ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



I. AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt and Expenditure of the Grants of Parliament for the Salaries and Expenses of 



To Balance ON the 1st April 1853, viz. : 



Oil Account of the Vote for the Establishment . - . " 

 On - ditto - for Excavations ------ 



- Amount Granted for the Year 1853/4, per Appropriation Act 16 & 17 Vict. 



c. 110, viz,: — 



For the Establishment -------- 



Retired Allowance of Secretary - -• 



- Sums Received under the following Heads in aid of the Grant for the 



Establishment, viz. : 



Dividends on Stock, 30,000 Z., 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 

 Proceeds of the Sale of the Synopsis ------ 



Ditto other Museum Publications ------ 



Ditto Casts of Marbles, &c. ....--- 



£. s. d. 

 10,217 .6 11 



743 2 2 



55.400 - - 



c;o - - 



900 - - 

 404 1 10 

 142 7 - 

 456 17 3 



Amount Granted for Excavations, &c., in Assyria, and Transport of Marbles per Appro- 

 priation Act 16 & 17 Vict. c. 110 - - -. 



£. s. d. 



10,960 9 1 



55,840 - 



1,903 (> 1 

 1,500 - - 



70,203 15 2 



EXPLANATORY STATEMENT of the Expenditure in the above Account. 



1. Salaries 



2. House Expenses 



'Officers of the Ordiaaiy Establishment ... 

 Officers of the Banksian Collection ... 



Assistants - - - -- 

 - ' Transcribers employed in the Printed Book Department 

 Attendants and Servants . - - - . 



Attendants on Stoves and Labourers ... 

 Retired Allowances .--..- 



Rates and Taxes - 

 Repairs, Fittings, &c. - 

 Coals, Coke, and Fagots 

 Candles, Oil, and Gas Light ■ 

 Stationery - - - 

 ^Incidents - - - 



5. Purchases and AcauisixiONS 



Manuscripts -.-.-- 



Books for Department of MSS. - . - 

 Printed Books, &c. - - . - 

 Minerals and Fossils - . - . . 

 Books for the Department of Minerals 

 Zoological Specimens - - - - - 

 Books for the Department of Zoology 

 Botanical Specimens . - - . - 

 Books for the Department of Botany 

 Coins and Antiquities . - - . - 



Books for the Department of Antiquities - 

 Prints and Drawings . - - . - 



Books for the Department of Prints and Drawings 

 .Freight and Carriage - - - - - 



£. s. d. 



5,550 - - 



375 - - 



8,654 3 7 



764 15 7 



7,328 6 10 



1,368 4 9 



350 - - 



302 9 8 

 96 16 - 



857 5 - 



253 12 8 



361 14 10 



615 - 7 



3,540 15 



53 15 

 2,921 19 

 1,154 11 



50 13 



1,482 14 



1 2 



24 19 



13 10 

 2,154 17 



85 10 8 

 1,198 16 6 



24 7 3 

 131 11 n 



Carried forward 



£. 



d. 



24,590 10 it 



2,486 IS 9 



12,839 4 4 



399,16 13 10 



