ACCOUNTS OF BRITISH MUSEUM; 1837. 



I.— GENERAL ACCOUNT OF ALL RECEIPTS, 



From Christmas 1835 to Christmas 1836. 

 Balance in hand, December 26, 1835 -------___ 



Fourth Instalment of Parliamentary Grant for 1835-6 ______ 



Parliamentary Grant for 1836-7 (including 2,000/. for the purchase of 



Manuscripts special for that Year) ------£. 21,974 - - 



Fourth Instalment for Quarter ending Lady-day 1837, not received - 4,993 10 - 



One Year's Dividends on 30,000 /. Reduced Annuities _______ 



One Year's Dividends on 12,972/. 15*. 7 rf. 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 Lordship's Will --___--____ 



Cash received by the Sale of the Synopsis _________ 



Cash by the Sale of other Museum Publications ________ 



Fine for an injury done to a printed Book in the Reading Room - - - - _ 



£. 



£. «. d. 



527 8 6 

 4,449 - - 



16,980 10 - 

 900 - - 



389 15 8 



20 16 



308 13 



51 8 



1 - 



23,028 6 5 



II.— ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE from Lady-day 1836 to Lady-day 1837; ACTUAL EXPENDITURE 

 from Christmas 1835 to Christmas 1836 ; and ESTIMATED CHARGE from Lady-day 1837 to 

 Lady-day 1838. 



Salaries of Officers of the Old Establishment 

 Salaries of Assistants __-__- 

 Salaries aud 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 ; in indexing Minutes, &c. 

 Supernumeraries employed on various Catalogues of 



Printed Books _____ 



Supernumeraries in Print Room, and arranging 



General Hardwicke's Drawings _ _ _ 



Rent, Rates and Taxes __---- 

 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 _______ 



Stationery ________ 



Binding Books, Manuscripts and Portfolios, and un- 

 rolling and framing Papyri - - - 

 Purchase of Manuscripts _____ 



Ditto - pursuant to the Will of the late Earl 

 of Bridgewater - _ _ _ 



Ditto - Special for the year 1836 _ - - 

 Purchase of Printed Books _ - - - _ 

 Purchase of Charts and Maps _ _ _ _ 

 Purchase of Minerals and Fossil Remains 

 Purchase of Zoological Specimens _ _ _ 



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



Mineralogical and Zoological Collections 

 Purchase of Specimens to continue Sir Joseph 



Banks's Botanical Collections _ _ _ _ 



Cabinets for Botany ______ 



Purchase of Coins, Medals and Antiquities 

 Cabinets for Coins and Gems _ - _ _ 

 Purchase of Prints and Engravings _ _ _ 

 Printing and stitcliing 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 - _ _ 



To complete making Moulds of Elgin Marbles 

 For Moulds of Marbles in Townley Collection 

 For making Casts of Elgin Marbles 

 Purchase of Casts of Egina Marbles, and Freight - 

 Repairing and refixing Antiquities, in order to their 



being placed in the New Gallery - - - 

 Law Expenses _--___. 



ESTIMATED 



EXPENDITURE, 



Lady-day 1836 



to 

 Lady-day 1837. 



£. 



4,400 



1,.520 



3,350 



740 



500 



200 



400 



950 



200 

 460 

 100 

 250 



3.W 

 200 



1,200 

 500 



*. d. 



2,000 

 2,000 



Totals 



1,150 - 



80 

 100 



800 

 50 

 2.50 

 300 

 100 

 2.50 

 100 

 150 

 400 

 500 



50 - 



23,600 - - 



ACTUAL 

 EXPENDITURE. 



Christmas 1835 



to 

 Christmas 1836. 



£. S. d. 



4,895 18 10 



1,674 7 1 



3,180 6 J 



525 12 8 



600 - - 



197 2 - 



361 3 - 



873 3 1 



118 10 - 



182 1 JO 



674 5 - 



81 9 10 



252 9 1 



463 17 1 



250 13 7 



1,138 2 2 



519 7 6 



204 14 



2,000 - - 



2,002 6 3 



677 9 - 



829 4 - 



189 6 4 



22 5 6 



765 11 - 



195 13 6 



214 1 9 



158 10 - 



207 1 - 



98 10 6 



140 14 - 



865 6 - 



123 8 8 



219 16 11 



SO 15 - 

 68 5 8 



23,291 7 5 



Balance 



.r( 



Rkoeipts 

 Payjirnts 



ESTIMATED 

 CHARGE, 



Lady-day 1837 



to 

 Lady-day 1838. 



£. «. d. 



6,200 - _ 



2,450 - - 



4,120 - - 



525 12 8 



600 - - 



250 - - 



400 - - 



660 - - 



118 10 - 



180 - - 



800 - - 



80 - - 



860 - - 



650 - - 



300 - - 



1,400 - - 



700 - - 



o, / oO - - 



250 - - 



700 - - 



700 - - 



800 - - 



20 - - 



1,000 - - 



60 - - 



850 - - 



200 - - 



220 - _ 



2.50 - - 



100 - - 



150 - - 



400 - - 



700 - _ 



100 - _ 



1,000 - - 



219 16 11 



200 - _ 



100 - - 



30,853 19 7 



Suq^lus m hand 



£. 



£.23,628 6 5 



23,291 7 5 



336 19 - 



