CCOUNTS OF BRITISH MUSEUM; 18^6. 



I.— GENERAL ACCOUNT OF ALL RECEIPTS, 



From Christmas 1834 to Chi-istmas 1835 : 

 Balance in hand, December 26, 1834 ___------ 



Fourth Instalment ot Parliamentary Grant for 1834-5 - - - - , - 



Parliamentary Grant for 1835-6 - - £■■ 17,796 - - 



Fourth Instalment for Quarter ending Lady-day 1836, not received - 4,449 - - 



One Year's Dividends on £. 30,000 Reduced Annuities ------- 



One Year's Dividends on £.12,972. 15. 7. Three per Cent. Consols, bequeathed by the late 



Earl of Bridgewater, for purposes named in his Lordship's Will _ _ _ - 



Rent of a real Estate also bequeathed by the said Earl of Bridgewater, for purposes named 



in his Lordsliip's Will __---------- 



Cash received by the Sale of the Synopsis --------- 



Cash by the Sale of other Museum Publications -------- 



Balance of Imprest to Mr. Baber returned, not having been expended - - - 



£.. 



£,. s. d. 



248 3 31 



4,254 6 - 



13,347 - -' 



900 - - 



389 15 8 



26-5 



308 11 - 



120 6 - 



9 6 8 



19,603 8 -I 



II.— ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE and ACTUAL EXPENDITURE from Christmas 1834 to 

 Christmas 18.35, and ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE from Lady-day 1836 to Lady-day 1837- 



Salaries of Officers of the old Establishment 

 Salaries of Assistants ----- -"\ 



Salaries and Wages of Attendants and Servants -/ 

 Salaries of Librarians for the King's Library - 

 Salaries of Officers for the Banksian Collections 

 Attendants on Stoves, and Labourers - - - 

 Supernumeraries employed on Oriental MSS. ; on 



Greek Papyri ; and in indexing Minutes - 

 Supernumeraries employed on various Catalogues of 



Printed Books ------- 



Rent, Rates and Taxes ------ 



Coals, Coke and Faggots _ _ - - - 

 Candles and Gas Light Company - - - - 



Incidents for sundry Articles of Domestic Use, &c. - 

 Repaii-s, fitting up Shelves, &c. not paid by the 



Board of Works ------ 



Stationery - - - - - - -_- 



Binding of Books and Manuscripts and Portfolios 



and um'olling and framing Papyri _ _ - 

 Purchase of Manuscripts _ - - - - 

 Purchase of Manuscripts pui'suant to the WOl of the 



late Earl of Bridgewater - - - - - 

 Purchase of Manuscripts, special for this year 

 Purchase of Printed Books - _ . - 

 Pui'chase of Minerals and FossU Remains 

 Pui-chase of Zoological Specimens - - - - 

 Cabinets, Spirits of Wine, &c. for preserving the 



Mineralogical and Zoological Collections - 

 Purchase of specimens to continue Sir J. Banks's 



Botanical Collections - - - - - 



Cabinets for Botany ------ 



Purchase of Coins, Medals and Antiquities 

 Cabinets for Corns and Gems - - - - - 



Purchase of Prints and Engravings _ - - 

 Printing and stitching Synopsis - - - - 



Printing List of Additions, 'Tickets, Rules, &c. 

 Printing Catalogues of Manuscripts - _ - 

 Printing Description of Ancient Marbles 

 Drawings from Ancient Marbles - - - - 



Engravings from Ancient Marbles _ - - 



Drawings and Engravmgs of Egyptian Inscriptions 

 Towards makmg Moulds of Elgin Marbles 

 Law Expenses ------- 



Treasury and Exchequer Stamps - - - - 



ESTIMATED 

 EXPENDITURE, 



Chiistmas 1834 



to 

 Christmas 1835. 



£. s. d. 



4,460 - - 



4,-375 - -{ 



740 - - 



500 - - 



200 - - 



100 - - 



700 - - 



320 - - 



400 - - 



100 - - 



250 - - 



350 - - 



200 - - 



950 - - 



600 - - 



2,000 - - 

 950 - - 



80 - - 



ACTUAL 

 EXPENDITURE, 



Christmas 1834 



to 

 Christmas 1835. 



Totals - 



- £. 



500 - - 



50 - - 



200 - - 



400 - - 



200 - - 



130 - - 



270 - - 



100 - - 



100 - - 



3 12 6 



£. s. d. 



4,400 - - 



*1,254 17 - 



*3,278 8 - 



740 - - 



600 - - 



198 5 - 



*90 14 - 



620 4 - 



198 9 7 



462 6 - 



86 11 8 



236 17 4i 



371 15 1 



180 19 6 



963 5 6 



540 2 9 



3 19 3 



. ESTIMATED 

 EXPENDITURE, 



Lady-day 1836 



Lady-day 1837. 



1,969 15 

 459 15 

 198 14 



288 8 4. 

 11 17 9 



497 13 - 



19,128 1-2 6 



872 - 

 313 13 



87 7 

 155 19 

 153 13 

 179 11 

 212 11 



16 16 



31 13 10 



£. s. d. 



4,400 - - 



*1,620 - - 



*3,360 - - 



740 - - 



500 - - 



200 - - 



*400 - - 



^950 - - 



200 - - 



460 - - 



100 - - 



250 - - 



350 - - 



200 - - 



1,200 - - 



500 - - 



2,000 - - 

 2,000 - - 



19,076 4 6| 



1,150 



80 

 100 

 800 



50 

 260 

 300 

 100 

 250 

 100 

 150 

 400 



500 

 60 



■23,600 - - 



Balance of 15^*'^'^^' 

 \Payments 



Surplus in liand 



£. s. d. 



19,603 8 -^ 



19,076 4 6§ 



627 3 6 



* Mem. — The additional charge in these items is to be attributed chiefly to an increase in the number of 

 Assistants and Attendants, and to a provision for an increased number of Copyists, for the pui-pose of furnishing 

 the Public in the Reading Rooms with a complete Catalogue of the Printed Books witlun the current Year. 



