ACCOUNTS OF BRITISH MUSEUM; 1 8 1 7. 



II ACCOUNT OF BOOKS PUBLISHED : 



PAYMENTS: 



Drawings, Engravings, and Printing Description of the Gallery 



RECEIPTS: 



By the Sale of the Description of Gallery . - - 



By - D° of the Marbles 



By - D° - of the Catalogue of Greek Coins - - - 



By - D" - of the Catalogue of Books - - . - 



Lent to General Purposes - - 







£. *. d. 



- 



d. 



550 18 6 



£. s. 





- 291 15 



- 123 8 



6 

 8 





• 25 4 



— 





- 31 19 



— 





£.472 7 



2 











III ACCOUNT OF THE BOOK FUND : 



Received a Parliamentary Grant for the 5'^ear 1 8 1 7, of 

 Amount of Purchases in the year ending 25th of March 1817 



Borrowed from the General Fund 



£. 



1,000 

 1,010 



s. d. 

 9 2 



10 



9 2 



IV.— ACCOUNT OF THE ALEXANDRIAN MS. FUND 



Received a Parliamentary Grant for the year 1817, of 



Expended in the year ending 25th March 1817 - - - . - 



Lent to General Purposes 



- £. 



Memoranda : 

 Received in the whole 3 Parliamentary Grants of £. 2,000 each, amounting 

 to £.6,000 -.-..-- Net - £.5,998 2 6 

 Borrowed from this Fund in the year 1815 - £. 646 15 6 



D" 1816 - - 1,075 3 _ 



D" 1817 - - 1,085 12 9 



Total Borrowed - £.2,807 ii 3 



£. s. d. 



2,000 



914 7 3 



1,085 12 9 



v.— ACCOUNT OF PURCHASES IN NATURAL HISTORY: 



Received a Parliamentaiy Grant for the year 1817, of 

 Amount of Purchases in the year ending 25th March 1817 



Borrowed from the General Fund 



- £. 



£. 



s. 



d. 



250 



— 



— 



295 



19 



3 



45 



19 



3 



VI.— ACCOUNT OF THE ELGIN MARBLES : 

 RECEIPTS: 



Received a Parliamentary Grant of - £. 35,000 

 D" - - for a temporary Building - - 1,700 

 D*" - - for removing the Elgin Marbles 800 



Total Received - £.37,500 



Net 

 Net 

 Net 



Net 



PAYMENTS: 



To Messrs. Litchfield, Coutts, & Trotter - - - - £.15,470 13 2 

 To Messrs. Booth & Legatt .-_-.. 19,529 610 



For removing the Elgin Marbles .--_.. 798 



The Deputy Surveyor General, for the erection of a tem-1 ^ c 



porary Building - - - j" ^'697 17 6 



Expenses attending the Elgin Marbles - - - - - 815 — 



Total Paid 

 Borrowed from the General Fund 



- £. 



- £. 



34.997 17 6 



1,697 17 6 



798 



37.493 15 — 



37,504 12 6 



10 17 6 



