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



ESTABLISHMENT. 



185 8-9. 



VI.— AIS' ESTIMATE of the Sum required to defiay tlie Saiaeies and Expensis of ihe British Museum 

 for the Year ending on the 31st day of March 1859. 



£.79,275. 



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 1859, under the following Heads : 







Required for the Year 





Granted for the Year 







1858-9. 





18 57-8. 



I. Salaries : 



£. 



s. d. j £. 5. d. 



£. 



s. d. 



£. s. d. 



1. Officers of the Ordinary Establishment 



7,700 



1 



7,300 



- - 





2. Officers of the Banksian Collection - - - 



.575 



- - j 



575 



— — 





3. Assistants -------- 



10,500 



_ _ 1 



10,000 



- — 





4. Transcribers .--_-.- 



2,000 



- - 





1,600 



— ~ 





5. Attendants and Servants . _ - - - 



10,300 



- - 





9,000 



— — 





6. Police 



800 



.. - 





680 



— _ 





7. Persons paid daily or weekly . - - - 



1,600 



- - 





1,600 



- - 





8. Attendance on Stoves ------ 



1,000 



- - 





1,000 



_ _ 





9. Retired Allowances ------ 



1,550 



- - 



36,025 - - 



1,550 



- - 



33,205 - - 



II. House Expenses : 













7 



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



400 



_ — 





400 



_ _ 





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



450 



— _ 





150 



^ _ 





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



1,300 



- - 





1,300 



_ _ 





4. Candles, Oil and Gas 



400 



- - 





300 



_ _ 





5. Stationery -------- 



700 



- - 





600 



_ _ 





6. Incidents ------- 



600 



- - 



T fi ".fl _ _ 



600 



- - 





III. Purchases and Acquisitions : 







'>,0*J\/ "— .~ 







3,250 — - 



1. Printed Books -----.. 



10,000 



- - 





7,000 



_ — 





2. Manuscripts -----_. 



2,500 



- - 





2,500 



— — 





3. Books for the Department of Manuscripts - 



25 



- - 





25 



— _ 





4. Minerals -------- 



500 



- - 





500 



_ 





C. Fossils -----___ 



800 



- - 





700 



_ _ 





6. Books for the Departments of Minerals and-i 



Geology - - - - - _ . . t 



7. Zoological Specimens ---... 



40 



- - 





40 



_ _ 





1,.500 



_ _ 





1,500 







8. Books for the Department of Zoology - - - 



25 



- _ 





25 







9. Botanical Specimens ---... 



150 



_ _ 





100 









50 



_ _ 





50 







11. Coins and Antiquities ----_. 



12. Books for the Department of Antiquities 



3,000 

 50 



- - 





3,000 

 50 



_ „ 





13. Prints and Drawings --,-_. 



14. Books for the Department of Prints and Drawino-s 



2,000 

 10 



- - 





1,200 

 JO 



- - 





16. Freight and Carriage ----._ 



1,000 



- - 



21,650 - - 



1,500 







- - 



18,200 - - 



Carried forward . . . . £ 



- 



- 



- 





61,525 - - 



54,655 - - 



