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



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



£. s. d. 



27,579 13 1 



10,501 2 9 



To Balance on the 1st April 1862, viz. : 



On Account of the Votes for the Establishment - 

 Ditto - ditto - for Buildings, &c. - 



On Account of the Vote for Cuneiform Inscriptions 



Amount Granted for the Year 1862/3, per Appropriation Act, 25 & 26 

 Vict. c. 71 



Ditto - for completing the Publication of the Cuneiform 

 Inscriptions -------.- 



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

 Grant for the Establishment, viz. : 



Dividends on Stock, 30,000 1., 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 



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



Ditto other Museum Publications ----_. 



£. s. d. 



88,080 15 10 

 339 16 8 



900 - - 

 355" 10 7 

 207 4 11 



£. s. d. 



38,420 12 6 



99,012 - - 



600 - - 



1,462 15 6 



139,395 8 - 



* EXPJ.ANATOR Y STATEMENT of the Expenditubz in the above Account. 



1. Salaries 



Officers . - . . 



Assistants - - - . 



Transcribers 



Attendants and Servants 

 Police . . - . 

 Persons paid daily or weekly 

 Attendance on Stoves 

 . Retired Allowances 



2. House Expenses 



Rates and Taxes - 

 Household Implements 

 Coals, Coke, and Fagots 

 Candles, Oil, and Gas 

 Stationery - - - 



Incidents - . - 



3. Pdrchases and Acquisition s( 



('Printed Books ......'... 



Manuscripts ----..... 



Books for Department of MSS. -----. 



Minerals (including 161 I. IDs. for Meteorites, and 30 /. 8 s. 6 d. 

 for Casts of Fossils given in exchange for Meteorites) 



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 Binding for the Department of Botany ... 



Oriental, British, and Mediaeval Antiquities - . . - 



Greek and Roman Antiquities --.... 



Coins and Medals ........ 



Books and Binding for the Departments of Antiquities 



Prints and Drawings ...--... 



Books for the Department of Prints and Dravfings ... 

 y Freight and Carriage ........ 



8,940 - - 



13,203 12 6 



2,813 15 6 



12,496 6 2 



704 11 10 



2,376 11 6 



703 16 7 



2,246 14 1 



429 2 

 134 6 

 713 10 

 365 10 

 648 2 



614 11 11 



10,008 7 1 



2,807 19 5 



49 16 7 



Special Purchases and Acqui- f^^eteorites - 



SITIONS . - - - . I '^"cavations in the Cyrenaica ..... 



LSpecimen of Nephrite, or mass of Green Jade, from Russia f 



987 6 9 



29 13 2 



803 1 3 



29 19 8 



1,498 15 7 



29 17 8 



104 6 - 



29 19 - 



403 2 6 



907 19 4 



1,500 2 1 



61 19 8 



1,999 19 4 



14 16 8 



260 6 9 



411 11 - 

 222 6 9 

 373 - - 



Carried forward . . . £^ 

 t Provision has been made for this expenditure in the Estimates for 1863/4. {See page 8 of this paper.) 



43,487 8 1 



2,905 3 7 



21,527 8 6 



1,008 17 9 



68,928 17 11 



