ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



I.— AN ACCOUNT of the Income and Expenditure of the 



To Balance on the 1st April 1859, viz. : 



On Account of the Vote for the Establishment 

 Ditto - - ditto - - Cuneiform Inscriptions 



- 



- Amount Granted for the Year 1859/60, per Appropriation Acts, 22 Vict., 



C. 23, and 22 & 23 Vict., c. 55 



- Sums Received under the following Heads in aid of the Grant for the 



Establishment, viz. : 



Dividends on Stock, 30,000 L, 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 

 Proceeds of the Sale of Guide-books ------ 



Ditto other Museum Publications ...... 



— Unexpended Advance repaid 



£. s. d. 



23,844 3 3 



1,397 6 8 



Amount Received from the Commissioners of Works and Public Buildings, 

 being the Balance unexpended of Parliamentary Grants for British 

 Museum (Buildings) --.. 



900 - - 



203 12 11 

 263 12 10 



25,241 

 77,425 



s. d. 



9 11 



1,367 6 9 

 20 - - 



5,785 11 3 



£. 109,839 6 11 



1. Salaries 



2. House Expenses 



♦EXPLANATORY STATEMENT of the Expznditcbe in the above Account. 



£. s. d. 



8,040 - _ 



10,513 17 5 



2,228 8 6 



10,661 3 2 



690 19 - 



1,973 7 10 



874 9 4 



1,560 _ - 



Officers of the Ordinary Establishment 



Assistants - - - - - 



Transcribers . - . . 



Attendants and Servants 



Police . . - . - 



Persons paid daily or meekly 



Attendance on Stoves 



Retired Allowances . - • 



Rates and Taxes . . - ■ 



Repairs, Fittings, Implements, &c. 

 Coals, Coke, and Fagots 



1 Candles, Oil, and Gas 

 Stationery - - - . . 



Incidents - - • . . 



3. F0RCHA8ES ANDAcaUISITIONS 



Special Porchasb 



Printed Books ...... 



Manuscripts --.... 



Books for Department of MSS. - . . 

 IMiaerals ----._. 



Books for Department of 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 Depaitment of Prints and Drawings 

 Freight and Carriage - - - . . 



Coins at Lord NorthTvick's Sale 



378 2 3 

 341 7 10 

 874 7 6 

 356 3 10 

 673 13 6 

 682 16 5 



10,001 17 10 



3,733 13 1 



49 15 - 



804 17 



16 - 



7»2 16 



19 19 



1,498 7 



24 9 



63 19 



26 10 



2,862 18 



68 13 



1,999 18 



14 16 



835 - 



22,813 13 1 

 949 7 - 



Carried forward 



t. d. 



36,532 5 3 



3,306 11 4 



23,763 



63,601 16 8 



