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ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



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

 ^ Persows admit ted to view the General Collections in each Year from 1873 to 1878, both Years inclusive. 



January ---... 



February ---... 

 March - - 



April --....- 

 May 



iTuNE ---_... 



July - - . - 



August - - - - - 



September ._-_.. 



October - - - 



November --.-.. 



Of.cember ------ 



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 Department of Maps, for the purpose! 



of sppcial research - - - -J 



To tlie Department of Manuscripts, for the 1 



purpose of studying the collections and ^ 



of examining Select Manuscripts - -J 

 To liie Galleries of Sculpture, for the pur- 1 



pose of study - - - - - / 

 To the Coin and Medal Room, for the pur-1 



poses of study, &C. - - - "/ 

 To the Gold Ornament Room 

 To the Departments of Natural H istory, for) 



the purpose of study - - - -| 

 To the Print Room, for the purpose of ] 



sfudy or research - - - -/ 



Total - - - 



187 3. 



N° 



•28,486 

 18,537 

 29,492 

 50,573 

 27,839 

 56,565 

 44,494 

 48,872 

 31,917 

 33,735 

 24,476 

 47,278 



442,264 



103,971 



1,345 



6,281 



1,724 



12,740 



4,861 



2,833 



18 7 4. 



N" 

 28,176 

 24,058 

 33,270 

 66,245 

 46,674 

 41,368 

 49,043 

 52,363 

 31,759 

 35,036 

 27,227 

 36,880 



1875. 



N" 



29,358 

 24,758 

 52,731 

 62,887 

 63,384 

 50,757 

 68,594 

 50,166 

 28,844 

 32,793 

 24,489 

 54,566 



576,019 



461,059 



104,727 



1,632 



7,185 



1,674 



16,560 



0,022 



2,984 



001,843 



623,317 



105,310 

 186 



1,785 



7,219 



1,713 



14,785 



5,870 



3,713 



18 76. 



N" 

 28,086 

 28,329 

 38,368 

 65,905 

 39,789 

 68,604 

 42,774 

 46,430 

 37,908 

 44,620 

 35,157 

 87,665 



563,535 



109,442 

 259 



1,662 



7,722 



1,375 



14,632 



6,228 



4,154 



18 77. 



N° 



51,475 

 22,219 

 39,373 

 79,496 

 67,640 

 41,604 

 47,020 

 55,656 

 37,831 

 29,795 

 30,463 

 46,709 



539,281 



113,594 

 296 



2,041 



9,939 



1,444 



21,054 



7,480 



4,382 



663,898 



709,009 



699,511 



18 7 8. 



N° 



36,881 

 20,575 

 32,166 

 58,178 

 29,419 

 50,109 

 41,846 

 51,072 

 38,293 

 27,567 

 27,904 

 35,506 



•448,516 



114,516 

 316 



1,741 



11,917 



1,539 



23,143 



6,352 



3,572 



611,612 



* Including the total number of persons (2,965) admitted to the British Museum on Monday and Saturday evenings from six till eight 

 o'clock, from the 11th of May to the lith ot August 1878, inclusive, as compared with 3,247 persons admitted in 1877. 



In addition to the above, 761 persons were admitted during the year 1878 to view the Christy Collections of Ethno- 

 iiraphy, &c., which, until the new room is ready at the British Museum, is exhibited at 103, Victoria-street, 

 Westminster.! 



The Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum are Open to the Public Free, as under: — 

 Monday and Saturday — The whole of the Galleries. 



Tuesday and Thursday — The whole of the Galleries, except the Natural History Collections. 

 Wednesday and Friday — The whole of the Galleries, except the Antiquities on the Upper Floor, and the 

 rest of the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities. 



The hours of Admission are from — 



10 a.m. till 4 p.m. in January, February, November, December. 



10 „ 5 „ March, April, September, October. 



10 „ 6 „ May, June, July, August. 



10 and 12 till 7 p.m. on Monday and Saturday only, from the middle of July to the end of August. 



10 „ 8 „ IVIonday and Saturday only, from May 8th to the middle of July. 



On Saturday throughout the year from 12 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 January, 

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

 and from Nine till Six in the months of April, May, June, July, and August. 



Persons are admitted, under similar regulations, to study in the Sculpture Galleries from Nine o'clock from 

 Monday to Friday, and from Eleven o'clock on Saturday, to the hour of closing ; in the Galleries of Zoology, 

 Geology, and Mineralogy, from Nine o'clock to the hour of closing, every day except Saturday ; in the Depart- 

 ment of Botany from Ten till Four o'clock, every day except Saturday ; and in the Print Room from Ten till 

 Four o'clock, January to March ; Ten till Five, April to July ; and Ten till Four, August to December. 



The Museum is closed from the 1st to the 7th of February, the 1st to the 7th of May, and the 1st to the 7th of 

 October, inclusive, on Sunday, Ash- Wednesday, Good Friday, and Cliristmas-day, and also on any Special 

 Fast or Thanksgiving-day ordered by authority. 



British Museum, "| Edward A. Bond. 



2 May 1879. f Principal Librarian. 



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

 the British Museum. 



