ACCOUNTS OF BRITISH MUSEUM; 182O. 



Vir ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE: 



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



l)° - for extra Services ...--.... 



Wages, and Board Wages of Attendants and Servants, with extra Attendance 



Rent and Taxes -.._.. 



Bookbinding .....----.- 



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

 Coals -...-----.--- 



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



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



Fitting up Shelves, Cases, 6ic. and Repairs not paid by the Board of Works 

 For the purchase of Minerals ........ 



For improving and preserving the Collection of Zoology - - - - 



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



Purchase of Books ---_...-.- 



Purchase of Manuscripts --------- 



For the Alexandrian MS. -.----..- 



General Total - - £, 



Deduct the Sums before specified under N° VI. - - - - 



Remains to be provided for the Year ending 25th March 1821 - £. 



£. s. d. 



2,370 



1,360 



1,59^ 



645 



400 



200 



320 



120 



igo 



400 



500 



730 



1,200 



300 



50 



1,000 



11,381 — 



1,371 3 2 



10,009 16 10 



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



Fi-om gth April 1813, to the 25th March 1820. 





From 



From 



From 



From 



From 



From 



From 





gth April 1813 



26th March 1814 



26th March 1815 



26th March 1816 



26th March 1817 



26th March 18 1 8 



26th March 1819 





to the 

 25th March 1814. 



to the 

 25th March 1815. 



to the 

 25th March 1816. 



to the 

 25th March 1817 



to the 

 25th March 1818. 



to the 

 25th March 1819 



to the 





25th March l8ao. 





N» 



jjo 



N" 



N° 



N° 



N" 



N" 



March - - - 



. - . 



45G 



- 



483 



1,278 



823 



1,331 



April - - - 



1,338 



2,244 



3,696 



2,931 



5,095 



5,841 



5,612 



May - - - - 



4,038 



4,383 



4,498 



4,527 



5,455 



7,187 



7,289 



June - - - - 



3,979 



5,703 



5,572 



4,096 



8,012 



8,607 



7,853 



July - - - - 



5,393 



5,249 



6,180 



6,970 



8,977 



8,967 



9,647 



October - - - 



2,493 



4,025 



4,588 



4,001 



5,326 



8,676 



5,611 



November - - 



1,952 



2,259 



1,048 



2,696 



1,745 



2,174 



4,037 



December - - 



1,274 



1,627 



1,699 



1,947 



2,889 



3,157 



2,767 



January - - 



1,559 



3,591 



3,887 



4,019 



5,274 



8,085 



3,994 



February - - 



1,732 



2,396 



1,887 



4,315 



3,226 



4,782 



1,594 



March - - - 



1,272 



1,141 



2,526 



4,515 



2,995 



4,954 



3,879 





25,030 



33,074 



35,581 



40,500 



50,172 



63,253 



53;6i4 



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 1810. 



British Museum, ~1 

 16th May 1820.J 



Thomas Keith, Accountant. 



