BRITISH MUSEUM. 





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

 dated 2 Ma^/ 1861 ;— for, 



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

 for the Financial Year ended the 31st day of March 1861 ; of the Estimated 

 Charges and Expenses for the Year ending the 31st day of March 1862; 

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

 Persons admitted to visit the Museum in each Year from 1855 to 1860, 

 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 1860." 



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

 31 March 1861. 



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

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

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



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



VI E.STIxMATED- EXPENDITURE for the Year ending 31 March 1862, and of GRANT 



required, compared with the SUMS Granted for the Year ended 31 March 1861. 



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

 each Year from 1865 to 1860, both Years inclusive. 



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

 Account of Objects added to them, in the Year 1860. 



(Mr. Walpole.) 



Ordered, hy The House oi Commons, to be Frmted, 

 6 MaT/ 1861. 



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