ACCOUNTS, &C. OP BRITISH MUSEUM. 



I.— GENERAL ACCOUNT OF ALL RECEIPTS from Christmas 1841 to Chiistmas 1842. 



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



Fourth Instalment of Parliamentary Grant for 1841-42 - _ - . _ 



Parliamentary Grant for 1842-43 ------ £.30,336 - - 



Foui-th Instalment for Quarter endmg Lady-day 1843, not received - 7,584 - - 



One Year's Dividends on 30,000 1. Reduced Annuities, deducting a half-year's Property 

 Tax not yet repaid ---------.._ 



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, deducting a half- 

 year's Property Tax not yet repaid -_-____._ 



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

 late Earl of Bridgewater, for purposes named in his Lordship's Will, deducting a half- 

 year's Property Tax not yet repaid ----.--.- 



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 received by the sale of other Museum Publications --..__ 

 Cash 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. 

 4,078 2 

 7,946 10 



d. 

 11 



22,752 - 



- 



886 17 



6 



84 18 



3 



384 2 



40 10 

 387 11 



67 11 

 286 - 

 349 2 



37,263 5 11 



Cash received by the Sale of duplicate Coins 



^.807 12 9 



This Sum has been expended in the purchase of other Coins during the Year. 



II.— ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE from Christmas 1841 to Christmas 1842; ACTUAL EXPEN- 

 DITURE from Christmas 1841 to Cluistmas 1842; and ESTIMATED CHARGE from Lady- 

 day 1843 to Lady-day 1844. 



Salaries 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 Depart- 

 ment -------- 



Supernumeraries emploj'ed m Printed Book De- 

 partment -------- 



Expense consequent upon removing Library to new 

 Buildings -------- 



New Catalogue of Printed Books ; viz. 



Supernumeraries employed in preparing - 

 Bills for prmting ------ 



Rent, Rates and Taxes ------ 



Coals, Coke and Faggots - - - - 



Candles, Oil and Gas Light Companj"^ - - - 

 Incidental Expenses of a miscellaneous nature 

 Freight and Carriage, including Freight of Fossils 



from India and Marbles from Xantlius 

 Repairs, not paid by the Board of Works 

 Stationery -------- 



Bookbinding -_-_-_- 



Unrolling, binding, &c. Papyri - - - - 



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 Minerals 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. - - - 



Purchase of Books for the use of the department of 



Antiquities ------- 



Cabinets for Coins and Gems - - . - 



Purchase of Prints and Engravings - - - 



Printing and stitching Synopsis - - - _ 



(Carried forward - - - £. 



ESTIMATED 



EXPENDITURE, 



Christmas 1841 



to 

 Christmas 1842. 



£. s. d. 



5,841 19 8 



3,084 18 - 



4,939 17 10 



200 - - 



500 - - 



348 I 6 



45 10 8 



591 7 7 



358 2 3 



1,430 16 4 



959 10 8 



198 1 4 



918 14 7 



106 3 - 

 305 7 



6 



7 

 7 



2 

 7 

 871 11 11 



662 12 

 120 7 

 302 12 

 2^735 9 

 235 - 



156 14 1 



141 4 10 



2,847 9 8 



216 7 9 



1,173 18 10 



681 9 5 



699 16 6 



119 12 7 



50 6 9 



1,605 10 6 



57 3 7 

 496 12 6 

 371 17 8 



33,374 9 5 



ACTUAL 

 EXPENDITURE, 



Christmas 1841 



to 

 Christmas 1842. 



d. 



£. s. 



6,845 - 



2,936 16 



4,843 12 



200 - 



500 - 



342 6 



57-4 



533 16 6 



345 19 - 



1,268 15 8 

 801 8 6 

 250 6 6 

 344 5 - 

 83 9 10 

 323 18 9 



1,012 13 10 

 135 6 8 

 195 12 10 



2,604 16 11 

 129 15 6 



1,096 6 2 



150 18 - 



141 3 



3,056 9 



135 14 



816 15 



670 3 



714 16 



83 12 



47 10 



1,598 19 



39 2 9 

 440 15 - 

 471 8 8 



31,668 14 1 



ESTIMATED 

 CHARGE, 



Lady-day 1843 



to 

 Lady-day 1844. 



S. d. 



£. 



5,845 



2,900 



4,850 



200 



600 



400 



60 - - 



600 - - 



1,200 - - 



250 - - 



100 - - 



80 - - 



320 - - 



6.50 - - 



140 - - 



200 - - 



3,350 - - 



60 .- - 



1,400 - - 



4,500 - - 



200 - - 



700 - - 



700 - - 



700 - - 



100 - - 



100 - - 



1,500 - - 



100 - - 



50 - - 



800 - - 



480 - - 



33,025 - - 



