ACCOUNTS, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



VI.— AMOUNT OF GRANT required for the Sendee of the Year ending Lady-day 1844. 



£. *. d. 



Estimated Charge from Lady-day 1843 to Lady-day 1844 - ~ - - - - 34 975 _' _' 



Deduct Sums available for the Service of that year, as specified \mder No. V. - 2^399 9 11 



Add the Fraction of £. 1 



£. 



82,575 10 1 

 - 9 11 



82,576 - 



VII.— ACCOUNT OF THE EXPENDITURE OF A SPECIAL PARLIAMENTARY GRANT 



received during the Year to Christmas 1842. 



£. s. d. 

 Received the Amount of Grant, made 15 July 1842 ----... 4 740 _ _ 



Paid Messrs. Smith for a Collection of Engravings - _ _ - 

 Mr. Gould for a Collection of Zoology from Australia 

 Mr. Cuming for a Collection of Zoology from the Philippine Islands 

 Mr. Tattam for a Collection of Syriac Manuscripts - - - 

 Mr. Burgon for a Collection of Antiquities _ _ _ - 



Received on accoimt of Grant for the purchase of Land and Houses required for the 

 purposes of the nevF Buildings, made 13 July 1842 ------_ 



Paid for the Leases, Fixtures, &c., of Two Houses in Great Russell-street 

 Paid Lavk^ and Surveying Charges - - . - _ - _ 



2,390 - - 



350 - - 



650 - - 



750 - - 



600 - - 



4,740 



1,644 12 2 



1,594 15 - 

 49 17 2 



1,644 12 2 



VIII.— RETURN of the NUMBER OF PERSONS ADMITTED TO VISIT THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 

 Persons admitted to view the General Collections from Christmas 1836 to Cliristmas 1842. 





From 



From 



From 



From 



From 



From 





Christmas 1836 



Christmas 1837 



Christmas 1838 



Christmas 1839 



Christmas 1840 



Christmas 1841 





Chi-istmas 1837. 



Christmas 1838. 



Christmas 1839. 



Christmas 1840. 



Christmas 1841. 



Christmas 1842. 





NO 



N" 



N» 



N» 



N° 



N» 



January 



11,042 



8,861 



14,658 



11,859 



9,476 



20,471 



February 



13,769 



8,311 



11,625 



11,072 



7,685 



22,068 



March - 



48,557 



16,041 



14,973 



13,691 



16,059 



40,478 



April - 



21,007 



40,272 



40,523 



30,671 



80,697 



36,444 



May 



70,122 



18,073 



8.5,711 



21,027 



28,208 



57,069 



June 



27,044 



49,447 



23,511 



41,529 



36,099 



56,107 



July 



38,191 



34,215 



46,584 



46,713 



38,769 



87,138 



August - 



28,238 



26,247 



28,855 



24,224 



44,241 



85,989 



September - 



18,866 



14,060 



21,836 



12,872 



26,863 



36,925 



October 



17,210 



17,677 



15,531 



14,917 



24,112 



26,578 



November 



9,974 



10,467 



9,884 



8,295 



19,489 



18,719 



December 



17,181 



22,337 



17,159 



11,159 



37,886 



69,782 





821,151 



266,008 



280,850 



247,929 



319,374 



647,718 



Number of Visits made to the Reading Rooms, for tlie purpose of Study or Research, about 1,950 in 

 1810; 4,300 in 1815; 8,820 in 1820; 22,800 in 1826 ; 81,200 in 1830 ; 63,466 in 1836 ; 67,642 in 1840 ; 

 69,303 m 1841 ; 71,706 in 1842. 



Number of Visits, by Artists and Students, to the Galleries of Sculpture, for the purpose of Study, 

 about 4,938 in 1831 ; 6,081 in 1835; 6,354 in 1840; 6,655 in 1841 ; 5,627 in 1842. 



Number of Visits made to the Print Room, about 4,400 in 1832; 1,065 in 1835; 6,717 in 1840; 7,744 in 

 1841 ; 8,781 in 1842. 



'Mem. — The Public are admitted to the British Museum on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, between 

 the hours of Ten and Four, from the 7th September to the 1st May ; and between the hours of Ten 

 and Seven, from the 7th May to the 1 st September. 



Persons applying for the purpose of Study or Research are admitted to the Reading Rooms every 

 day, from Nine o'clock in the Morning untU Four in the Afternoon, between the 7th of September 

 and the 1st of May, and until Seven in the Evening between the 7th of May and the 1st of Sep- 

 tember. 



Artists are admitted to study in the Galleries of Sculpture, between the hours of Nine and Four, 

 every day, except Satui'day. 



The Museum is closed from the 1st to the 7th Januaiy, the 1st to 7th May, and the 1st to 

 7th September inclusive, on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and Christmas-day, and also on any 

 Special Fast or Thanksgiving Days ordered by Authority. 



British Museum, \ 

 7 January 1843. J 



Mawer Cowtan, 



Accountant. 



