ACCOUNTS, &;C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



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



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



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



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



Fourth Instalment for Quarter ending Lady-day 1843, not received - 7,584 - - 



One Year's Dividends on 80,000 /. Reduced Annuities, deducting a half-year's Property 

 Tax not yet repaid ____---___._ 



One Year's Dividends on 2,872 1. 6 s. 10 d. Three per Cent. Consols, bequeathed by the 

 late Lord Farnborough, for pui-poses named in his Lordsliip's Will, deducting a half- 

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



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

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

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



Rent of a Real Estate also bequeathed hy 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. d. 

 4,078 2 11 

 7,946 10 - 



22,762 - - 



886 17 6 



84 18 3 



884 2 - 



40 10 

 387 11 



67 II 

 286 - 

 349 2 



37,268 6 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 Christmas 1842; and ESTIMATED CHARGE fi-om 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 employed in Printed Book De- 

 partment -------- 



Expense consequent upon removing Library to new 

 Buildings -------- 



New Catalogue of Prmted Books ; viz. 



Supernumeraries employed in preparing - 

 Bills for printing ------ 



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 Xanthus 

 Repairs, not paid by the Board of AYorks 

 Stationery -------- 



Bookbinding ------- 



Unrolling, binding, &e. 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 ------- 



Cabmets for Coins and Gems - . . . 



Purchase of Prints and Engravings - - - 



Printing and stitchmg Synopsis - - . . 



(Carried fu'ward - - - £. 



ESTIMATED 

 EXPENDITURE, 



Christmas 1841 



to 

 Christmas 1842. 



£. s. d. 



5,841 19 8 



3,084 18 - 



4,939 17 10 



200 - - 



500 - - 



348 1 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 - 

 805 7 



662 12 

 120 7 

 302 12 

 2,735 9 

 235 - 



6 



7 



7 



2 

 7 

 871 11 11 



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 

 871 17 8 



ACTUAL 

 EXPENDITURE, 



Christmas 1841 



to 

 Christmas 1842. 



£. s. d. 



6,845 - - 



2,936 16 - 



4,843 12 7 



200 - - 



500 - - 



342 6 9 



67-4 



633 16 6 



845 19 - 



1,268 15 8 

 301 8 6 

 250 6 6 

 844 5 - 

 83 9 10 

 823 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 



33 12 



47 10 



1,598 19 



10 

 3 

 6 



39 2 9 

 440 15 - 

 471 8 8 



33,374 9 5 



31,668 14 1 



ESTIMATED 



CHARGE, 

 Lady-day 1843 



to 

 Lady-day 1844. 



s. d. 



£. 



5,845 



2,900 



4,850 



200 



500 



400 



60 - - 



600 - - 



1,200 - - 



260 - - 



100 - - 



80 - - 



320 - - 



650 - - 



140 - - 



200 - - 



3,350 - - 



60 - - 



1,400 - - 



4,600 

 200 

 700 

 700 

 700 

 100 

 100 



1,500 



100 



60 



800 



480 



33,025 - - 



