

 63,384 

 50,757 

 68,594 

 50,166 

 28,844 

 32,793 

 24,489 

 54,556 



523,317 



105,310 

 186 



1,785 



7,219 



1,713 



14,785 

 5,870 



3,713 



663,898 



187 6. 



N" 



28,086 

 28,329 

 38,368 

 65,905 

 39,789 

 68,604 

 42,774 

 46,430 

 37,908 

 44,520 

 35,157 

 87,665 



*563,535 



109,442 

 259 



1,662 



1,375 

 14,632 



6,228 



4.154 



r09,009 



Mondays. 



From Ten till Four 

 o'clock in — 



From Ten till Five 

 o'clock in — 



Wednesdays. 

 Fridays. 



January. 

 Februarj'. 

 November. 

 December. 



March. 

 April. 

 September. 

 October. 



* Including the total number of persons (2,368) admitted to tlie British Museum on Monday and Saturday evenings from six til) eight 

 o'clock, from the 8th of May to the 14th of August 1876, inclusive, as compared with 3,514 persons admitted in 1875. 



In -addition to the above, 733 persons were admitted during the year 1876 to view the Christy Collection of Ethno- 

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

 Westminster! — as compared with 668 persons admitted in 1875. 



Mem, — Tlie Public are admitted to the British Museum on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays — 



From Ten till Six 

 o'clock in — 



May. 

 June. 

 July. 

 August. 



Saturdays, 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 12th of 

 May to the 13th 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 January, 

 February, November, and December ; from Nine till Five in the months of March, April, September, and 

 October ; 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 Histoiy, 

 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 7tli of February, the 1st to the 7th of May, and the 1st to the 7th of 

 October, inclusive, on Ash- Wednesday, Good Friday, and Christmas-day, and also on any Special Fast or 

 Thanksgiving-day ordered by authority. 



British Museum, "] 

 16 April 1877. / 



J. Winter Jones, 



Principal Librarian. 



t The Public are admitted to view the Christy Collection in Victoria-street on Fridays onlj', from Ten till Four o'clock, by tickets issued at 

 the Uritisli Museum ; but it will probably have to be closed in the course of the year" 1877, ju-cparatory to the removal of" the objects to tlio 

 liiiiisli .Museum. 



