ACCOUNTS OF BRITISH MUSEUM; 1817. 



VII.— GENEIIAL ACCOUNT OF FUNDS, AND ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE, 



For the Year ending 25th March 1818. 



Balancs in Hand ...-.-- 

 One Year's Dividend on £. 30,000 E.euuced Annuities - 



f. 



£. 



s. 



(I. 



2,779 



14 



10 



900 



— 







3.C79 



14 



ID 



ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE: 



Officers' Salaries _.-.-.-.--- 

 D^ - for Extra Services ----.-._- 



Wages, Board Wages, &c. of Attendants and Servants . - - _ 



Rent and Taxes -.. 



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



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



Stationary ..--.----.-- 



Coals - - - _ 



Candles, and Lamplighting -.---..-. 



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



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



Printing and Engraving ---------- 



To replace the Sums borrowed froni the Alexandrian MS. Fund - - - 



Total Current Expenditure - - £. 



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



For preserving and enlarging the Collection of Natural History - - . 



General Total • - £. 

 Deduct the Sums above specified - - - - 

 Remains to be provided for the Year ending 25th March i8i8 - £. 



£. s. d. 



2,180 



1,400 



1,630 



490 



70 



300 



200 



300 



80 



200 



350 



1,000 



2,807 11 3 



11,007 11 3 



1,000 



250 



12,257 11 3 

 3,679 14 10 



8,577 16 5 



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



From 10th May 1810, to 25th March 1817. 





From 



From 



From 



From 



From 



From 



From 





10th May 1810 



10th May 1811 



13th April 1812 



gth April 1813 



26th March 1814 



26th March 1815 



26th March 1816 





to the 



to the 



to the 



to the 



to the 



to the 



to the 





10th May 1811. 



loth April 1812. 



9th April 1813. 



25th March 1814. 



25th March 1815. 



25th March 1816. 



25th March 1817. 



^J\ A pplT . • - 











456 



- - - 



483 





" " 



- - - 



- - - 



- - - 



April . - - 



- 



- 



2,530 



1,338 



2,244 



3,696 



2,931 



May - - - - 



2,685 



2,772 



3,360 



4,038 



4,383 



4,498 



4,527 



June - - - - 



3,317 



3,068 



4,828 



3,979 



5,703 



5,572 



4,096 



July - - - - 



4,706 



6,379 



6,276 



5,393 



5,249 



6,180 



6,970 



October - - - 



3,514 



3,283 



2,392 



2,493 



4,025 



4,588 



4,001 



November - - 



1,668 



2,385 



1,971 



1,952 



2,259 



1,048 



2,696 



December - - 



1,634 



1,299 



1,198 



1,274 



1,627 



1,699 



1,947 



January - - - 



2,255 



3,033 



3,020 



1,559 



3,591 



3,887 



4,019 



February - - 



3,072 



2,073 



2,239 



1,732 



2,396 



1,887 



4,315 



March - - - 



3,140 



2,222 



2,523 



1,272 



1,141 



2,526 



4,515 



April - - - - 



3,054 



965 



972 



— 



— 



— 





May - - - - 



1,107 



' ' ■■ 



— 



— 



— 



— 



— 





29,152 



27,479 



31,309 



25,030 



33,074 



35,581 



40,500 



Mem — The Days of PUBLIC ADMISSION are, the Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, in every Week ; 

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



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



Thomas Keith, Accountant. 



