ACCOUNTS, &e , OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



VI. — Number of Persons Admitted to Visit the British Museum, &c. — continued. 



B. — Persons Admitted to view the Collections in the British Museum (Natural History), in each 

 Year iromthe date of opening (18th April 1881) to 1884, inclusive. 



January 



February 



March - 



April ] 8 to 30 



May - 



June 



July - - 



August - 



September 



October - 



November 



December 



Total 



1881 



41,434 

 22,871 

 25,867 

 13,986 

 27,970 

 23,950 

 23,044 

 17,945 

 34,217 



231,284 



1882 : 

 23,234 

 17,522 

 27,923 

 37,130 

 83,829 

 20,461 

 20,395 

 29,182 

 19,564 

 15,217 

 10,469 

 23,101 



278,027 



1883: 

 1 9,164 

 15,034 

 35,257 

 16,761 

 33,797 

 18,507 

 16,509 

 25,298 

 17,188 

 30,827 

 25,502 

 23,487 



277,331 



1884: 



30,516 



22,628 



24,121 



51,952 



24,359 



39,740 



28,444 



35,080 



31,131 



31,355 



21,453 



31,452 



3r5,231 



New Building 



in the ( 

 Cromwell- road. 



1882: 



1,209 

 697 



803 



1883: 

 6,229* 

 2,453 

 617 



1,023 



1884: 



6,818 



1,991 



651 



993 



Total - - - 



2,709 



9,322 



10,453 



Number of Visits to the Department of— 



Zoology for tlie purpose of Study ■ 

 Geology „ „ 



Miaeralogy „ „ 



Botany „ „ 



* Considerably under usual number, owing' to the closing of the department during the removal of the Zoological Collections. 



The Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum, Bloomsbury (including the Departments of Printed Books and 

 Maps, Manuscripts, Prints and Drawings, Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, Greek and Roman Antiquities, British 

 and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography, and Coins and Medals) are Open to rhe Public, Free, as under : — 

 Monday and Saturday — The whole of the Galleries. 



Tuesday and Thursday — The whole of the Galleries, except British and Mediaaval Antiquities and Ethno- 

 graphy. 

 Wednesday and Friday — The whole of the Galleries, except the Western Gallery of Antiquities on the 

 Upper Floor, and the Rooms of Greek and RoTnan Antiquities on the Ground Floor and Basement. 



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 ,, G „ May, June, July, August. 



10 „ 8 „ on Monday and Saturday only, from May 1st to the middle of July. 



10 „ 7 ,, Monday and Saturday only, from the middle of July to the end of August. 



The Galleries are closed on Sundays, Good-Friday, Christmas-day, and days of Public Fast or Thanksgiving. 



Persons applying for the purpose of study or research are admitted to the Reading Room under certain regulations 

 every day, except the days specified below, in the months of January, February, March, April, September, October, 

 November, and December, from Nine a.m. till Eight p.m. ; and in the months of May, June, July, and August, from 

 Nine till Seven. 



The Reading Room is closed on Sundays, Good-Friday, Christmas-day, and the first four week-days of March and 

 October. 



Persons are admitted every week-day to study in the Sculpture Galleries from Nine o'clock to the hour of 

 general closing ; and in the Print Room from Ten till Four o'clock, January to March, and August to December ; 

 Ten till Five, April to July. 



Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell-road, South Kensington, including the 

 Departments of Zoology, Geology and Palaeontology, Mineralogy, and Botany, are open to the Public, free, every dav of 

 the week, except Sunday, and except Good-Friday and Christmas-day, and days of Public Fast or Thanksgiving. 

 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 „ 8 „ on Monday and Saturday only, from May 1st to the Middle of July. 

 10 „ 7 ,, Monday and Saturday only, from the Middle of July to the end of August. 

 Persons are admitted daily to study in these Departments from Ten o'clock till Four o'clock. 



British Museum,"! 

 30 May 1885. / 



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Edward A. Bond, 



Principal Librarian. 



