ACCOUNTS OF BRITISH MUSEUM 



1834. 



IV.— ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE, From Clnistiuas 183410 Christmas 1835: 



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



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



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



Salaries of Librarians and Attendants for t!ie King's Library ------- 



Officers' Salaries for the Banksian Library and Collections ------- 



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



Rent, Rates and Taxes __-..-..--.-_ 

 Bookbinding, Binding of MSS. and Portfolios, and framing Papyri - . - . . 



Stationery -.-..-,_ 



Coals, Coke and Faggots -*..-.- ~ ----- - 



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

 Incidents for sundry Articles of domestic use, &c. .--.---. 



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



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



Purchases to continue Sir Joseph Banks's Botanical Collection ------ 



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



Purchase of Coins, Medals and Antiquities ---------- 



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



Engravings from - - ditto ------------ 



Printing Description of ditto ------------ 



Drawings and Engravings of Egyptian Inscriptions - ------- 



Purchase of Books and Manuscripts ----------- 



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



Continuation of new Catalogue of printed Books --------- 



Transcribing Catalogue, with a view to the removing of the Library to the new Wing 

 Printing Catalogue of Manuscripts .--------.. 



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



Treasury and Exchequer Stamps for Parliamentary Grant ------- 



£. 

 Estimate for the Fifth Quarter --.-.-_ 



General Total ----£. 



Deduct, the Sum before specified under No. III. . - _ - 



£. 



Add the fraction of£. 1. 



£. 



£. 

 2,560 

 1,900 

 4.250 



.965 

 500 

 200 

 320 

 950 



•20Q 

 400 

 100 

 250 



950 



80 



50 



500 



130 



270 



200 



100 



2,500 



200 



500 



200 



400 



100 



3 



d. 



12 6 



19,128 12 6 

 4.782 3 1 1 



23.910 15 7 J 

 6, 1 1 5 2 f) i 



17.795 13 1 

 - C II 



17,796 



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



From Christmas 1828 to Christmas 1834. 





From 



From 



From 



From 



From 



From 





Christmas 1828 



Christmas 1829 



Christmas 1830 



Christmas 1831 



Christmas 1832 



Christmas 1833 





to 



to 



to 



to 



to 



to 





Christmas 1829. 



Christmas 1830. 



Christmas 1831. 



Christmas 183a. 



Christmas 1833. 



Christmas 1834. 







N" 



N° 



N" 



N» 



N» 



N" 



January 



6,000 



3,870 



7.751 



9.179 



16,318 



16,977 



February 



5,101 



3,847 



6.542 



11.547 



12,464 



16,639 



March - 



6,344 



7.558 



8,969 



11,909 



17.738 



16,181 



April - 



4,385 



5.970 



8,185 



12,498 



12,994 



16,252 



May 



10,218 



9.309 



10,651 



18,158 



19.485 



19.057 



June 



7,770 



8,067 



14,882 



17,048 



28,821 



36,652 



July 



12,419 



10,537 



17.511 



26,003 



36,191 



36,485 



August 



. 



- 



. 



- - - 



28,260 



26,144 



September - 



. 



. 



- 



- 



207 



485 



October 



6,902 



10,224 



12,004 



19,878 



19.932 



29,160 



November 



5.773 



7.582 



8,425 



13.626 



11,626 



1 2,246 



December 



3.189 



4,372 



4,992 



7.960 



6,459 



11,088 





68,101 



71,336 



99.9^2 . 



147,896 



210,495 



237,306 



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

 4,30oini8i5; 8,820 in 1820 ; 22,800 in 1825; 31,200 in 1830; 38,200 in 1831 ; 46,800 in 1832; 58,800 in 1833 ; 

 70,266 in 1834. 



Number of Visits, by Artists and Students, to the Galleries of Sculpture, for the purpose of Study, 4,938 in 1831; 

 4,740 in 1832 ; 4,490 in 1833; 5,645 in 1834. 



Number of Visits made to the Print Room, about 4,400 in 1832 ; 2,900 in 1833 ; 2,304 '1 1834. 



Mem. — The Public are admitted to the British Museum, on Mondays, Wednesdar/s, and Fridays, in every week, 



between the hours of Ten and Four, except during the month of September. 

 Persons applying for the purpose of Study or Research are admitted to the Reading Rooms everv day, 



between the hours of Ten and Four, on bringing proper Recommendations. 

 Artists are admitted to Study in the Galleries of Sculpture, every daj', between the hours of Nine and Four, 



except Saturday. 

 The Museum is closed during the Christmas, Easter and Whitsun Weeks ; on the 30th of January, Ash 



Wednesday, Good Friday, the 5th of November, and any Fast or Thanksgiving Days ordered by Aulhoritjr. 



British Museum, February 17, 1835. 



Maivcr Cowlan, Accountant. 



