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JOURNAL OF FACTS. 



British Museum. We are happy to inform our readers, that the new regulations 

 with regard to this establishment, show an increased spirit of liberality on the part of 

 the Trustees. The hours during which the collections and reading-rooms are open, 

 have been increased, and many other steps have been taken, which, if they be not 

 effective reforms, will at least be received as promises of better times. 



The public are admitted to the British Museum on Mondays, Wednesdays, and 

 Fridays, between the hours of Ten and Four, from the 7th September to the 1st May ; 

 and between the hours of Ten and Seven from the 7th May to the 1st September. 



Persons are admitted to the Reading Rooms every day, from Nine o'clock in the 

 Morning until Four in the Afternoon, between the 7th September and the 1st May, 

 and until Seven in the Evening between the 7th May and the 1st September. 



Artists are admitted to the Galleries of Sculpture every day, between the hours of 

 Nine and Four, except Saturday. 



The Museum is closed between the 1st and 7th January, the 1st and 7th May, and 

 the 1st and 7th September, and on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and Christmas-day, 

 and also on any Special Fast or Thanksgiving Day ordered by Authority. 



RECEIPTS. 



Balance in hand, Dec. 25, 1835 

 Parliamentary grants, 1836 

 Dividends on Stock bequeathed, &c. - 

 Rent of Estate left by the Duke of Bridgewater 

 Sale of Museum Publications, &c. 



s. d. 



527 3 6 



21429 10 



1289 15 8 



20 15 5 



361 1 10 



23628 6 5 



PAYMENTS. 



Salaries ------ 



Domestic charges : Coals, Gas, Taxes, &c. 

 Binding and Stationery - 

 Purchase of MSS. - 



Printed Books - 



Minerals - 



- Zoological Specimens 



Botanical do. - 



Coins - 



Engravings - 



Casts of Marbles - 



Printing, &c. - 



Moulds, casts, and repairs of Antiquities - 

 Law Expenses ----- 



23291 



7 5 I 30853 19 7 



