ACCOUNTS OF BRITISH MUSEUM; 1836. 



III.— ACCOUNT OF BRIDGEWATER FUND. 



Balance due to the General Fund at Christmas 1834 - - - - - 



Dividends on £.12,992. 15. 7. Three per cent. Consols, bequeathed by the late 

 Earl of Bridgewater ----------- 



Rent of a Real Estate also bequeathed by the late Earl of Bridgewater - 



Of which paid towards the Salaries of the Keepers 



the Manuscripts, and earned to the General Account 

 Expended in the purchase of Manuscripts - - - 



of 



_|£.227 - 

 3 19 



Balance due to the Bridgewater Fund 



£.. s. d. 



389 16 8 

 26-6 



416 16 1 



230 19 9 



£. s. d. 

 140 13 9 



184 16 4 



44 



IV.— ACCOUNT OF FUNDS, for the Year ending Lady-day 1837 : 



£. s. d. 



Balance in hand at Christmas 1835 ;_--__--- 627 3 6 



Deduct Balance due to the Bridgewater Fund - - - - - -4427 



Fourth Instalment of last Parliamentary Grant, received in January 1836 - - _ 



Dividends on £. 30,000 Reduced Annuities ------- -- 



Receipts from the Museum Publications, estimated to produce - _ - _ _ 



From the Bridgewater Fund, towards the Salaries of the Keepers of Manuscripts - . - 



Deduct Estimate for the Quarter ending Lady-day 1836, as in the Parliamentary \ 

 Account for the year 1835 ---------- _j 



Balance available for the service of the year ending Lady-day 1837 ~ - £. 



£. s. d. 



483 - 11 



4,449 - - 



900 - - 



350 - - 



227 - 6 



6,409 1 6 

 4,782 3 1 



1,626 18 4 



v.— AMOUNT OF GRANT required for the Service of the Year ending Lady-day 1837: 



Estimated Expenditure from Lady-day 1836 to Lady-day 1837 _ _ - 



Deduct Funds available for the Service of that year, specified under No. IV. 



Add the Fraction of £. 1 



Amount required 



£. s. d. 



23,600 - - 



1,626 18 4 



21,973 1 8 

 - 18 4 



£. 21,974 - 



VI.— ACCOUNT OF THE EXPENDITURE OF A SPECIAL PARLIAMENTARY GRANT 



for the Purchase of Egyptian Antiquities. 



Amount Granted, August 10, 1835 -------- 



Amount Expended ----------- 



Remains with the Lords of the Treasury unexpended 



£. 



£. s. d. 

 6,000 - - 

 6,081 16 - 



918 4 



VII.— RETURN of the NUMBER OF PERSONS ADMITTED TO VISIT THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Persons admitted to view the Genebal Collections from Christmas 1829 to Christmas 1836. 





From 



From 



From 



From 



From 



From 





Christmas 1829 



Christmas 1830 



Christmas 1831 



Christmas 1832 



Christmas 1833 



Christmas 1834 





to 



to 



to 



to 



to 



to 





Christmas 1830. 



NO 



Christmas 1831. 



Christmas 1832. 



Christmas 1833. 



Christmas 1834. 



Christmas 1835. 







N° 



N" 



NO 



N" 



N° 



January 



3,870 



7,751 



9,179 



16,318 



16,977 



17,431 



February 



3,847 



6,542 



11,547 



12,464 



16,639 



• 15,309 



March - 



7,558 



8,969 



11,909 



17,738 



16,181 



17,918 



April 



6,970 



8,185 



12,498 



12,994 



16,262 



20,365 



May 



9,309 



10,651 



18,168 



19,486 



19,057 



37,054 



June 



8,067 



14,882 



17,048 



28,821 



36,652 



8.5,565 



July 



10,637 



17,511 



26,093 



36,191 



36,485 



50,951 











28,260 



26,144 



35,151 









~ ~ 











207 

 19,932 



485 

 29,160 



463 

 32,466 



October 



10,224 



12,004 



19,878 



November 



7,682 



8,425 



13,626 



11,626 



12,246 



13,882" 



December 



4,372 



4,992 



7,960 



6,459 



11,088 



12,559 





71,336 



99,912 



147,896 



210,495 



237,366 



289,104 



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



in 1810 ; 4,300 in 1816 ; 8,820 in 1820 ; 22,800 in 1825 ; 31,200 in 1830 ; 38,200 in 1831 ; 46,800 in 1832 • 

 68,S00 in 1833 ; 70,266 in 1834 ; 63,466 in 1835. ' 



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 ; 6,081 in 1835. 



Number of Visits made to the Print Room, about 4,400 in 1832 ; 2,900 in 1833 ; 2,204 in 1834 ; 1,065 in 1835. 



Mem. — The Public are admitted to the British Museubi on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, in every 



week, between the hours of Ten and Four, except in tlie month of September. 

 Persons applying for the purpose of Study or Research are admitted to the Reading Rooms every 



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

 Artists are admitted to Study in the Galleries of Sculpture every day, between the hours of Nine 



and Four, except Saturday. 

 The Musemn is closed during the Christmas, Easter and Wliitsun Weeks ; on the 30th of January, 



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



by Authority. 



British Museum, March 1, 1836. 



Mawer Cowtan, Accountant. 



