ACCOUNTS OF BRITISH MUSEUM 



1832. 



IV.-ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE, 



From Christmas 1832 to Christmas 1833 : 



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 Books and of MSS. ------ 



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



Continuation of Classed Catalogue ------ 



Printing Catalogue of MSS, -._--.. 

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



Treasury and Exchequer Stamps for Parliamentary Grant - 



Estimate for the Fifth Quarter 



General Total 

 Deduct, the Sum before specified under N° III. 



Add the fraction of £. 1 . 



£. 



2,710 



1,950 



3,700 



948 



500 



120 



3G0 



80Q 



200 



550 



100 



250 



400 



950 



50 



1,OGO 

 130 

 350 

 200 



2,000 

 100 

 360 

 300 

 180 



- 



3 2 



6 



£. 



18,211 2 

 4,552 15 



6 



7 



£. 



22,763 18 

 5,920 16 



1 



£. 



16,843 2 

 - 17 



1 

 11 



£. 



16,844 - 



- 



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



From Christmas 1826 to Christmas 1832. 





From 



From 



From 



From 



From 



From 





Chrlstmiis 1826 



Christmas 1827 



Christmas 1828 



Christmas 1829 



Christmas 1830 



Christmas 1831 





to 



to 



to 



to 



to 



to 





Christmas 1827. 



Christmas 1828. 



Christmas 1829. 



Christmas 1830. 



Christmas 1831. 



Cliristmas 1832. 









N" 



N" 



N° 



NO 



N° 



N° 



January 



6,491 



7,273 



6,000 



3,870 



7,751 



9,179 



February 



8,177 



4,603 



5,101 



3,847 



6,542 



11,547 



March - 



9,557 



7,460 



6,344 



7,558 



8,969 



11,909 



April - 



6,079 



9,484 



4,385 



5,970 



8,185 



12,498 



May 



9,613 



9,608 



10,218 



9,309 



10,651 



18,158 



June 



9,039 



12,494 



7,770 



8,067 



14,88a 



17,048 



July 



13,280 



12,327 



12,419 



10,537 



17,511 



26,093 



October 



9,950 



8,834 



6,902 



10,224 



12,004 



19,878 



November 



4,448 



4,687 



5,773 



7,582 



8,425 



13,626 



December 



2,497 



4,458 



3,189 



4,372 



4,992 



7,960 





79,131 



81,228 



68,101 



71,336 



99,112 



147,896 



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

 4,300 in 1815; 8,820 in 1820; 22,800 in 1825; 31,200 in 1830; 38,200 in 1831 ; 46,800 in 1832. 



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

 in 1831, 4,398; in 1832, 4,740. 



Number of Visits made to the Print Room, in 1831, about 4,400; in 1832 about the same Number. 



Mm.— The Days of PUBLIC ADMISSION to view the Museum 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, the 5th of 

 November, and any Fast or Thanksgiving Days. 



British Museum, February 12th, 1833. 



Francis Scotneif, Accountant. 



