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Lord VAIZEY
asked Her Majesty's Government:How many visitors there were to Kew Gardens, and what were the
| ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW | ||||||||
| NUMBER OF VISITORS AND ADMISSION RECEIPTS 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980 (to 30th September) | ||||||||
| 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | |||||
| Total | Receipts £ | Total | Receipts £ | Total | Receipt £ | Total† | Receipts * £ | |
| January | 25,085 | 250·85 | 22,101 | 221·01 | 15,979 | 159·79 | 27,651 | 2,765·10 |
| February | 42,122 | 421·22 | 22,537 | 225·37 | 26,072 | 260·72 | 32,825 | 3,282·50 |
| March | 57,039 | 570·39 | 84,796 | 847·96 | 42,989 | 429·89 | 54,744 | 5,474·4 |
| April | 138,620 | 1,386·20 | 118,316 | 1,183·16 | 137,560 | 1,375·60 | 143,180 | 14,318·00 |
| May | 170,707 | 1,707·07 | 212,682 | 2,126·82 | 148,413 | 1,484·13 | 182,284 | 18,228·40 |
| June | 129,984 | 1,299·84 | 145,998 | 1,459·98 | 133,061 | 1,330·61 | 103,694 | 10,369·40 |
| July | 193,731 | 1,937·31 | 164,528 | 1,645·28 | 165,840 | 1,658·40 | 111,565 | 11,156·50 |
| August | 191,752 | 1,917·52 | 202,077 | 2,020·77 | 162,782 | 1,627·82 | 162,302 | 16,230·20 |
| September | 107,421 | 1,074·21 | 109,798 | 1,097·98 | 112,157 | 1,121·57 | 82,962 | 8,296·20 |
| October | 87,905 | 879·05 | 79,212 | 792·12 | 76,973 | 769·73 | ||
| November | 30,765 | 307·65 | 32,833 | 328·33 | 25,030 | 250·30 | ||
| December | 22,813 | 228·13 | 15,571 | 155·71 | 19,994 | 199·94 | ||
| 1,197,944 | £11,979·44 | 1,210,449 | £12,104·49 | 1,066,850 | £10,668·50 | 901,207 | £90,120·70 | |
| Number of children in organised school parties (admitted free of charge) | 14,041 | 12,110 | 12,133 | 11,898 | ||||
| Total | 1,211,985 | 1,222,559 | 1,078,983 | 913,105 | ||||
| Number of Season Ticket Holders ‡ | 83 | 89·64 | 81 | 87·48 | 300 | 341·85 | 1,819 | 1,819·00 |
| £12,069·08 | £12,191·99 | £l1,010·35 | £91,939·70 | |||||
| * Admission charges increased from lp to l0p with effect from 1st January 1980. | ||||||||
| † Children under 10 admitted free of charge. | ||||||||
| ‡ Individual visits not recorded. | ||||||||
receipts, for each of the months in 1977, 1978, 1979 and to the latest available month in 1980.
The MINISTER of STATE, MINISTRY of AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES and FOOD (Earl Ferrers): The number of visitors, and receipts from admissions, to Kew Gardens in these months were as follows:
House adjourned at seventeen minutes past twelve o'clock