ACCOUNTS OF BRITISH MUSEUM; 183I. 



IV.— ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE, 



From Christmas 1831 to Christmas 1832 : 



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, Medals and 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 --------------- 



To make good deficiency in the Value of Duplicates exchanged with the Royal Society for 



Arundel MSS. " ■ ■ ■ 



To be applied according to the provisions of the Will of the late Earl of Bridgwater 



Treasury Stamp for Parliamentary Grant - .._-----. 



£. 

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



General Total ----£. 



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



£. 



Add the fraction off. 1. 



Sum to be provided for the Yea K ending Christmas 1832 - - - . £. 



£. s. d. 



3,710 - - 



i»950 - - 



3,700 - - 



920 - - 



500 - - 



120 - - 



550 - - 



800 - - 



200 - - 



550 - - 



100 - - 



250 - - 



400 - - 



950 - - 



50 - - 



1,000 - - 



150 - - 



450 - - 



200 - - 



1,500 - - 



100 - - 



360 - - 



130 - - 



900 - - 



192 15 1 



226 



i«,734 17 7 

 4,458 14 4 



23,193 n 11 

 6,272 3 5 



16,921 8 6 

 - 11 6 



16,922 - 



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



From Christmas 1826 to Christmas 1831. 





From 



From 



From 



From 



From 





Christmas 1826 



Christmas 1827 



Christmas 1828 



Christmas 1829 



Christmas 1830 





to 



to 



to 



to 



to 





Christmas 1827. 



Christmas 1828. 



Christmas 1829. 



Christmas 1830. 



Christmas 1831. 







NO 



N" 



N" 



N° 



N" 



January - - 



6,491 



7,273 



6,000 



3,870 



7,551 



.February - - - - 



8,177 



4,603 



5,101 



3,847 



6,542 



March - - - 



9.557 



7,460 



6,344 



7,558 



8,969 



April - - - - - 



6,079 



9,484 



4,385 



5,970 



8,185 



May 



9,613 



9,608 



10,218 



9,309 



10,651 



June - - - - - 



9.039 



12,494 



7,770 



8,067 



14,882 



July 



13,280 



12,327 



12,419 



10,537 



17,511 



October . - . - 



9'950 



8,834 



6,902 



10,224 



12,004 



November - - - , 



4,448 



4,687 



5,773 



7,582 



8,425 



December - . - - 



2,497 



4,458 



3,189 



4,372 



4,992 



79,131 



81,228 



68,101 



71,336 



99,712 



Number of Visits made to the Reading Rooms, for the purpose of Study or Research, - - - about 1,950 in 1810 ; 

 4,300 in 1815; 8,880 in 1820 ; 22,800 in 1825 ; 31,200 in 1830 ; 38,200 in 1831. 



Number of Visits, by Artists and Students, to the Townley and Athenian Galleries, for the purpose of Study, 

 in 1831, 4,398. 



Number of Visits made to the Print Room, in 1831, about 4,400. 



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, 5th of November, and any Fast or 

 Thanksgiving Days. 



British Museum, February 16th, 1832. Francis Scotney, Accountant. 



