BRITISH MUSEUM. 





I.— GENERAL ACCOPNT of all Receipts 

 and Payments, for the Year ending 

 25th March 1818. 



II. — Account of Books published. 



III. — Account of the Book Fund. 



IV. — Account of the Alexandrian MS. Fund, 



V. — Account of Purchases in Natural History. 



VI. — General Account of Funds and Estimated 

 Expenditure, for the Year ending 25th 

 March 1819. 



VII.— Return of the Number of Persons ad- 

 mitted to View the Museum, from May 

 10th, 1811, to March 25th, 1818. 



I.— GENERAL ACCOUNT OF ALL RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS, 

 For the Year ending 25th March 1818. 



GENERAL RECEIPTS; 



Balance 26th March 1817 ----- 



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

 Produce of the Sale of Books, Waste Paper, &c. - 

 Profit on Exchequer Bills ------ 



Parliamentary Grant^ £.8,577. 16. 5. - - - 



Total 





£. *. d. 



- 



2,779 H 10 



- 



450 





716 14 2 



— 



155 6 10 



Net 



8,353 16 7 



£. 



12,455 12 5 



GENERAL PAYMENTS: 



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



Ditto - - for extra Services --------- 



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



Ditto - - for extra Services -- 

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



Rent and Taxes ----------- 



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



Stationary ------------ 



Coals ------------- 



Candles and Lamplighting --------- 



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



Repairs not paid by the Board of Works ------- 



Fitting up Shelves, making Boxes, Drawers, &c. for Purchases in Natural 



History ------------ 



Purchases in Natural History --------- 



Purchase of Coins ----------- 



Purchase of Ancient Marbles --------- 



Greek Inscription of Tenos --------- 



Printing Catalogue ; Drawings, Engravings, and Copperplate Printing of Gallery 



of Antiquities -------__-_ 



Purchase of Books ----------- 



The Alexandrian MS. ----_--__- 



2,380 



1,260 10 6 



1,243 4 6 



262 9 7 



70 



400 14 7 

 434 12 6 

 158 17 6 

 343 10 — 



62 6 — 



222 9 2 



550 15 3 



401 2 — 

 460 7 8 



80 2 — 



68 15 6 



60 



1,280 6 2 



1,039 13 2 



944 13 — 





Total - 



- - £.12,455 12 5 



- - - 11,724 9 1 



- £. 



11,724 9_ 1 



^ , ^ fRECEIPTS - ■ 



Balance oi < ^ 



tLxPENSES - - 







Surplus in hand - - 



■ - - £-731 3 4 











320. 



II.— ACCOUNT 



