ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



I.-AN ACCOUNT of the 



Income and Expenditure of the 







£. s. d. 



£. 5. d. 





To Balance on the 1st April 1861, viz.: 









£. s. d. 









On Account of the Votes for the Establishment - 28,126 12 7 









Ditto - ditto - for Buildings, &c. - - 4,402 16 4 



32,529 8 11 

 740 6 8 







On Account of the Vote for Cuneiform Inscriptions - _ . 



33,269 15 7 











- Amount Granted for the Year 1861/2, per Appropriation Act, 24 & 25 

 Vict. c. 103 



t 



100,414 - - 





- Sums Received under the following Heads in aid of the Parliamentary 

 Grant for the Establishment, viz. : 









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



900 - - 







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



161 14 2 







Ditto other Museum Publications *------ 



257 3 5 



1,308 17 7 







£. 







134,992 13 2 





♦EXPLANATORY STATEMENT of the Expenditure in the above Account. 



1. Salaries 



Officers of the Ordinary Establishment 

 Assistants . - - . - 



Transcribers .... 



Attendants and Servants 

 Police . . - - . 



Persons paid daily or weekly 

 Attendance oa Stoves 

 , Retired Allowances . - - 



2. House Expenses 



Rates and Taxes . . - - 



Household Implements 



Coals, Coke, Fagots, and Patent Fuel 



Candles, Oil, and Cias 



Stationery ----- 



Incidents ----- 



3. Purchases and AcauisixioNs 



''Printed Books --...-• 

 Manuscripts -._.... 

 Books for Department of MSS. . - - - 

 Minerals --.--... 

 Books and Binding for Department of Minerals 

 Fossils --....-. 

 Books and Binding for the Department of Geology • 

 Zoological Specimens --_--. 

 Books and Binding for the Department of Zoology ■ 

 Botanical Specimens -.._-. 

 Books and ISinding for the Department of Botany 



{Coins and Medals - 

 Oriental, British, and 

 Mediaeval Antiquities 

 Greek and Roman Anti- 

 quities - - - 

 Books and Binding for the Departments of Antiquities 

 Prints and Drawings ------ 



Books for the Department of Prints and Drawings - 

 Freight and Carriage --.... 



£. 1,641 2 4- 

 441 13 6 



785 13 6, 



Special Purchase 



Taylor Collection of Oriental Manuscripts_'(ba1ance of purchase-money) 



£. 



s. 



d. 



jy 



i. 



d. 



8,940 



_ 



— 









12,246 



13 



_ 









2,772 



18 



3 









11,898 



18 



2 









693 



6 



6 









2,231 



] 



1 









787 



14 



5 









2,248 



6 



2 



41,818 



17 



7 









443 



9 



8 









141 



1 



8 









961 



1 



_ 









394 



2 



3 









660 



7 



I 









574 



15 



3 















3,174 



lb 



11 



10,007 



9 



b 









2,791 



15 



7 









50 



- 



6 









799 



11 



_ 









30 



13 



3 









799 



10 



4 









29 



19 



10 









1,502 



IG 



4 









29 



16 



6 









125 



- 



4 









29 



18 



6 









2,868 



9 



4 









58 



1 



6 









1,999 



5 



8 









12 



_ 



_ 









360 



1 



- 



21,494 



9 











J 



" 



- 



£. 



1,000 



- 



- 



yard - • 



67,488 



3 



7 



