ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



ESTABLISHMENT. 

 18 53-4. 



V.-— 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 1854. 



£. 55,840. 



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 1854, under the following Heads ; 





Required for the Year 



Granted for the Year 





1853-4. 



1852-3. 



I. Salaries: 



£. 



£. 



£. 



£. 



1. Officers of the Ordinary Estahlishment - 



5,825 





5,825 





2. Officers for the Banksian Collection 



575 





575 





3. Assistants - - - 



8,500 





8,699 





4. Transcribers employed in printed Book 

 Department . . - - - 



800 





760 





5. Attendants and Servants . . - 



7,500 





7,209 





6. Attendants on Stoves, and Labourers 



1,500 





1,200 





7. Retired Allowances - - - . 



350 



25 050 



350 



24,618 



II. House Expenses : 





A* V jV/ tJ\J 







1. Rates and Taxes - - - - - 



400 





300 





2. Repairs, Fittings, Implements, &c. 



170 





170 





3. Coals, Coke and Fagots - . - 



900 





900 





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



175 





175 





5. Stationery ------ 



450 





300 





6. Incidents 



800 



2,895 



500 



2,346 









III. Purchases and Acquisitions : 











1. Printed Books 



2,500 





6,000 





2. Manuscripts ------ 



3,500 





3,000 





3. Books for Department of MSS. 



50 





100 





4. Minerals and Fossils - . - - 



1,200 





1,200 





6. Books for the Department of Minerals - 



50 





60 





6. Zoological Specimens - - - - 



1,500 





1,000 





7. Books for the Department of Zoology - 



25 





25 





8. Botanical Specimens - - - - 



200 





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 





100 





12. Prints and Engravings - - - - 



1,200 





1,500 





13. Books for the Department of Prints and 

 Engravings 



25 





25 





14. Freight and Carriage . . - - 



600 



13,875 



200 



15,385 





- 



. 



Carried forward - - - £. 



41,820 



42,348 



