'**> GENtRAL 



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BRITISH MUSEUM. 



I. GENERAL ACCOUNT of all Receipts, 



for the Year ending 25th March 1823. 



II. General Account of all Payments for the 



Year ending 35th March 1823. 



III. Account of Books published. 



IV. Account of the Book Fund. 



V. Account of the Alexandrian MS. Fund. 



VI. Account of Purchases in Natural History. 



VII. Account of Funds for the Year ending 



25th March 1824. 



VIII. Estimated Expenditure for the Year 



ending 25th March 1824. 



IX. Return of the Number of Persons admitted 

 to view the Museum, from the 26tl> 

 March 1816 to the 25th March 1823. 



I.-GENERAL ACCOUNT OF ALL RECEIPTS, 



For the Year ending 25th March 1823. 



Balance 26th March 1823 """.". 



One year's Dividend on £. 30,000 reduced Annuities 



Parliamentary Grant _.-------- 



Profit on Exchequer Bills 



Cash received for the Sale of the Synopsis and other Works 



£. 



£. s. d. 



1,115 18 9 



900 - - 



9>425 13 - 



63 13 4 



557 ifi 1 



12,063 



II.— GENERAL ACCOUNT OF ALL PAYMENTS, 



For the Year ending 25th March 1823. 



Officers' Salaries -_- - - -- 



Ditto - - - for extra Services 



Wages and Board Wages of Attendants and Servants - 

 Rent and Taxes - - - -- 



Bookbinding -- "- 



Stationery ^ ' 



Coals .--------- 



Candles and Lamplighting 



Incidents for sundry Articles of Domestic use - 



Fitting up Shelves, repairs, &c. not paid by the Board of Vv^'orks 



Purchases in Natural History ' 



For preserving the Collection of Zoology - - - - 



Purchase of Coins - 



Drawings, Engravings, and Printing, &c. of the Antiquities - 



Purchase of Books and MSS. 



For the Alexandrian MS. ------ 



Improving the collection of Engravings - - - - 



Mr. Westmacot, for putting together and removing Sculptures 

 Law Expenses of the Solicitors to the Museum - 

 Treasury Stamps on the Parliamentary Grant 



f Receipts - - - £.12,063 1 2 



Balance ofs r,-.H-r^r. 



L Expenses - - - - 9,1 oj o 9 



Surplus in hand - - - - £.2,877 H 5 



- 



£. s. d. 



2,379 13 — 

 1,332 13 - 

 1,732 S 5 

 591 12 - 

 385 5 - 

 145 4 - 

 287 - _ 



95 9 C 

 192 5 4 

 366 9 - 



73 15 - 



17 9 - 

 5 5- 

 325 3 - 

 234 '7 6 

 40Q 14 - 

 i8o - - 



81 6 6 



354 15 - 

 226 



£. 



9,185 6 9 



272. 



(m. 

 \1- 





III. ACCOUNT 



