BRITISH MUSEUM. 



RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons, 

 dated lo April 1856;— /or, 



ACCOUNTS " of the Income and Expenditure of the British Museum 

 for the Financial Year ended the 31st day of March 1856 ; of the Estimated 

 Charges and Expenses for the Year ending the 31st day of March 1857; 

 of the Sum necessary to discharge the same ; and of the Number of 

 Persons admitted to visit the Museum from Christmas 1849 to Christmas 

 1855 ; together with a Statement of the Progress made in the Arrange- 

 ment of the Collections, and an Account of Objects added to them, 

 in the Year 1855." 



I. — GENERAL ACCOUNT of Receipts and Expenditure for the Financial Year ended 

 31 March 1856. 



II.— ACCOUNT OF BRIDGEWATER FUND, for the same Period. 

 III.— ACCOUNT OF FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same Period. 

 IV.— ACCOUNT OF SWINEY FUND, for the same Period. 



v.— ACCOUNT OF DR. BIRCH'S LEGACY, for the same Period. 



VI ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE for the Year ending 31 March 1857, and of GRANT 



required, compared with the SUMS Granted for the Year ended 31 March 1856. 



VIL — RETURN of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the British Museum from 

 Christmas 1849 to Christmas 1855. 



VIII. — STATEMENT of Progress made in the Arrangement of the Collections, and an 

 Account of Objects added to them, in the Year 1855. 



{Lord John Russell.) 



Ordered, hy The House of Commons, to he Printed, 

 11 April 1856. 



147. 



