ACCOUNTS OF BRITISH MUSEUM: 1840. 



I.— GENERAL ACCOUNT OF ALL RECEIPTS 



From Christmas 1838 to Cluistmas 1839. 

 Balance in hand, December 1838 -------... 



Fourth Instalment of Parliamentary Grant for 1838-39 ------ 



Parliamentary Grant for 1839-40 £. 28,839 - - 



Fourth Instalment for Quarter ending Lady-day 1840, not received - 7,209 15 - 



One Year's Dividends on 30,000 /. Reduced Aimuities ------- 



One Year's Dividends on 12,972/. 16 s. 7d. 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 ----------- 



One Year's Dividends on 2,872 /. 6 *. 10 d. Three per Cent. Consols, bequeathed by the 



late Lord Farnborough, for purposes named in his Lordship's Will - - - - 



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. - 

 Cash received by net Insurance upon a Sarcophagus presented to the Museum, and lost 



at Sea --------------- 



£. 



£. s. d. 



2,638 18 3 



6,867 5 - 



21,629 5 - 



900 - - 



889 15 8 



81 1 4 



86 8 4 



494 11 - 



41 16 10 



651 5 8 



148 10 - 



33,778 12 I 



II.— ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE from Christmas 1838 to Christmas 1839 ; ACTUAL EXPEN- 

 DITURE from Christmas 1838 to Christmas 18-39; and ESTIMATED CHARGE from Lady- 

 day 1840 to Lady-day 1841. 





ESTIMATED 



ACTUAL 



1 



ESTIMATED 





EXPENDITURE, 



EXPENDITURE, 



CHARGE, 







Christmas 1838 



to 

 Christmas 1839. 



Christmas 1838 



to 

 Christmas 1839. 



Lady-day 184 



to 

 Lady-day 184 









1. 





£. s. d. 



£. S. 



d. 



£. S. 



rf. 



Salaries of Officers of the Old Establishment 



6,009 11 8 



5,845 - 



- 



5,750 - 



- 



Salaries of Assistants ------ 



2,509 14 2 



2,758 17 



- 



3,100 - 



- 



Salaries and Wages of Attendants and Servants 



4,322 11 11 



4,288 6 



I 



4,200 - 



- 



Salaries of Librarians for the King's Library - 



592 5 10 



200 - 



- 



— 





Salaries of Officers for the Banksian Collections 



500 - - 



500 - 



- 



600 - 



- 



Attendants on Stoves, and Labourers - - - 



402 18 - 



190 9 



- 



150 - 



- 



Supernumeraries employed in Manuscript Department 



105 5 - 



— 





— 





Supernumeraries employed m Printed Book Depart- 













ment -_---__- 



393 5 11 



235 - 



- 



100 - 



- 



Expense of removing Library to new Buildings 



616 - 6 



884 6 



8 



400 - 



- 



Preparing and Prmting nevkr Catalogue of Printed 













Books ___----- 



750 - - 



813 12 



6 



1,500 - 



- 



Rent, Rates and Taxes 



210 2 - 



204 10 



10 



200 - 



- 



Coals, Coke and Faggots - - - - - 



560 4 7 



829 - 



- 



950 - 



- 



Candles, Oil and Gas Light Company - - _ 



83 17 6 



95 14 



- 



100 - 



- 



Incidental Expenses of a miscellaneous nature 



409 11 7 



256 1 



9 



150 - 



- 



Freight and Carriage - - - - - - 



460 15 11 



411 - 



5 



600 - 



- 



Repairs, not paid by the Board of Works 



231 8 1 , 



125 19 



10 



100 - 



- 



Stationeiy -------- 



267 1 5 



268 3 



11 



300 - 



- 



Binding Books, unroUing, &c. Papyri - - - 



2,570 13 1 



2,210 18 



6 



2,400 - 



_ 



Purchase of Manuscripts . - - - - 



602 9 9 



565 4 



4 



700 - 



_ 



Ditto - pursuant to the Will of the late Earl 













of Bridgewater ___--- 



196 11 2 



154 3 



_ 



— 





Ditto - pursuant to the Will of the late Lord 













Farnborough -__-._ 



86 3 4 



25 - 



- 



— 





Purchase of Printed Books - - - - - 



2,647 14 10 



2,836 17 



6 



2,750 - 



- 



Purchase of Charts and Maps _ - - - 



437 1 3 



4 10 



_ 



— 





Purchase of Minerals and of Fossil Remains - 



778 19 11 



621 14 10 



700 - 



_ 



Purchase of Zoological Specimens - - - 



780 15 6 



518 19 



1 



700 - 



_ 



Cabinets, &c. for preserving Natural History - 



775 15 10 



607 4 



9 



500 - 



_ 



Purchase of Specimens for Botanical Collections 



154 6 5 



6 10 



- 



80 - 



_ 



Cabinets for Botany ------ 



100 - - 



— 





— 





Puj'chase of Coins, ]\Iedals, &c. - - - - 



1,500 18 4 



1,454 7 



8 



1,500 - 



_ 



M. Sallier, for Papyri and Basalt Figure 



_ - - 



318 14 



6 



318 14 



6 



Cabinets for Corns and Gems - - - - 



38 10 5 



43 11 



2 



50 - 



_ 



Purchase of Prints and Engravings - - - 



616 17 6 



617 11 



3 



800 - 



_ 



Printing and stitching Synopsis - - - - 



387 17 10 



483 4 



4 



450 - 



_ 



Printing List of Additions, &c. - - _ - 



255 13 9 



139 14 



6 



150 - 



_ 



Printing Catalogues of Manuscripts - - - 



309 13 6 



289 1 



6 



800 - 



_ 



Printing Description of Ancient Marbles 



142 4 - 



764 3 



4 



800 - 



_ 



Drawings from Ancient Marbles - - - - 



167 1 - 



170 2 



_ 



150 - 



_ 



Engravings from Ancient Marbles - - - - 



247 3 - 



240 14 



6 



400 - 



_ 



Publishing Historical Papyri in Hieratic character - 





. 



_ 



200 - 



_ 



For Moulds of Elgin Marbles - - . . 



15 13 10 



20 - 



_ 



20 - 



_ 



For making Casts of ditto - - - - . 



218 8 8 



223 9 



_ 



100 - 



_ 



For Moulds and Casts of Marbles in Townley, &c. 













Collection -------- 



263 19 6 



817 7 



8 



200 - 



_ 



For Moulds and Casts irom Phigaleian Marbles 



300 - - 



411 10 



_ 



200 - 



_ 



Repairing and refixing Antiquities - - _ 



190 17 1 



195 4 



1 



200 - 



_ 



Law Expenses, including Charges of obtaining an 













Act of Parliament ------ 



185 11 8 



340 17 



7 



300 - 



- 



Totals - - - £. 



32,395 16 3 



31,385 16 



7 



32,068 14 



6 



Balance of 



J Receipts 

 1 Payments 



Sur^jlus in hand 



£. 



£.33,778 12 1 

 31,385 16 7 



2,392 15 G 



