ACCOUNTS OF BRITISH MUSEUM; l82(i. 



VII.-ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE, 



From Christmas 1826 to Christmas 1827 : 



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



Ditto - for Extra Services --......----. 



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



Rent and Taxes ...--...-----. 



Bookbinding, binding of MSS. and Portfolios 



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, and preserving the same - - . - 



Purchase of Coins and Medals ------------ 



Purchase of Antiquities --.....------ 



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



Engravings from - - Ditto ------------ 



Printing description of Elgin Marbles ....-.--.. 



Purchase of Prints -.-.-.-.-.---- 



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



Banks, and MSS. -..--.--. 



Continuation of classed Catalogue began in June 1826 - 



Lavr Expenses --------------- 



Treasury Stamp on the Parliamentary Grant - -. 



Estimate for the Fifth Quarter - - . . 



General Total - 

 Deduct, the Sums before specified under N° VI. 



Add the fraction of £. 1 . 



Sum to be provided for the Year ending Christmas 1827 



£. s. (1. 



3,163 - - 



1,867 10 "" 



2,883 - - 



589 - - 



800 - - 



300 - - 



355 - - 



94 - - 



200 - - 



560 - - 



300 - - 



100 - - 



100 - - 



500 - - 



900 - - 



200 - - 



80 - - 



600 - - 



1,000 - - 



300 - - 



226 



14,893 12 6 

 3.7'!3 8 1 I 



18,617 - 7f 

 5,740 9 1 



12,876 11 6|- 

 - 8 5i 



12,877 - - 



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



From the 26th of March 1820, to Christmas 1826. 





From 



From 



From 



From 



From 



From 



From 





26lh March 1820 



26th March 1821 



26th March 1822 



26th March 1823 



Christmas 1823 



Christmas 1824 



Christmas 1825 





to the 

 25th March 1821. 



to the 

 25th March 1822. 



to the 

 25th March 1823. 



to 

 Christmas 1823. 



to 

 Christmas 1824. 



to 

 Christmas 1825. 



to 





Christmas 1826. 





N" 



N" 



N" 



N° 



N° 



N° 



N" 



March - - 



747 



1,431 



1,582 



600 



~ 



— 



— 



April - - - 



4,826 



6,697 



8.577 



11,227 



9,201 



11,520 



15,495 



May - - - 



6,809 



11,981 



10,264 



15,217 



16,330 



15,908 



12,227 



June . - - 



8,990 



11,230 



15,746 



19,880 



15,817 



21,116 



18,662 



July - - - 



9,809 



11,818 



22,164 



20,154 



20,995 



21,892 



20,204 



October - - 



5,633 



10,451 



9,504 



10,154 



10,250 



13,148 



12,419 



November 



4,269 



6,032 



8,664 



7,110 



8,190 



8,908 



12,799 



December 



3,121 



4,570 



4,954 



5,483 



5,601 



4,244 



5,235 



January - - 



7,463 



10,642 



5,849 



— 



9,495 



12,825 



9,410 



February - - 



6,311 



8,790 



4,888 



— 



7,402 



6,477 



7,702 



March - - 



4,565 



7,509 



6,609 



— 



9,559 



11,605 



9,149 





62,543 



91.151 



98,801 



89,825 



112,840 



127,643 



123,302 



Mm.— 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, "1 

 February 24th, 1827. J 



Francis Scotney, Accountant. 



