ACCOUNTS OF BRITISH MUSEUM; 1 824. 



VIII.- ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE, 

 From Christmas 1824 to Christmas 1825 : 



Officers Salaries -- 



D" - for Extra Services ............ 



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

 Rent and Taxes .--.._.,.----- 



Bookbinding, PortfoHos, &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, Shells, Zoology, &c. and preserving the same - - - - 



Drawings from the Athenian Marbles --.--.--.-- 



Engravings from .-D" ------------ 



Purchase of Prints, &c- ............. 



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

 Sir Joseph Banks, and MSS. ---------.-- 



Law Expenses -..---.-- 



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



Estimate for the Fifth Quarter - . - _ - 



General Total - - - ■ 

 Deduct, the Sums before specified under N" VII. 



Add the fraction of£. 1. 



Sum to be provided for the Year ending Christmas 1825 



£. i. d. 



3,010 - - 



1,850 - - 



2,325 - - 



564 10 7 



400 - - 



350 - - 



300 - - 



9+ - - 



190 16 9 



500 - - 



700 - - 



350 - - 



1,300 - - 



100 - - 



1,000 - - 



300 - - 





13,336 9 



10 



- 



3,334 2 



5h 



£. 



16,670 12 



3f 



- 



1,255 10 



9 



£, 



15,415 1 



6i 



- 



- 18 



5h 



£. 



15,416 - 



- 



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



From the 26th of March 1818, to Christmas 1824. 





From 



From 



From 



From 



From 



From 



From 





26th March 1818 



26th March 1819 



26th March 1820 



26th March 1821 



26th March 1822 



26th March 1823 



Christmas 1823 





to the 

 25th March 1819. 



to the 

 25th March 1820. 



to the 

 25th March 1821. 



to the 

 25th March 1822. 



to the 

 25th March 1823. 



to 

 Christmas 1823. 



to 





Christmas 1824. 





N° 



NO 



N° 



N" 



N" 



N" 



N" 



March - - 



823 



1,331 



747 



1,431 



1,582 



600 



— 



April - - - 



5,841 



5,612 



4,826 



6,697 



8,577 



11,227 



9,201 



May - - - 



7,187 



7,289 



6,809 



11,981 



10,264 



15,217 



16,330 



June ... 



8,607 



7,853 



8,990 



11,230 



15,746 



19,880 



15,817 



July - - - 



8,967 



9,647 



9,809 



11,818 



22,164 



20,154 



20,995 



October - - 



8,676 



5,611 



5,633 



10,451 



9,504 



10,154 



10,250 



November 



2,174 



4,037 



4,269 



6,032 



8,664 



7,110 



8,190 



December 



3,157 



2,767 



3,121 



4,570 



4,954 



5,483 



5,601 



January - - 



8,085 



3,994 



7,463 



10,642 



5,849 



— 



9,495 



February - - 



4,782 



1,594 



6,311 



8,790 



4,888 



— 



7,402 



March - - 



4,954 



3,879 



4,565 



7>509 



6,609 



— 



9,559 





63,253 



53,614 



62,543 



91,151 



98,801 



89,825 



112,840 



Mem.—lhe 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 4th, 18 25. J 



Francis Scotney, Accountant. 



