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 BRITISHMUSEUM. \^ irBRARy 



RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons, 

 dated 16 June 1857 ',—f<'r, 



AN ACCOUNT " of the Income and Expenditure of the British Museum 

 for the Financial Year ended the 31st day of March 1857 ; of the Estimated 

 Charges and Expenses for the Year ending the 31st day of March 1858; 

 of the Sum necessary to discharge the same ; and of the Number of 

 Persons admitted to visit the Museum in each Year from 1851 to 185G, 

 both Years inclusive ; together with a Statement of the Progress made in 

 the Arrangement of the Collections, and an Account of Objects added 

 to them, in the Year 1856." 



I. — GENERAL ACCOUNT of Receipts and Expenditure for the Financial Year ended 

 31 March 1857. 



II.- ACCOUNT OF BRIDGEWATER FUND, for the same Period. 

 III.— ACCOUNT OF FARNBOROUGH FUND, for the same Period. 

 IV.— ACCOUNT OF SVVINEY FUND, for the same Period. 



v.— ACCOUNT OF THE BIRCH FUND, for the same Period. 



VI ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE for the Year ending 31 March 1858, and of GRANT 



required, compared with the SUMS Granted for the Year ended 31 March 1837. 



VII. — RETURN of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the British Museum in 

 each Year froai 1851 to 1856, both Years inclusive. 



VIII. — STATEMENT of Progress made in the Arrangement of the Collections, and an 

 Account of Objects added to them, in the Year 1856. 



(Lord John Russell.) 



Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Jt^j'inted, 

 17 June 1857. 



105— Sess. 2. 



