ACCOUNTS OF BRITISH Al U S K U Al ; 1 823. 



VIII.- ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE ; 



Officers Salaries - - 



D° - for Extra Services . - . . . 



Wages, and Board Wages of Attendants and Servants - 

 Rent and Taxes .-.---- 



Booiibinding ..----..- 



Stationery 



Coals ...-..--. 



Candles, and Lamplighting -- 



Incidents, for sundry Articles of domestic use 



Fitting up Shelves, Repairs, &c. not paid by the Board of Works 



For Purchase of Egyptian Antiquities lodged in the British Museum, £.1,000 of which was 

 provided for in the Estimate for the last year (1822,) but not then paid to Mr. Salt's account - 

 Purchases in Natural History, preserving the Collection of Minerals, Shells, Zoology, &c. 



The 

 £ 



purchase of the Monticelli Collection of Minerals was estimated in the last year (i8'22) afi 



500, but no part of that Sum was paid previous to the 25th of March 1823 ; a considerable [ 



portion of that Collection being put on board of ship at Naples, and shortly expected in I 



England, the whole Sum will become due in the current year - ... - -J 



For Drawings, Engravings, Printing, &c. the Gallery of Antiquities . , - - . 



For purchases to the Collection of Engravings - - - - .. 



The purchase of Coins and Antiquities ..-..----- 



The purchase of MSS. - - - - - - - - - - - - 



Purchase of Foreign Books, and continuing the Works in progress in the Library of Sir Joseph 

 Banks - - - - - ..- . - - - - -- 



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



Law Expenses, about .-_.-....---. 



Treasury Stamp on the Parliamentary Grant, about - - 



General Total 

 Deduct, the Suras before specified under N" VII. 

 Remains to be provided for the Year ending 25th March 1824 

 Add the fraction of£. 1. 



£. s. 



2,380 - 



1-333 - 



1,740 - 



()0O - 



150 -^ 



300 - 



100 - 



170 - 



370 - 



2,000 - 



250 - 



500 



1,173 - - 



135 - - 



50 - - 



50 - - 



300 - - 



700 - - 



250 - - 



226 



£. 



12,893 2 6 

 4.127 14 5 



£. 



8,765 8 1 



- 



- 1 1 11 



£. 



8,760 - - 



IX— RETURN GF THE NUMBER OF PERSONS ADMITTED TO VIEW THE BRITISH MUSEUM, 



From the 26th March 1816, to the 25th March 1823. 





From 



From 



From 



From 



From 



From • 



From 





26th March 1816 



26th March 1817 



26th March 1818 



26th March 1819 



26th March 1820 



26th.March 1821 



26th March 1823 





to the 



to the 



to tlie 

 25thMurch 1819. 



to tlie 



to the 

 25th March 1821. 



to the 

 25th March 1822. 



to the 





25th March 1817. 



25th March 1818. 



25th March 1820. 



25th March 1893. 





N° 



N° 



N" 



N" 



N" 



N° 



N° 



Makch - - 



483 



1,278 



823 



1,331 ' 



747 



1,431 



1,582 



April - - - 



2,931 



5,095 



.5,841 



5,612 



4,826 



6,697 



8,577 



May - - - 



4,527 



5,455 



7,187 



7,289 



6,809 



11,981 



10,264 



June - - - 



4,096 



8,012 



8,607 



7,853 



8,990 



11,230 



15,746 



July - - ■ 



6,970 



8,977 



8,967 



9,647 



9,809 



11,818 



22,164 



October - - 



4,001 



5,226 



8,676 



5,611 



5,633 



iO;45i 



9,504 



November 



2,696 



1,745 



2,174 



4,037 



4,269 



6,032 



8,664 



December 



1,947 



2,889 



3,157 



2,767 



3,121 



4,570 



4,954 



January - - 



4-019 



5,274 



8,085 



3,994 



7,463 



10,642 



5,849 



February - - 



4,315 



3,226 



4,782 



1,594 



6,311 



8,790 



4,888 



March - - 



4,515 



2,995 



4,954 



?,879 



4,565 



7,509 



6,609 





40,500 



50,172 



63,253 



53,614 



62,543 



91.151 



98,751 



]\fem. — ^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. 



British Museum ,"1 

 21st April 1823./ 



Thomas Keith, Accountant. 



