ACCOUNTS OF BRITISH MUSEUM; 1824. 



III—ACCOUNT OF BOOKS PUBLISHED: 



Estimated Expense for the Year . - - . 



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



Expense less than Estimate by 



RECEIPTS from the SALE of BOOKS : 

 Produce of the Sale of the 21st Edition of the Synopsis - £.112 6 6 



Amount of Books purchased for the Year ending Christmas"! „ 



D" - - - of MSS. - ... D" - - - 2< 10 - 



Expense less than Estimate by 



£. s. 

 418 - 

 362 5 



55 15 - 



IV._ACCOUNT OF THE BOOK FUND: 



Estimated Expense for the purchase of Books for the Year - £. 500 

 D" - - - - for MSS 



£. 500 - - 

 150 - - 



£. s. d. 

 650 - - 



478 12 - 

 25 10 - 





504 2 - 



- £. 



145 18 - 



v.— ACCOUNT OF THE ALEXANDRIAN MS. FUND; 



Estimated Expense on this account for the year . _ - 



Expended in the Year ended Christmas 1824 . . - - 



Expense less than Estmate by - - 



£. 



s. 



d. 



500 



- 



- 



391 



2 



6 



108 



17 



6 



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

 £.8,877. 17- ^' The printing of the whole of the Text, and of the greatest part of the 

 Notes, is completed. The remaining portion of the notes and of the Prolegomena, will 

 amount to about £. 300, which sum will be required for a future year. 



VI.— ACCOUNT OF PURCHASES IN NATURAL HISTORY: 



Estimated Expense for Purchases in Natural Historj', pre- 

 serving the Collection of Minerals, Shells, Zoology, &c. 

 For the purcliase of Coins and Antiquities . . - 



Purchases in Natural History - 



For preserving the Collection of Zoology 



Purchase of Coins and Medals 



Expense less than Estimate by 



£. 500 - - 

 50 - - 



. £. s. d. 



550 - - 



283 19 10 



228 10 10 



34 9 - 

 21 - - 





- £. 



266 - 2 



VIL-ACCOUNT OF FUNDS, 



For the Year ending Christmas 1825: 



Fdnds. 



Balance in hand -----...._- 155 10 o 



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



Receipts from the isale of the Museum Publications, estimated to produce about 200 - - 



1,255 10 9 



