BRITISH MUSEUM. 



AN ESTIMATE of the Sum which will be required for defraying the 

 Expenditure of the Establishment of the British Museum, for the 

 Year 1831. 



Fourteen Thousand Four Hundred and Fifty Pounds ; 

 Clear of Fees and dl other Deductions. 



Whitehall, Treasury Chambers,"] 

 24 June 1831. J 



T. SPRING RICE. 



PARTICULARS of the foregoing ESTIMATE. 



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 of The King's Library 

 Officers' Salaries and 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 - ... -J 



Purchase of Prints 



Continuation of Classed Catalogue . - . - . - . 



Law Expenses ---..--..... 

 Treasury Stamp on the Parliamentary Grant ------. 



Estimate for the Fifth Quarter - - • 



Deduct, Balance in hand - - - - ■ 

 Sum to be provided - - £ 



£. 



s. 



d. 



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 



7 



21,633 



18 



1 



7,182 



»9 



8 



14,450 



18 



5 



39. 



