ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THU BRITISH MUSEUM. 



ESTIMATE, 1861-62. 



VI. — AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum,! 

 including also the Amount required for Buildings, Furniture, Fittings, Sec, for the Year endhig on 

 the 31st day of March 1862. 



£. 100,414. 



AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum, including 

 also the Amount required for Buildings, Furniture, Fittings, &c., for the Year ending on the 31st day of 

 March 1862, under the following Heads : 



I. Salaries : 

 1. Officers of the Ordinary Establishment : 



Number 



Voted 

 1860-1. 



15 



Required 



for 



1861-2. 



16 



Principal Librarian - - - 

 Ditto - - as Secretary 

 Superintendent of Natural History 

 Keepers of Departments, at 600 1. 

 „ „ at 500 1. 



Assistant Keepers of 



at 450 /. 

 Chief Clerk, acting 



Secretary 



- - Total. 



at 350 I. - 

 Departments, 



as Assistant 



Or. 

 By amount contributed from Bridge- 

 water Fund towards the Salary of 

 the Assistant Keeper of the Manu- 

 scripts, he acting as Egerton Libra- 

 rian --..-. 



£. 

 800 

 400 

 800 

 3,000 

 2,000 

 350 



1,350 



450 



9,150 



210 



2. Assistants: 



Number 



Voted 

 1880-1. 



34 



19 



1 

 1 

 1 



56 



Required 



for 

 1861-2. 



15 



20 



17 



1 

 1 

 1 



55 



First-class Assistants, Upper Section, 

 at 320 /., rising 20 I. annually to iOOl. 



Ditto, Lower Section, at 210/., rising 

 16/. annually to 310/. - - . 



Second-class Assistants, at 150/., 

 rising 10/. annually to 200 Z. 



Revising Accountant ... 



Clerk at Stationers' Hall (gratuity) - 



Superintendent of Fire Engines 



- - Total. 



£. 

 4,640 



4,885 



2,934 

 50 

 21 

 50 



3. Transcribers: 



Number 



Vo;ed 

 1860-1 



24 



Required 



for 

 1861-2. 



24 



Transcribers, at 90 Z., rising 10/. an- 

 nually to 150/ 



Carried forward 



Required for the Year 

 1861-6 2. 



£. 



8,940 - 



12,580 - 



2,817 - 



24,337 - 



Granted for the Year 

 1860-6 1. 



£. s. 



8,050 - 



11,500 - 



2,600 



22,150 - 



i 



£. s. 



