ACCOUNTS OF BRITISH MUSEUM; 183O. 



s. d. 



IV.-ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE, 



From Christmas 1830 to Christmas 1831 : 



Officers Salaries, of the old Establishment ---------- 



Ditto - for extra Services -_..----.--- 



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



Salaries of the Librarians and Attendants for the King's Library .---.. 

 Officers Salaries of the Banksian Library and Collections ..---_. 

 Attendants on Stoves ..--..--".--- 



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



Bookbinding, binding of MSS. and Portfolios 



Stationery ..- 



Coals, Coke and Faggots ------ 



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



Incidents for sundry Articles of domestic use, Freight of Packages, &c. „ . . . 



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



Purchases in Natural History, and preserving the same .-..--. 



Cabinets for Coins --.----.------ 



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



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



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



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



Printing Description of Athenian Marbles -------,-- 



Purchase of Foreign Books, and of MSS.; and continuing the Works in progress in the King's 

 Library, and that of Sir Joseph Banks ---------- 



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



Continuation of Classed Catalogue ----------- 



Law Expenses --------------- 



Treasury Stamp on the Parliamentary Grant - - - - - 



£. 

 Estimate for the Fifth Quarter ------- 



General Total ----£. 



Deduct, the Sum before specified under N° III. - - - - 



£. 



Add the fraction of£. i. 



Sum to be provided for the Year ending Christmas 1831 - - £. 



2,710 

 1,950 



3,700 

 920 

 500 

 120 



675 

 800 

 200 

 550 

 100 

 250 

 400 

 950 

 100 

 250 



100 



- 



- 



120 



- 



- 



450 



- 



- 



200 



- 



- 



1,500 



- 



- 



100 



— 



— 



360 



- 



- 



300 



- 



- 



2 



2 



6 



17,307 



2 



6 



4.326 



15 



Ik 



21,633 



l8 



If 



7,182 



19 



8 



14,450 



18 



5i 



- 



I 



6^ 



14,451 



- 



- 



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



From Christmas 1823 to Christmas 1830. 





From 

 Christmas 1823 



to 

 Christmas 1824. 



From 

 Ciiristmas 1824 



to 

 Ciiristmas 1825. 



From 

 Ciiristmas 1825 



to 

 Christmas 1826. 



From 

 Christmas 1826 



to 

 Christmas 1827. 



From 

 Christmas 1827 



to 

 Christmas 1828. 



1 From 

 Christmas 1828 



to 

 Christmas 1829. 



From 

 Christmas 1829 



to 

 Christmas 1830. 







January - - 



N° 

 9.495 



12,825 



N° 

 9.410 



NO 

 6,491 



N" 

 7,273 



N° 

 6,000 



N" 

 3,870 



February - - 



7,402 



6,477 



7,702 



8,177 



4,603 



5.101 



3,847 



March - - 



9,595 



11,605 



9,149 



9,557 



7,460 



6,344 



7,558 



April - - - 



9,201 



11,520 



15,495 



6,079 



9.484 



4,385 



5,970 



May - - - 



16,330 



15,908 



12,227 



9.613 



9,608 



10,218 



9,309 



June - - - 



15,817 



21,116 



18,662 



9,039 



12,494 



7,770 



8,067 



July - - - 



20,995 



21,892 



20,204 



13,280 



12,327 



12,419 



10,537 



October - - 



10,250 



13,148 



12,419 



9.950 



8,834 



6,902 



10,224 



November 



8,190 



8,908 



12,799 



4,448 



4,687 



5,773 



7,582 



December 



5,601 



4,244 



5,235 



2,497 



4,458 



3,189 



4,372 





1 12,876 



1127,643 



1 23,302 



79.'3i 



81,228 



68,101 



71,336 



Number of Persons frequenting the Reading Room, 1,556 in 1827 ; 1,714 in 1828; 1,758 in 1829; 1,954 in 1830. 



Artists and Students frequenting the Townley and Athenian Galleries, 994 in the 12 years since 1818. 



Mem. — The Days of PUBLIC ADMISSION are, — The Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, in every week, between 

 the hours of Ten and Four ; excepting the months of August and September ; the Christmas, Easter and 

 Whitsun Weeks ; the 30th of January, Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, 5t.h of November, and any Fast or 

 Thanksgiving Days. 



British Museum, February 26th, 1831. 



Francis Scotney, Accountant. 



