ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



ESTABLISHMENT. 



185 7-8. 



VI.— AN ESTIMATE of the Sitm required to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the Britis h Museum, 



for the Year ending on the 31st day of March 1858. 



£. 66,400. 



AN ESTIMATE of the Scm required to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum, for the 

 Year ending on the 3 1st day of March 1858, under the following Heads : 



I. Salaries : 



1. Officers of the Ordinary Establishment 



2. Officers for the Banksian Collections - 



3. Assistants - - - - - - - 



4. Transcribers - - - - - 



5. Attendants and Servants - - - - 



6. Police ....... 



7. Persons paid daily or weekly ... 



8. Attendance on Stoves - ... - 



9. Retired Allowances - - - - - 



II. House Expenses : 



1. Rates and Taxes .--..- 



2. Repairs, Fittings, Implements, &c. 



3. Coals, Coke and Fagots . - . . 



4. Candles, Oil and Gas - - - . - 



5. Stationery ---.... 



6. Incidents .------ 



III. Purchases and Acquisitions : 



1. Printed Books ----__ 



2. Manuscripts -.--._ 



3. Books for Department of MSS. - 



4. Minerals ---.-.. 

 3. Fossils ---..._ 



6. Books for Department of Minerals 



7. Zoological Specimens ----- 



8. Books for Department of Zoology 



9. Botanical Specimens - - - . . 



10. Books for Department of Botany 



11. Coins and Antiquities - - - . . 



12. Books for Department of Antiquities - 



1 3. Prints and Drawings - - - . . 



14. Books for Department of Prints and Drawings 

 15 Freight and Carriugre - . . . . 



Carried forward . - . . 





Required for the Year 



Granted for the Year 





18 5 7-8. 





18 5 6-7. 



£. 



s. d. 



£. s. d. 



£. S. 



d. 



£. s. d. 



7,300 



- - 





7,300 - 



- 





575 



- - 





575 - 







10,000 



- - 





9,000 - 



_ 





1,500 



- - 





800 - 



- 





9,000 



- - 





7,600 - 



- 





680 



- - 





— 







1,600 



- - 





— 







1,000 



- - 





2,000 - 



- 





1,630 



- - 



33,205 - - 



1,550 - 



- 



28,825 - - 











400 



- - 





300 - 



_ 





150 



- - 





130 - 



- 





1,300 



- - 





900 - 



- 





300 



- - 





250 - 



- 





500 



- - 





450 - 



- 





600 



- - 



3,250 - 



600 - 



- 



2,650 - - 



7,000 





2,770 - 







2,500 



- - 





3,000 - 



- 





25 



- - 





50 - 



- 





500 



- - 





850 - 



- 





700 



- - 





— 







40 



- - 





40 - 



— 





1,500 



- - 





1,500 - 



- 





25 



- - 





25 - 



- 





100 



_ _ 





200 - 



_ 





60 



- - 





50 - 



— 





3,000 



- - 





3,000 - 



- 





50 



- - 





100 - 



- 





1,200 



- _ 





1,200 - 



__ 





10 



- - 





25 - 



_ 





1,500 



- - 



18,200 - - 



700 - 



- 



13,510 - - 



- 



- 







- 



- 





54,655 - - 



44,985 - - 



