ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



of the BRITISH MUSEUM, for the Purchase of Sahdinian and London Antiquities, of Ivory Carvings, 

 ended on the 31st March 1857. 



By Expenditure under the following Heads, &c. : 



1. Salaries . - - as per Explanatory Statement below ^ 



2. House Expenses ----- ditto - - - 



3. Purchases and Acquisitions - - ditto - - - 



4. Bookbinding, Cabinets, &c. - - ditto - - - 

 6. Printing Catalogues, making Casts, fee. ditto - - - 

 6. Miscellaneous ----- ditto - - - 



By Expenditure for M. Barbetti's Sardinian Antiquities - - - 

 „ Mr. Roach Smith's London Antiquities 



„ Mr. Maskell's Ivory Carvings - - . - 



expenditure. 



By Expenditure for publishing' Cuneiform Inscriptions 



By Balance on the 3 1st March 1857, carried to Account for 1857-8 



£. s. d. 



28,398 6 7 



2,806 9 4 



14,734 2 - 



12,573 16 1 



2,248 7 2 



148 - 8 



GRANTS. 



£. .t. d. 



28,825 - - 



2,650 - - 



13,510 - - 



13,415 - - 



2,600 - - 



300 - -• 



60,909 1 10 



1,000 - - 



2,000 - - 



2,444 - - 



3,353 1 10 



600 2 - 



66,953 3 10 

 16,736 10 1 



83,688 13 11 



61,300 - 



4. Bookbinding, Cabinets, &c. 



Explanatory Statement of the Expendiihiie in the above Account- 



Bookbinding for Printed Books - . - . 



„ Manuscripts .... 



„ Prints and Drawings ... 



„ Secretary's and other Departments . 



Preparing, &c. Natural History .... 



Cabinets for Botany ...... 



Cabinets for Coins ...... 



Repairing and fixing Antiquities .... 



Expenses of Photographic Room . • - . « 



■continued. 



Brought forward 

 £. 



5. Printing CATAtocvEs, 

 Making Casts, &c. - 



Synopsis -.-... 

 Catalogues of Manuscripts ... 

 Catalogues of Zoology .... 

 Preparing Catalogues of Fishes and Insects 

 Catalogues of and Drawings from Antiquities 

 Tickets, Regulations, &c. ... 

 Moulds and Casts from Marbles - 



7,835 14 



1,018 19 



159 9 



218 11 



1,055 10 



88 12 



61 19 



1,413 11 



721 8 



147 19 

 58 19 

 470 14 

 645 7 

 191 1 

 90 11 

 643 13 



6. Miscellaneous ... Law Expenses, Fees, &c. 

 Purchase of the Sardinian Antiquities ... 

 „ London Antiquities - . . - 



„ Ivory Carvings - . - - - 



* Printing, &c. the Cuneiform Inscriptions 



105— Sess. 2. 



Total Expenditure in thb Year 1856/7 

 * See note at the bottom of page 21. 

 A 2 



£. s. d. 

 45,938 17 II 



12,573 16 1 



2,248 7 2 



148 - 8 



1,000 - - 



2,000 - - 



2,444 - - 



600 2 - 



63,953 3 10 



