ACCOUNTS OP BRITPSH MUSEUM; 181 



ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE: 



Officers Salaries .__-.---__. 



D' - for extra Services --------- 



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



Repairs, independent of the Board of Works, fitting up Shelves, making Boxes, &c. 



for Purchases in Natural History -------'- 



Preser\'ing and enlarging the Collection of Natural History - - - - 



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



For the Purchase of Books --------- 



Alexandrian MS. ----------- 



Estimate for removal of Dr. Burne/s Library, Marbles, &c. - - - - 



General Total - - £. 



Deduct the Sums above specified, N» VI. - _ - . - 



Remains to be provided for the Year ending 25th March 1819 - £. 



£. s. d. 



2,380 ■ 



1,400 



1,550 



70 



525 



375 



i6o 



350 



65 



200 



400 



250 



1,000 



500 



920 



150 



10,295 _ — 

 1,631 3 4 



8,663 16 8 



VII.— RETURN OF THE NUMBER OF PERSONS ADMITTED TO VIEW THE BRITISH MUSEUM, 



From loth May 1811, to 25th March 1818. 





From 



From 



From 



From 



From 



From 



From 





lOlh May 1811 



13th April 1812 



9th April 1813 



26th March 1814 



26th March 1815 



26th March 1816 



25th March 181? 





to the 

 10th April 1812. 



to the 

 9th April 1813. 



to the 

 25tli March 1814. 



to the 

 25th March 1815. 



to the 

 25th March 1816. 



to the 

 25th March 1817. 



to the 

 25th March 1818. 





March - - - 



- . - 



- - - 



- 



456 



- - - 



483 



1,278 



Apri^ - - - 



- - - 



2,530 



1,338 



2,244 



3,696 



2,931 



5,095 



May - - - - 



2,772 



3,360 



4,038 



4,383 



4,498 



4,527 



5,455 



June - - - - 



3,068 



4,828 



3.979 



5,703 



5,572 



4,096 



8,012 



Ju-Y - - - - 



6,379 



6,276 



5,393 



5,249 



6,180 



6,970 



8,977 



October - - - 



3,283 



2,392 



2,493 



4,025 



4,588 



4,001 



5,226 



JJOVEMBER - - 



2,385 



1,971 



1,952 



2,259 



1,048 



2,696 



1,745 



December - - 



1,299 



1,198 



1,274 



1,627 



1,699 



1,947 



2,889 



January - - - 



3,033 



3,020 



1,559 



3,591 



3,887 



4,019 



5,274 



Tebruary - - 



2,073 



2,239 



1,732 



2,396 



1,887 



4,315 



3,226 



March - - - 



2,222 



2,523 



1,272 



1,141 



2,526 



4,515 



2,995 



Apris. - - - 



965 



972 



— 



— 



— 



— 



— 



May - - - - 



1 



— 



— 



— 



— 



— 



— 



■— 



1 



27,479 



3^,309 



25,030 



33.074 



35,.58i 



40,500 



50,172 



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

 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 1810. 



; when. 



British Museum,! 

 18th May 1113. J 



Tlwmas Keith, Accountant. 



