ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



ESTABLISHMENT. 

 18 5 9-60. 



VI.— 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 1860. 



£. 77,425. 



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 186Q, under the following Heads : 





Required for the Year 





Granted for the Year 





18 69-6 0. 





18 5 8-9. 



I. Salaries : 



£. s. d. 



£. s. d. 



£. 



s. d. 



£. s. d. 



I. Officers of the Ordinary Establishment 



8,050 - - 





7,700 



- - 





(Keeper of the Botanical Department) - - - 



— 





675 



- - 





2. Assistants -------- 



10,800 - - 





10,500 



- - 





3. Transcribers .--.-.. 



2,300 - - 





2,000 



- - 





4. Attendants and Servants . . - - - 



11,200 - - 





10,300 



— — 





5. Police ---.--_. 



800 - - 





800 



- _ 





6. Persons paid daily or weekly - - . - 



1,900 - - 





1,600 



- - 





7. Attendance on Stoves ------ 



900 - - 





1,000 



- - 





8. Retired Allowances ------ 



1,650 - - 



37,500 - - 



1,550 



- - 



36,025 - - 











II. House Expenses : 





' 









1. Rates and Taxes ------- 



- - 





400 



_ _ 





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



400 - - 





450 



^ _ 



, 



3. Coals, Coke and Fagofs ----- 



900 - - 





1,300 



_ _ 





4. Candles, Oil and Gas 



360 - - 





400 



_ _ 





6. Stationery - -.- 



800 - - 





700 



_ _ 





(5. Incidents -----_.. 



800 - - 



3,620 - - 



600 



- - 









3,850 - - 



III. Purchases and Acquisitions : 











1. Printed Books ----_-. 



10,000 - - 





10,000 



_ _ 





2. Manuscripts -----_. 



2,600 - - 





2,500 



_ _ 





3. Books for the Department of Manuscripts 



50 - - 





25 



_ _ 





4. Minerals 



800 - - 





500 



_ _ 





5. Books for the Department of Minerals 



■20 - - 





20 



_ _ 





6. Fossils 



800 - ,- 





800 



_ 





7. Books for the Department of Geology - - . 



20 - - 





20 



_ _ 





8. Zoological Specimens 



1,600 - - 





1,600 







9. Booksfor the Department of Zoology - 



25 - - 





25 







10. Bofanical Specimens - ^ - 



150 - - 





150 







11. Books for the Department of Botany - - . 



25 - - 





50 



_ _ 





12. Coins and Antiquities ----.. 



3,000 - - 





3,000 



_ 





13. Books for the Department of Antiquities 



60 - - 





50 







14. Prints and Drawings ----.. 



2,000 - - 





2,000 







15. Books for the Department of Prints and Drawings 



15 - - 





10 







16. Freight and Carriage ----.. 



1,000 - - 





1,000 











21,955 - - 







21,650 - - 





- 



. 



. 



Carried forward --..£_ 



63,075 - - 



61,625 - - 



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