

BRITISH MUSEUM. 



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

 ' dated 9 June 1859;— -/or, 



AN ACCOUNT " of the Income and Expenditure of the British Museum 

 for the Financial Year ended the 31st day of March 1859 ; of the Estimated 

 Charges and Expenses for the Year ending the 31st day of March 1860; 

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

 Persons admitted to visit the Museum in each Year from 1853 to 1858, 

 both Years inclusive ; together with a Statement of the Progress made in 

 the Arrangement of the Collections, and an Account of Objects added 

 to them, in the Year 1858." 



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

 31 March 1859. 



n.-ACCOUNT OF BRIDGEWATER FUND, for the same Period. 



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



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



v.— ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same Period. 



VI ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE for the Year ending 31 March 1860, and of GRANT 



required, compared with the SUMS Granted for the Year ended 31 March 1859. 



VII.. — RETURN of the Number of Persons admitted to , visit the British Museum in 

 each Year from 1853 to 1858, both Years inclusive. 



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



Account of Objects added to them, in ihe Year 1858. 



(Lord John Russell.) 



Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 

 17 June 1859. 



S6 — Sess. 2. 



