ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



I.__AN ACCOUNT of the Receipt and Expendituee of the Grants of Pabliament for the Salaries and 



ended on the 



To Balance on the 1st April 1857, viz. : 



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

 Ditto - - ditto - - Cuneiform Inscriptions . . - 



-Amount Granted for the Year 1857/8, per Appropriation Acts 20 Vict. 

 c. 20, & 20-& 21 Vict. c. 69, viz: — 



For the Establishment 



Retired Allowances -------.. 



- 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 



Proceeds of the Sale of the Synopsis 



Ditto other Museum Publications 



Ditto Casts of Marbles, &c. ----... 



£. s. d. 



15,835 12 1 



899 18 - 



64,850 

 1,550 



900 - - 



162 4 - 



274 12 7 



19 16 1 



Amount Granted for publication of Cuneiform Inscriptions, under the superintendence 



of Sir Henry Rawlinson, k.c.b. 



£. s. d. 



16,735 10 1 



66,400 - - 



1,356 12 8 



1,500 - - 



85,992 2 9 



* 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 - , - 



V^ Retired Allowances ... 



Rates and Taxes - . - - 



Hepairs, Fittings, Implements, &c. 

 Coals, Coke, and Fagots 

 Candles, Oil, and Gas Light - 

 Stationery - - - - - 



, Incidents - - - . . 



3. Pdbcbases ANoAcaUISITIOKS ( 



Printed Books -.-... 

 Manuscripts ------. 



Books for Department of MSS. - - . . 

 Minerals ---.._-, 

 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 Engravings 

 ^Freight and Oarriage --.... 



£. s. 



d. 



£. 



I. d. 



7,006 - 



- 







675 - 



- 







9,593 17 



3 







1,517 18 



8 







9,112 12 



8 







738 2 



6 







1,576 15 



5 







771 9 



7 







1,550 - 



- 



32,441 



16 1 







346 19 



10 







107 17 



1 







1,023 15 



- 







230 11 



7 







642 13 



5 







679 19 



9 



3,031 



16 8 



6,845 14 



7 





2,481 6 



- 







24 15 



6 







500 2 



6 







691 15 



- 







39 14 



9 







1,623 16 



8 







18 2 



1 







96 3 



4 







51 13 



2 







2,975 4 



- 







61 9 



- 







1,200 - 



4 







11 18 



6 







297 13 



7 



16,919 



9 - 





£. 



vard - - - 



52,393 



I 9 



