ACCOUNTS OF BRITISH MUSEUM; 1823. 



Ill— ACCOUNT OF BOOKS PUBLISHED: 



Estimated Expense - - -- - ".' "" 



Expense of Drawings, Engravings, &c. of the Antiquities - - - . 



Expense less than Estimate, by - - - £. 



RECEIPTS from the SALE of BOOKS : 



For the Sale of the Description of Marbles - - - - £. 243 2 5 

 ,por the Sale, of the Synopsis, Catalogue of Books, &c. - - 314 1 3 8 



i- 557 16 \ 



£. s. d. 



1,116 11 - 



325 3 - 



791 8 - 



IV.— ACCOUNT OF THE BOOK FUND 



Estimated Expense for the purchase of Books 

 D" - • - - forMSS. - 



Amount of Books purchased, and the Expenses thereon 



Expense less than Estimate, by 



200 - - 



50 - - 



.£. s. d. , 

 250 - - 

 234 17 6 



-- 



- £. 



15 2 6 



v.— ACCOUNT OF THE ALEXANDRIAN MS. FUND 



Estimated Expense, on this Account, for the year 1823 

 Expended in the year ending 25th March 1823- 



Expense less than Estimate, by 





£. s. d. 

 1,000 - - 



402 14 - 



- £. 



597 6 -■ 



A^. B. — The Sums already expended in the printing, &c. of this MS. amount to 

 £. 8,080, i6. 6. The printing of the M'hole Text, and of the Notes, from the Book of 

 Genesis to end of 2d of Chronicles, is completed. The printing of the remaining portion 

 of the notes and the Prolegomena, will probably amount to £. 1,033, of which sum £.700 

 will be required for the year 1824. 



VI.— ACCOUNT OF PURCHASES IN NATURAL .HISTORY: 



Estimated Expense for Purchases in Natural History, in- 

 cluding the Collection of Volcanic Minerals of the Cavaher 

 Monticelli, at Naples - - - - 

 For preserving the Collection of Zoology . - - - 

 For the purchase of Coins and Antiquities - - -- 



Purchases in Natural History - 



For preserving the Collection of Zoology 



For the purchase of Coins 



Expense less than Estimate, by 





£. s. i. 



£.600 - - 





150 - - 



50 - - 



800 - - 

 96 9 - 



73 15 - 



17 9 ~ 



5 5- 





- .£. 



, 703 11 - 



VIL -ACCOUNT OF FUNDS, 



For the Year ending 25th March 1824. 

 Funds: 



Balance in hand ...-.--. 



Dividend on £. 30,000 Reduced Annuities - - - - 

 Receipts from the sale of the Museum Publications, about - 



£. 



£. 5. d. 



2,877 14 5 

 900 - - 



350 - - 



4=127 14 5 



