ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



I_ j^-]<} ACCOUNT of the Receipt and Expenditure of the Grants of Parliament for the Salaries and Expenses of 



To Balance ON the 1st April 1854, viz. : 



On Account of the Vote for the Establishment . - - - 

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



- Amount Granted for the Year 1854/5, per Appropriation Act 17 & 18 Vict. 



c. 121, 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 1, 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 



Proceeds of the Sale of the Synopsis 



Ditto other Museum Publications 



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



£. 5. d. 

 15,039 4 3 



1,130 6 5 



54,875 - - 

 350 - - 



900 - - 



224 15 9 



97-2 



573 2 10 



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

 priation Act 17 & 18 Vict. c. 121 



£. 



£. s. d. 



16,169 10 8 



55,225 - - 



1,794 18 

 1,500 - 



74,689 9 5 



1. Salaries 



2. House Expenses 



♦EXPLANATORY STATEMENT of the Expenditure in the above Account, 



£. 

 Officers of the Ordinary Establishment ------ 5,337 



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 Oas Light • 

 Stationery - - - 

 Incidents - - - 



3. Purchases ANDAcauisirioNS 



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 3 



575 - - 



9,045 11 10 



667 13 9 



7,506 - 6 



1,800 2 11 



350 - - 



307 17 

 172 17 

 933 17 

 259 1 

 302 9 

 549 3 



3,529 10 



43 4 



2,967 3 



1,202 5 



24 19 



1,503 13 



39 4 



97 14 



160 18 



3,145 - 



138 9 



2,296 1 



24 15 



683 11 



s. d. 



25,281 14 3 



Carried for ward - 



2,525 7 



15,861 11 11 



43,668 13 2 



