Journal of Facts. 



'669 



EXPENDITURE OF SPECIAL PARLIAMENTARY GRANTS 



Received during the Year 1836. 



Paid for Egyptian Antiquities, including Sarcophagus of the 



Queen of Amasis .---_._ 

 Due to the Representatives of Messrs. Sotheby, for Egyptian 



; Antiquities purchased in 1836 - 

 For the purchase of Antique Vases - ... 

 For the purchase of Etchings by the Dutch Masters - 

 For the Purchase of a MS. Bible, said to have belonged to Char- 

 lemagne --------- 



s. d. 



855 5 10 



62 



3473 

 5000 



750 

 10142 2 7 



Persons admitted to see the British Museum collections 



Reading Rooms - 



Print Room - ... 



' Students and Artists to the Sculpture Galleries - 



1831. 







99912 



38200 



4400 



4938 



1836. 



383157 



62360 



2916 



7052 



Capital and Population employed in Manufactures. The following account, 

 founded on Mr. McCullock's observations, seems on the whole fit to be depended on. 



Coal trade - 



Iron-smelting 



Copper, Tin, and Lead 



Salt 



Stone and Slate - 



Fisheries 



Woollen Manufactures 



Cotton ditto - 



Linen ditto 



Silk ditto 



Hardware, Trinkets, &c. 



Watches and Jewellery 



Leather - 



Earthenware - 



Glass - - - 



Paper - 



Hats 



Soap and Candles - 



Coach-making 



We are not able to go into authentic details with respect to other manufactures. 



Church Bells. A. new and powerful, 

 but economical species of bell has been 

 invented by a blacksmith of Thuringia. 



It is made with three bars of steel forming 

 a triangle. 



Greenwich Railway, During the ho- 



