ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



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



ended on the 



To Balance on the 1st April 1858, viz.: 



£. , s. d. 



£. s. d. 





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



16,325 3 - 



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Ditto - - ditto - - Cuneiform Inscriptions - - - 



1,894 2 - 



18,219 5 - 











- Amount Granted for the Year 1858/9, per Appropriation Act, 21 & 22 

 Vict., c. 107, viz: — 









For the Establishment ..--..-- 



77,725 - - 







Retired Allovrances --------- 



1,550 - - 



79,275 - - 







• 





- 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 



127 18 - 







Ditto other Museum Publications 



219 15 6 











1,247 13 6 







£. 



98,741 18 6 





♦EXPLANATORY STATEMENT of the Expenditure in the above Account. 



1. Salaries 



2. House Expenses 



r Officers of the Ordinary Establishment 

 Officers of the Banksian Collection 

 Assistants - - - - - 



Transcribers . - . . 



' Attendants and Servants 



Police - . - . - 



Persons paid daily or weekly 

 Attendance on Stoves - ■ - 



^ Retired Allowances . . - 



' Rates and Taxes - - - • 



Repairs, Fittings, Implements, &c. 

 Coals, Coke, and Fagots 

 Candles, Oil, and Gas Light - 

 Stationery - - - - . 

 Incidents - - - . . 



3. Purchases ANcAcauisiTiONSc 



Printed Books -.-...■. 

 Manuscripts ------. 



Books for Department of MSS. - . . - 

 IMlnerals -■•---.._ 

 Fossils ---..... 



Books for the Department of Geology ... 

 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 ----.. 



£. s. 



7,690 - 



393 14 



~ 9,<)49 1 



1,983 18 



10,138 13 



695 9 



1,737 7 



866 6 



1,550 - 



368 

 277 

 864 



331 12 

 716 18 

 695 7 



10,020 



1,320 



25 



518 19 



792 5 



40 - - 



1,495 15 3 



31 9 4 



149 17 8 



45 8 - 



2,792 17 6 



51 9 6 



1,999 19 11 



9 19 - 



536 1 - 



Carried forward . - 



£. 



35,004 11 2 



3,253 2 6 



19,830 2 3 



58,087 15 10 



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