ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



of the BRITISH MUSEUM, for the Purchase of Antiquities at ihe Bernal Sale, and for Excavations, iN:c. 

 ended on the 31st March 1856. 





By Expenditure under the following Heads, &c. : 



1. Salaries . - - as per Explanatory Statement below* - 



2. House Expenses ----- ditto - - - - 



3. Purchases and Acquisitions - - ditto - - - - 



4. Bookbinding, Cabinets, &c. - - ditto - - - - 

 6. Printing Catalogues, making Casts, kc. ditto - - - - 

 6. Miscellaneous ditto - . - - 



By Expenditure for Excavations, &c., in Assyria, and Transport of Marbles - 



By Expenditure for Bernal Collection .-....- 



By Balance on the 31st March 1856, carried to Account for 1856-7 



£. 



EXPENDITURE. 



grants. 







£. 



26,058 



2,480 



14,697 



12,025 



1,780 



96 



s. 

 13 

 11 



7 

 15 



5 

 13 



d. 



2 



6 

 2 

 6 

 4 



8 



£. i'. d. 

 2(5,150 - - 



2,850 - - 

 13,190 - - 

 12,740 - - 



2,800 - - 

 300 - - 





57,139 



882 



6 

 18 



4 

 3 



58,030 - - 











58,022 

 3,981 



4 

 16 



7 







62,004 

 15,176 



6 



7 

 6 







77,180 



6 



1 





Explanatory Siatement of the Expeuditure in tte above Account — continued. 



Brought forward 



4. Bookbinding, Cabinets &c. 



Bookbinding for Printed Books ... 



„ Manuscripts ... 



„ Prints and Dramngs 



„ Secretary's £ind other Departments 



Preparing, &c. Natural History ... 

 Cabinets for Botany ..... 

 Cabinets for Coins ..... 

 Repairing and fixing Antiquities ... 

 Expenses of Photographic Room ... 



5. Printing Catalogues, 

 Making Casts, &c. . 



Synopsis .---.. 

 Catalogues of Manuscripts ... 

 Catalogues of Zoology - . . . 

 Preparing Catalogues of Fishes and Insects 

 Catalogues of and Drawings from Antiquities 

 Tickets, Regulations, &c. ... 

 Moulds and Casts from Marbles 



£. 



s. 



d. 



6,897 



13 



3 



1,200 



16 



10 



103 



4 



9 



168 



8 



3 



986 



15 



6 



74 



- 



- 



69 



13 



9 



2,326 



10 



7 



198 



12 



7 



197 



5 



6 



97 



- 



6 



507 



6 



11 



499 



14 



- 



14 



2 



4 



54 



5 



10 



410 



10 



3 



6. Miscellaneous ... Law Expenses, Fees, &c. .----- - 



Excavations, &c., in Assyria, and Transport of Marbles, under Colonel Sir H. C. Rawlinson, k.c.b. 



Pdrchase of the Bernal Collection 



Total Expenditure in the Year 1855/6 - - - £• 62,004 - 7 



£. s. d. 

 43,236 11 10 



12,025 15 6 



1,780 5 4 



96 13 8 



882 18 3 



3,981 16 - 



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