ACCOUNTS OF BRITISH MUSEUM; l8l6. 



VII.— GENERAL AMOUNT of FUNDS and ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE, 



For the Year ending 25lh March 1817. 

 FUNDS: 



Balance in the Hands of the Cashier . - - 

 One Year's Dividend on £. 30,000 Reduced Annuities 

 One Year's Salary of the King's Librai iau 



£. 



£. *. d. 



497 10 9 



900 • 



271 10 — 



1,669 — 9 



ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE: 



Officers' Salaries - - - - -- - - -- 



D" - for Extra Services __--_---- 



Wages and Board Wages of Attendants and Servants - - - - - 



Gardener's Salary ...--.----- 



Rent and Taxes, with Half a Year's Arrears ..-_-- 



Bookbinding ------------ 



Stationary --_.--...--- 



Coals .__---------- 



Candles and Lamplightiiif. ---------- 



Incidents, for sundry Articles of domestic use ------ 



Repairs unpaid ------------ 



Fitting up Furniture, &c. ---------- 



Printing and Engraving _-.------- 



Total Current Expetiditure 



Annual Grant for Book Fund --------- 



b° - - for preserving and enlarging the Collection of Natural History 

 D" - - for the Ale.-sandrian MS. - - 



General Total - - £. 

 Deduct the Sums above specified _-_---- 



Remains to be provided, for the Year ending 2jth March ISJ^ - £• 



2,1S1 



1,500 



1,260 



70 



739 10 — 



300 



180 . 



350 



150 _ — 



132 ■ 



710 10 3 



100 



1.000 



8,673 — 3 



1,000 



250 



2,000 



11,923 — 3 



1,669 — 9 



10,253 19 6 



VIII.— RETURN of the NUMBER of Persons admitted to View The BRITISH MUSEUM, 



From 10th May 1809, to 25th March 18l6, 





From 



From 



From 



From 



From 



From 



From 





lO.h May 1809 



to the 

 10th May 1810. 



10th May 1810 



to the 

 10th May 1811. 



10th May 1811 



to the 

 10th April 1812. 



13th April 1812 



to the 

 9th April 1813. 



9th April 1813 



to the 



25th March 1314. 



■26th March 131'1 



to the 

 25th March 1815. 



26th March 1315 



to the 

 25th March 181 C. 

















456 





March - - . 









2,530 

 3,3(i0 



1 33S 



2,244 

 4,383 



3,696 

 4,49s 



April - - - - 

 May - - - - 



9^0 



2.685 



2,772 



4,038 



June - - - - 



2,028 



3,317 



3,068 



4,823 



3,979 



5,703 



5,572 



July - - - - 



1,932 



4,706 



6,379 



6,276 



5,393 



5,249 



6,180 



October - - - 



1,868 



3,514 



3,283 



2,392 



2,493 



4,025 



4,58S 



NOVEJIBF.R - - 



1,267 



1,668 



2,385 



1,971 



1,952 



2,259 



1,048 



December - - 



787 



1,634 



1,299 



1,19s 



1,274 



1,627 



1,699 



January - - - 



1,6 SO 



2,255 



3,033 



3,020 



1,559 



3,591 , 



3,887 



February - - 



1,092 



2,072 



2,073 



2,239 



1,732 



2,396 



1,887 



March - - - 



1,378 



3,140 



222 



2,523 



1,272 



1,141 



2,526 



April - - - - 



r 1,321 



3,054 



965 



972 



— 



— 



— 



May - - - - 



8S4. 



1,107 



— 



— - 



— 



— 



— 





1.5, > 97 



29,152 



27,479 



31,309 



•■25,030 



33,074 



35,581 



Mem. — The Davs of PUBLIC ADMISSION are, the Mondays, Wedncsdai/s and Fridays, in every Week; 

 ■when, between the Hours of Ten and Tvuo, Visitors are admitted immediately upon their Application. 



The present Mode of Admission did not take place till the Month of April 1810. 



Thomas Keith, Accountant. 



