ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C, OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



ESTABLISHMENT. 

 185 5-6. 



VI. — 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 1856. 



£.56,180. 



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 1856, under the following Heads : 





Required for the Year 

 18 55-6. 



Granted for the Year 

 185 4-5. 



I. Salaries : 



£. 



s. d. 



£. s. d. 



£. 



s. d. 



£. s. d. 



1. Officers of the Ordinary Establishment 



5,825 



- - 





5,825 



- - 





2. Officers for the Banksian Collections - - - 



575 



- - 





575 



- - 





3. Assistants -------- 



9,000 



- - 





8,700 



- - 





4. Transcribers employed in printed Book Department 



800 



- - 





800 



- - 





5. Attendants and Servants . . - . - 



7,600 



- - 





7,600 



_ .- 





6. Attendants on Stoves, and Labourers - - - 



2,000 



- - 





1,500 



- - 





7. Retired Allowances ------ 



350 



- - 



26,150 - - 



350 



- - 



25,350 - - 



II. House Expenses : 











1. Rates and Taxes ------- 



400 



- - 





400 



- - 





2. Repairs, Fittings, Implements, &c. ... 



200 



- - 





100 



- - 





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



900 



- - 





900 



- - 





4. Candles, Oil and Gas 



300 



- - 





200 



- - 





6. Stationery -------- 



6. Incidents -------- 



450 

 600 



- - 



2,850 - - 



450 



800 



- - 



2,850 - - 



III. Purchases and Acquisitions : 













1. Printed Books ------- 



2. Manuscripts ------- 



2,500 

 2,500 



- — 





2,000 

 3,500 



- - 





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



50 



- - 





50 



— 





4. Minerals and Fossils ------ 



1,000 



- - 





1,200 



— 





5. Books for Department of Minerals - t - 



6. Zoological Specimens ------ 



40 

 1,500 



_ _ 





25 



1,500 



- - 





7. Books for Department of Zoology ... 



8, Botanical Specimens ------ 



25 

 200 



_ _ 





100 



- - 



1 



9. Books for Department of Botany ... 

 10. Coins and Antiquities ------ 



50 

 3,000 



: : 





155 



3,500 



- - 





1 1 . Books for Department of Antiquities - - - 



100 



- - 





100 



- - 





12. Prints and Engravings - - - _ - 



1,500 



- - 





2,000 



- - 







25 



- - 





25 



- - 





14. Freight and Carriage ------ 



700 



- - 



13,190 - - 



1,000 



— - 



1 5 1 55 _ _ 





- 



- 



- 



- 





Carried forward - - - £. 



42,190 - - 



43,355 - - 



