ACCOUNTS OK BRITISH MUSEUiM*. 1838. 



I.— GENERAL ACCOUNT OF ALL RECEIPTS 



From Christmas 1836 to Christmas 1837. 



Balance in hand, December 1836 -------._. 



Fourth Instalment of Parliamentary Grant for 1836-37 ---.__ 

 Parliamentary Grant for 1837-38 -..-._ £. 29,400 - - 



Fourth Instalment for Quarter ending Lady-day 1838, not received - 7,350 - - 



One Year's Dividends on 30,000 1. Reduced Annuities ------- 



One Year's Dividends on 12,972/. 15 s. Id. Three per Cent. Consols, bequeathed by the 



late Earl of Bridgewater, for purposes named in Ms Lordship's WUl - - - _ 

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



named in his Lordship's WUl ------_--__ 



Cash received by the sale of the Synopsis --------- 



Cash received by the sale of other Museum Publications --_-__ 

 Cash received by the sale of Casts of Marbles, and for the cost of Packages, &c. - 



£. s. d. 



336 19 - 



4,993 10 - 



22,050 - - 



900 - - 



389 15 8 



24 14 8 



466 8 2 



10 15 7 



120 8 11 



29,292 12 - 



II.— ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE from Christmas 1836 to Christmas 1837; ACTUAL EXPEN- 

 DITURE from Christmas 1836 to Christmas 1837 ; and ESTIMATED CHARGE from Lady- 

 day 1838 to Lady-day 1889. 



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 in Manuscript Depart- 

 ment, &c. ____--- 



Supernumeraries employed in Printed Book Depart- 

 ment -------- 



Expense of removing Library to new Buildings 

 Rent, Rates and Taxes ------ 



Coals, Coke and Faggots . - - . - 

 Candles, Oil and Gas Light Company - - - 

 Incidental Expenses of a miscellaneous nature 

 Freight and Carriage ------ 



Repairs, fitting up Shelves, &.C. not paid by the Board 

 of Works -------- 



Stationery -------- 



Binding Books, Manuscripts and Portfolios, and 

 unrolling and framing Papyri, &c. - - - 

 Purchase of Manuscripts - - - 



Ditto - pursuant to the Will of the late Earl 



of Bridgewater .__--- 



Purchase of Printed Books ----- 



Purchase of Charts and Maps _ - - - 



Purchase of Mineral and FossQ 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 Works of Ancient Art 

 Cabinets for Coins 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 - - - - 



For Moulds of Elgin Marbles - - - _ 



For Moulds and Casts of Marbles in Townley Col- 

 lection -.-----_ 



For making Casts of Elgin Marbles &c. 

 Repairing and refixing Antiquities, in oider to their 

 being placed in the New Galleries - . - 

 Law Expenses ------- 



ESTIMATED 

 EXPENDITURE, 



Christmas 1 836 



to 

 Christmas 1837. 



£. s. d. 



5,769 1 2 



2,145 12 11 



8,890 18 11 



793 11 10 



500 - - 



240 8 - 



363 17 - 



736 16 11 



2.32 18 2 



485 15 - 



103 10 2 



330 - 11 



386 2 11 



224 6 5 



1,349 

 630 



210 - - 



3,310 3 9 



187 10 - 



672 11 - 



645 16 - 



623 3 8 



92 14 § 



100 - - 



909 9 - 



100 - - 



366 16 6 



310 18 3 



181 10 - 



230 9 - 



126 9 6 



154 6 - 



402 4 - 



901 11 4 



75 - - 



750 - - 



169 5 - 



91 14 4 



Balance of 



Totals 



f Receipts 

 ( Payments 



- - £. 



28,744 2 6 



ACTUAL 



EXPENDITURE, 



Christmas 1836 



to 

 Christmas 1837. 



d. 



8 4 



£. 



5,880 



2,179 



3,793 15 

 422 8 

 654 16 

 208 12 



358 12 - 



356 10 - 



187 12 10 



724 - - 



74 16 8 



303 - 8 



216 16 7 



413 10 10 



240 7 2 



1,028 11 7 



859 6 6 



210 - - 



2,883 9 5 



60 13 9 



518 18 6 



687 1 6 



683 16 1 



963 8 4 



68 13 - 



462 16 6 



449 18 10 



123 2 9 



214 15 - 



9 5 6 



157 10 - 



439 19 - 



894 7 6 



8 7 6 



521 4 - 



2.30 6 11 



90 10 - 



27,430 7 11 



ESTIMATED 

 CHARGE, 



Lady-day 1838 



to 

 Lady-day 1839. 



£. S. d. 



6,000 - - 



2,450 - - 



4,1.50 - - 



370 - - 



554 16 - 



300 - - 



200 

 600 

 180 

 800 

 60 

 350 

 850 



200 

 250 



1,800 

 700 



3,250 - - 



2.50 - - 



700 - - 



700 - - 



800 - - 



50 - - 



1,500 - - 



750 - - 



500 - - 



180 - - 



200 - - 



1.50 - - 



400 - - 



250 - 



200 - 



300 - 



100 - 



29,494 16 



Surplus in hand 



- £. 



£.29,292 12 - 

 27,430 7 11 



1,862 4 1 



