ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



ESTABLISHMENT. 

 18 5 2-3. 



AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to defray the Salahies and Expenses of the British 

 Museum, for the Year ending on the 31st day of March 1853. 



£. 52,343 



AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the British 

 Museum, for the Year ending on the 31st day of March 1853, under the following Heads : 





Required for the Year 



Granted for the Year 





1852-3. 



1851-2. 



I. Salaries: 



£. 



£. 



£. 



£. 



1. OflScers of the Ordinary Estahlishment - 



5,825 





5,825 





2. Officers for the Banksian Collection 



3. Assistants .----- 



675 

 8,699 ^ 





576 





4. Transcribers employed in printed Book 

 Department . . - . - 



6. Attendants and Servants ... 



760 J 

 7,209 





9,459 

 7,209 





6. Attendants on Stoves, and Labourers 



1,200 





700 





7. Retired Allowances - - - . 



350 



24,618 



350 



24,119 



II. House Expenses : 









1. Rates and Taxes 



300 





250 



• 



2. Repairs, Fittings, Implements, &c. 



170 





170 





3. Coals, Coke and Fagots . . - 



900 





900 





4. Candles, Oil and Gas-Light - - - 



5. Stationery 



6. Incidents -.---- 



175 

 300 

 500 



" 345 



175 

 290 

 400 



2,185 



III. Purchases and Acquisitions : 





^•KfXtJ 





1. Manuscripts ----.- 



3,000 





2,000 





2. Books for Department of MSS. 



100 





100 





3. Printed Books ■..--- 



5,000 





3,000 





4. Minerals and Fossils . . . - 



1,200 





1,200 





5. Books for the Department of Minerals - 



60 





60 





6. Zoological Specimens - - - - 



1,000 





1,000 





7. Books for the Department of Zoology - 



25 





25 





8. Botanical Specimens . . - - 



150 





150 





9. Books for the Department of Botany 



25 





25 





10. Coins and Antiquities - - - . 



3,000 





3,000 





11. Books for the Department of Antiquities 



100 





150 





12. Prints and Engravings - - - - 



1,500 





1,500 





13. Books for the Department of Prints and 

 Engravings . . - - - 



25 





20 





14. Freight and Carriage - - - - 



200 



15,385 



600 



12,830 





, 



. 





Carried forward - - - £. 



42,348 



39,134 



