ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



ESTABLISHMENT. 



1854-5. 



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 1855. 



£. 55,225. 



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

 Year ending on the 31st day of Marchl855, under the following Heads ; 





Required for the Year 





Grauted for the Year 







18 5 4-5. 





18 5 3-4. 



I. Salaries : 



£. s. 



(/. 



£. s. d. 



£. 



*. d. 



£. s. d. 



1. Officers of the Ordinary Establishment 



5,825 - 



- 





0,825 



- - 





2. Ofiicers for the Banksian Collections - - - 



575 - 



- 





575 



- - 





3. Assistants -------. 



8,700 - 



- 





8,600 



- - 





4. Transcribers employed in printed Book Department 



800 - 



- 





800 



- - 





5. Attendants and Servants - . - . - 



7,600 - 



- 





7,500 



- - 





6. Attendants on Stoves, and Labourers - - - 



1,500 - 



- 





1,500 



- - 





7, Retired Allowances ------ 



350 - 



- 



25,350 - - 



350 



- - 



25,050 - — ■ 



II. House Expenses : 











1. Rates and Taxes 



400 - 



- 





400 



- - 





•2. Repairs, Fittings, Implements, &;c, - ' - 



100 - 



- 





170 



- - 





3. Coals, Coke and Fagots - . . - - 



900 - 



- 





900 



- - 





4. Candles, Oil and Gas 



200 - 



- 





175 



- - 





5. Stationery - - - - - - - ' - 



450 - 



- 





450 



- - 





6. Incidents -------- 



SOO - 



- 



2,850 - - 



SOO 



— - 



2,895 - - 



III. Purchases and Acquisitions : 











? 



1. Printed Books - - - - - - ■ - 



2,000 - 



- 





2,500 



- - 





-2. Manuscripts ...-..- 



3,500 - 



- 





3,500 



— — 





3. Books for Department of MSS. - ~ - - 



50 - 



- 





50 



- 





4. Minerals and Fossils ------ 



1,200 - 



- 





1,200 



— - 





5. Books for Department of Minerals - . - 



25 - 



- 





50 



— - 





6. Zoological Specimens ------ 



1,500 - 



- 





1,500 



- - 





7. Books for Department of Zoology . . - 



— 







25 



- - 





8. Botanical Specimens ------ 



lOU - 



- 





200 



— — 





9. Books for Department of Botany ... 



155 — 



- 





25 



— _ 





10. Coins and Antiquities ------ 



3,500 - 



- 





3,000 



- - 





11. Books for Department of Antiquities - - - 



100 - 



- 





ICO 



- - 





1-2. Prints and Engravings ----- 



2,000 - 



- 





1,200 



- - 





13. Books for Department of Prints and Engravings - 



25 - 



- 





25 



- - 





14. Freight and Carriage ------ 



1,000 - 



- 



15,155 - - 



500 







- - 



10,875 - - 





- 





- 



i 



Carried forward - - - £. 



- 



43,355 - - 



41,820 - - 



