ACCOUNTS, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



I.— GENERAL ACCOUNT OF ALL RECEIPTS from Christmas 1840 to Christmas 1841. 



Balance in hand, December 1841 .___--._.. 



Fourth Instalment of Parliamentary Grant for 1840-41 ---.__ 



Parliamentary Grant for 1841-42 - £.31,786 - - 



Fourth Instalment for Quarter ending Lady-day 1842, not received - 7,946 10 - 



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



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



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

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



late Earl of Bridgewater, for j)urposes 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 received by the sale of other Museum Publications ------ 



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

 Rent of Houses recently purchased in Great Russell-street ------ 



£. 



£. s. d. 



2,911 16 - 



7,438 5 - 



23,839 10 - 



900 - - 



86 3 4 



389 15 8 



35 13 G 



397 11 - 



122 16 6 



31 12 3 



118 - - 



36,321 3 3 



II.— ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE from Christmas 1840 to Christmas 1841 ; ACTUAL EXPEN- 

 DITURE from Christmas 1840 to Christmas 1841 ; and ESTIMATED CHARGE from Lady- 

 day 1842 to Lady-day 1843. 



ESTIMATED 

 EXPENDITURE, 



Christmas 1840 



to 

 Christmas 1841. 



Salai-ies of Officers of the Ordinary 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 Department 

 Supernumeraries employed in Printed Book Department 

 Expense consequent upon removing Library to new 

 Buildings -------- 



New Catalogue of Printed Books, viz. 



Supernumeraries employed in preparing - 



BUls for printing ------ 



Rent, Rates and Taxes ------ 



Coals, Coke and Faggots - - - . - 

 Candles, OU and Gas Light Company - - - 

 Incidental Expenses of a miscellaneous nature 

 Freight and Carriage ------ 



Repairs, not paid by the Board of Works 

 Stationery -------- 



Bookbinding ___-__- 



Unrolling, binding, &c. Papyr-i . - - - 

 Purchase of Manuscripts - - - - - 



Ditto - pursuant to the Will of the late Earl 



of Bridgewater ------ 



Ditto - pursuant to the Will of the late Lord 



Farnborough ___--- 



Purchase of Printed Books - - - . - 

 Purchase of Charts and Maps - - - 



Purchase of Mmerals and of Fossil Remains - 

 Purchase of Zoological Specimens - - - - 



Expense of preserving objects of Natural History - 

 Purchase of Specimens for Botanical Collections 

 Cabinets for Botany ------ 



Purchase of Antiquities, Coins, &c. - - _ 

 Cabinets for Coins and Gems - - - - 



Purchase of Prints and Engravings - . - 



Purchase of an antique Silver Cup, with work in Niello 

 Printing and stitcliing Synopsis - - . _ 

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

 Printing Catalogues of Manuscripts - - - 

 Printing Description of Ancient Marbles 

 Drawings from Ancient Marbles - - - - 



Engravings from Ancient Marbles - - - - 



Publishing Historical Papyri in Hieratic character - 

 For Moulds of Elgin Marbles - - . - 



For making Casts of ditto - - - - - 



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

 Collection -------- 



For Moulds and Casts from Phigaleian Marbles 

 Repairing and refixing Antiquities . - _ 



Law Expenses ------- 



Balance of 



Totals - 



f Receipts 

 \ Payments 



£. s. d. 



5,871 19 8 



3,058 13 9 



4,670 6 8 



200 - - 



600 - - 



349 6 3 



61 19 8 



- 449 9 11 



340 5 3 



1,298 17 1 



798 19 8 



203 16 11 



766 4 7 



97 10 6 



339 8 4 



778 18 - 



165 1 - 



323 13 5 



2,463 5 2 



225 - - 



724 10 5 



189 19 7 



86 11 



2,891 4 



-334 - 



1,126 11 



753 5 



5-39 14 10 



200 15 4 



50 6 



1,.520 11 



58 4 



751 - 



6 

 3 

 7 

 1 

 11 



9 



6 



442 16 

 306 13 

 .334 15 

 269 10 

 198 8 

 392 9 

 8.50 - - 

 8 13 10 

 174 2 8 



160 16 8 



188 10 - 



242 12 6 



196 9 4 



35,515 10 6 



ACTUAL 



EXPENDITURE, 



Christmas 1 840 



to 

 Christmas 1841. 



337 3 



1,415 - 6 



51 - 8 



941 18 - 



350 - - 



620 18 4 



222 7 6 



2-30 14 3 



362 3 - 



190 - - 



279 - - 



181 8 - 



80 - - 



25 7 5 



72 13 8 



223 19 8 

 85 14 9 



32,243 - 4 



£. s. d. 



5,845 - - 



2,748 15 9 



4,617 18 10 



200 - - 



500 - - 



288 14 9 



62 10 4 



258 2 4 



1,323 - 9 



114 9 - 



213 5 7 



497 10 - 



103 17 6 



839 - 10 



266 5 5 



94 13 5 



333 11 5 



2,452 16 - 



289 19 5 



552 18 6 



162 14 6 



31 10 - 



3,043 14 7 



267 12 10 



503 12 3 



771 16 6 



614 18 4 



176 2 9 



ESTIMATED 



CHARGE, 

 Lady-day 1842 



to 

 Lady-day 1843. 



«. d. 



£. 



5,820 



2,700 



4,850 



200 



£00 



800 



60 



400 



340 - - 



1,400 - - 



210 - - 



600 - - 



110 - - 



840 - - 



200 - - 



60 - - 



350 - - 



2,900 - - 



300 - - 



700 - - 



3,000 

 200 

 600 

 700 

 800 

 100 



1,500 



50 



650 



3.50 



600 



400 

 600 

 150 

 400 

 800 

 80 



100 



350 



33,110 - 



Surplus in hand 



£..36.321 



82,243 



4,078 2 11 



