account's of BRITISH MUSEUM; 1823. 



VIII.-ESTI MATED EXPENDITURE, 



From Christmas 1823 to Christmas 1824 : 



Officers Salaries ----._-..-,._. 



D° - for Extra Services --.---..-.-.. 



Wages, and Board Wages of Attendants and Servants -------- 



Rent and Taxes ...--■.-.-.--. 



Bookbinding, Portfolios, &c. --..---.--.. 

 Stationery .......-...--.- 



Coals - ....--.-. 



Candles, and Gas Light Company -.-_--..._- 

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



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



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



Drawings from the Athenian Marbles - - - - - - -£. l68--\ 



Engravings from --D" --------- 250 - -j 



Purchase of Coins and Antiquities ------.-... 



For the purchase of Foreign Books, and continuing the Works in progress in the Library of 

 Sir Joseph Banks -------------- 



For the purchase of MSS. ----- 



The Alexandrian MS. 



Treasury Stamp on the Parliamentary Grant, about -------- 



General Total 

 Deduct, the Sums before specified under N° VII. 



Add the fraction of£. 1. 



Sum to be provided for the Year ending Christmas 1824 



£. s. (1. 



2,455 - - 



1,375 - - 



1,740 - - 



600 - - 



380 - - 



220 - - 



300 - - 



120 15 - 



180 - - 



400 - - 



500 - - 



418 - - 



50 - - 



500 - - 



150 - - 



500 - - 



£. 



9,890 17 

 5,044 5 



G 

 3f 



£. 



4,846 12 



- 7 



2| 



9^ 



£. 



4,847 - 



- 



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



From the 26th March 1817, to Christmas 1823. 





From 



From 



From 



From 



From 



From 



From 





26th March 1817 



26th March 1818 



26th March 1819 



26th March 1820 



26th March 1821 



26th March 1822 



26th March 1823 





to the 



to the 



to the 



to the 



to the 



to the 



to 





25th March 1818. 



25th March 1819. 



25th March 1820. 



25th March 1821. 



S5th March 1822. 



25th Blarch 1823. 



Christmas 1823. 





N° 



N" 



NO 



N" 



N° 



N° 



N° 



March - - 



1,278 



823 



1,331 



747 



1,431 



1,582 



600 



April - - - 



5,095 



5,841 



5,612 



4,826 



6,697 



8,577 



11,227 



May - - - 



5,455 



7,187 



7,289 



6,809 



11,981 



10,264 



15,217 



June - - - 



8,012 



8,607 



7,853 



8,990 



11,230 



15,746 



19,880 



July - - - 



8,977 



8,967 



9,647 



9,809 



11,818 



22,164 



20,154 



October - - 



5,226 



8,676 



5,611 



5,633 



10,451 



9,504 



10,154 



November 



1,745 



2,174 



4,037 



4,269 



6,032 



8,664 



7,110 



December 



2,889 



3,157 



2,767 



3,121 



4,570 



4,954 



5,483 



January - - 



5,274 



8,085 



3,994 



7,463 



10,642 



5,849 



— 



February - - 



3,226 



4,782 



1,594 



6,311 



8,790 



4,888 



— 



March - - 



2,995 



4,954 



3,879 



4,565 



7*509 



6,609 



— 





50,172 



63,253 



53,614 



62,543 



91.151 



98,801 



89,825 



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 on their Application. 



British Museum,"! 

 February 1824.J 



Thomas Keith, Accountant. 



