ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEU 



M. 



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



in Assyria, in the Financial Year 



To Balance ON the 1st April 1855, viz. : 



£. s. 



d. 



£. s. d. 





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



15,463 17 



2 







On - ditto - for Excavations --.._- 



178 7 



3 



15,642 4 5 





- Amount Granted for the Year 1855/6, per Appropriation Act 18 & 19 Vict, 

 c. 129, viz:— 









For the Establishment ----.-._ 



55,830 - 



- 







Retired Allowance of Secretary -----__ 



350 - 



- 



56,180 - - 





- 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 



900 - 



_ 







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



181 19 



3 







Ditto other Museum Publications ------ 



102 13 



9 







Ditto Casts of Marbles, &c 



89 3 



3 







„ Appointment Stamps -.---_- 



12 - 



- 



1,285 16 3 













„ U nexpended Advances ----... 



- 





90 9 5 





- Amount Granted for the Purchase of the Bernal Antiquities - - - 



" 



£. 



3,981 16 - 







77,180 6 1 





* EXPLANATORY STATEMENT of the Expenditure in the above Account. 



1. Salaries 



2. HotrsE Expenses 



Officers of the Ordinary 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 ... 



3. Purchases ANDAcacisiTioNS ( 



Printed Books ...... 



Manuscripts ...... 



Books for Department of MSS. - - - 

 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 - . - . _ 



£. 8. 



d. 



£. s. 



d. 



6,290 16 



5 







675 - 



- 







9,150 17 



- 







994 11 



7 







7,745 15 



11 







1,836 17 



2 







464 15 



1 











26,058 13 



2 



271 3 







142 8 



9 







964 10 



- 







238 8 



6 







444 2 



10 







419 18 



6 











2,480 11 



6 







4,391 4 



4 







2,716 13 



3 







54 17 



6 







736 5 



9 







39 17 



9 







1,437 12 



10 







27 4 



3 







139 17 



10 







25 7 



- 







3,030 12 



- 







154 13 



6 







1,498 - 



5 







20 9 



- 







424 11 



9 









£. 



14,697 7 



" 



?ard . - . 



43,236 11 



10 



