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



ESTIMATE, 1862-63. 



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

 including also the Amount required for BuildincxS, Furniture, Fittings, &c., for the Year ending on 

 the 31st day of March 1863. 



£.99,012. 



ATSr 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 1863, under the following Heads : 



1. 



I. Salaries: 

 OflBcers : 



' 





Required for the Year 

 1 862-63. 



Granted for the Year 

 18 6 1-62. 





Numlier 



Voted 

 1861-2. 



Required 



for 

 1862-3. 







£. s. 



8,940 - 



13,788 - 

 3,025 - 



£. s. 



£. S. 



8,940 - 



12,580 - 

 2,817 - 



£. s. 









1 



1 

 6 

 4 

 1 

 3 



1 



1 



1 

 5 

 4 

 1 

 3 



1 



Principal Librarian - - - - 

 Ditto - - as Secretary - - - 

 Superintendent of Natural History - 

 Keepers of Departments, at 600 1. - 

 „ „ at 600 1. • 

 at 350 Z. - 

 Assistant Keepers of Departments, 



at 450 Z. 



Chief Clerk, acting as Assistant 



Secretary - - - - - 



- - Total. 



£. 

 800 

 400 

 800 

 3,000 

 2,000 

 350 



1,350 



450 







16 



10 



9,150 



210 











Cr. 

 By amount contributed from Bridge- 

 water Fund towards the Salary of 

 the Assistant Keeper of the Manu- 

 scripts, he acting as Egerton Libra- 

 rian ...... 





2. 



1 

 Assistants : 









Number 



Voted 



1861-2 



Required 



for 

 1S62-3. 

















15 



20 



17 



1 

 1 

 1 



15 



20 



19 



1 

 1 

 1 



First-class Assistants, Upper Section, 



at 320 1, rising 20 l. annually to 400Z. 



Ditto, Lower Section, at 210/., rising 



15/. annually to 310 Z. - 

 Second-class Assistants, at 150 L, 



rising 10 Z. annually to 200 L 

 Revising Accountant - - . 

 Clerk at Stationers' Hall (gratuity) - 

 1 Superintendent of Fire Engines 



; - . Total. 



£. 

 5,079 



5,162 



3,376 



100 



21 



50 







55 



57 







3. 



Transcribers : 









Number 



Voted 

 1861-2. 



Required 



tor 

 1862-3. 









24 



24 



Transcribers, at 90 Z., rising loZ. an- 

 nually to 150 Z 



£. 











Carried forward ... 



- 



25,763 - 



. 



24,337 - 



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