ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



J _^]\f ACCOUNT of the Receipt and Expenditure of the Grants of Parliament for the Salaries and Expenses 



and for publishing Cuneiform Inscriptions, in the Financial Year 



To Balance on the 1st April 1856, viz.: 



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



- Amount Granted for the Year 1856/7, per Appropriation Act 19 & 20 Vict. 



c. 105, 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. 

 15,176 5 6 



58,450 - - 

 1,550 - - 



900 - - 

 IGl 8 10 

 231 14 2 

 275 5 5 



Amount Granted for the purchase of M. Barbetti's Sardinian Antiquities - - - . 



„ „ „ Mr. Roach Smith's London Antiquities - - . 



„ „ „ Mr. Maskell's Ivory Carvings 



„ „ Publication of Cuneiform Inscriptions, under the superintendence 



of Sir Henry Rawlinson, K.c.B. ...... 



£. s. d. 

 15,176 5 6 



60,000 



1,568 8 5 



1,000 - - 



2,000 - - 



2,444 - - 



1,500 - - 



83,688 13 11 



1. Salaries 



2. HocsE Expenses 



♦EXPLANATORY STATEMENT of the Expenditure in the above Account, 



' Officers of the Ordinary Establishment . - . - - 

 Officers of the Banksian Collection ..... 



Assistants --....---- 



Transcribers ......... 



Attendants and Servants ....... 



Attendance on Stoves and Labourers ..... 



Retired Allowances ........ 



Rates and Taxes - 

 Repairs, Fittings, &c. - 

 Coals, Coke, and Fagots 

 Candles, Oil, and Oas Light ■ 

 Stationery - - - 

 Incidents - - - 



3. Purchases andAcodisitions 



' Printed Books ...... 



Manuscripts --.... 



Books for Department of MSS. ... 



Minerals and Fossils ..... 



Books for the Department of Minerals . 

 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 Dravpings 

 Freight and Carriage - - . . . 



£.• s. 



d. 



£. t. 



d. 



5,935 1 



9 







575 _ 



- 







9,050 7 



6 







1,069 9 



9 







8,424 6 



7 







1,794 1 



- 







1,550 - 



- 











28,398 6 



7 



362 16 



4 







113 2 



11 







1,144 19 



4 







232 14 



7 







398 - 



2 







654 16 













2,806 9 



4 



2,665 7 



11 





2,741 9 



6 







50 19 



6 







868 7 



- 







41 19 



9 







1,508 4 



6 







26 1 



4 







79 19 



4 







50 - 



8 







3,469 2 



4 







110 8 



6 







1,185 16 



6 







24 5 



3 







1,911 19 



11 



14,734 2 







£. 





rward ... 



45,938 17 



11 



