ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



ESTABLISHMENT. 



1856-7. 



VI. — AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to defray the SAiiARiEs and Expenses of the Beitish Museum, 



for the Year ending on the 31st day of March 1857. 



£. 60,000. 



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 1857, under the following Heads : 



I. Salaries : 



1. Officers of the Ordinary Establishment 



2. Officers for the Banksian Collections - - - 



3. Assistants -------- 



4. Transcribers employed in printed Book Department 



5. Attendants and Servants - - - - - 



6. Attendants on Stoves, and Labourers - - - 



7. Retired Allowances ------ 



II. House Expenses : 



1. Rates and Taxes - - - - - - 



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



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



4. Candles, Oil and Gas ------ 



5. Stationery -------- 



6. Incidents -------- 



III. Purchases and Acquisitions : 



1. Printed Books ------- 



2. Manuscripts ------- 



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



4. Minerals and Fossils ------ 



5. Books for Department of Minerals - . - 



6. Zoological Specimens ------ 



7. Books for Department of Zoology - . - 



8. Botanical Specimens ------ 



9. Books for Department of Botany - . - 



10. Coins and Antiquities ------ 



11. Books for Department of Antiquities - - - 



12. Prints and Engravings - - - - - 



13. Books for Prints and Engravings - - - - 



14. Freight and Carriage ------ 



Carried forward - 



- £. 





Required 



for the Year 



Granted for the Year 





18 5 6-7. 



18 5 5-6. 



£. 



s. d. 



£. s. d. 



£. s. d. 



£. 5. d. 



7,300 



- - 





5,825 - - 





575 



- - 





575 - - 





9,000 



- - 





9,000 - - 





800 



- - 





800 - - 





7,600 



- - 





7,600 - - 





2,000 



- - 





2,000 - - 





1,550 



- - 



28,825 - - 



350 - - 



26,150 - - 









300 



_ — 





400 - - 





150 



- - 





200 - - 





900 



- - 





900 - - 





250 



- - 





300 - - 





450 



- - 





450 - - 





600 



- - 



2,650 - - 



600 - - 



2,850 - - 



2,770 







2,500 - - 



3,000 



- - 





2,500 - - 





50 



- - 





50 - - 





850 



- - 





1,000 - - 





40 



- - 





40* - - 





1,600 



- - 





1,500 - - 





25 



- - 





25 - - 





200 



- - 





200 - - 





50 



■~ - 





50 - - 





3,000 



- - 





3,000 - - 





100 



- - 





100 - - 





1,200 



_ _ 





1,500 - - 





25 



- - 





25 - - 





700 



- - 



13,510 - - 



700 - - 



13,190 - - 



- 



- 



- 



44,985 - - 



42,190 - - 



