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



ESTIMATE, 1864-65. 



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

 including al-^o tiie Amount required for Buildings, Furniture, Fittings, Sec, for the Year endinu- on 

 the 31st dav of March 1865. "^ 



£.92,127. 



AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum includinff ' 

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

 March 1865, under the following Heads : 



I. Salaries : 

 1. Officers : 



Number 



Voted 



1863-4. 



Required 



for 

 1864-5.1 



16 



Principal Librarian - - - - 



Ditto - - as Secretary - . - 



Superintendent of Natural History - 

 Keepers of Departments, at 600 1. 



„ „ at 500 1. - 

 ,, „ at 350 1. 



Departments, 



Assistant Keepers of 

 at 450 1. - - 



Chief Clerk, acting 

 Secretary 



- - Total. 



as Assistant 



£. 

 800 

 400 

 800 

 3,000 

 2,000 

 350 



1,350 



450 



Cr. 

 By amount contributed from Bridge- 

 -vvater Fund towards the Salary of 

 the Assistant Keeper of the Manu- 

 scripts, he acting as Egerton Libra- 

 rian --.... 



9,150 



210 



2. Assistants: 



Number 



Voted 



1863-4. 



14 



21 



1 

 1 

 1 



60 



Required 



for 

 1864-5. 



14 



22 



23 



1 

 ] 

 1 



02 



First-class Assistants, Upper Section, 

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



Ditto, Lower Section, at 210 1., rising 

 15/. annually to 310 Z. - - _ 



Second-class Assistants, at 150 Z., 

 rising 10 Z. annually to 200/. 



Revising Accountant - - . 



Clerk at Stationers' Hall (gratuity) - 



Superintendent of Fire Engines 



- - Total. 



£. 

 5,254 



6,187 



4,113 



100 



21 



50 



3. Transcribers : 



Number 



Voted 

 1868-4. 



26 



Required 



for 

 1864-6. 



27 



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

 nually to 150Z. - 



Carried forward 



£. 



Required for the Year 

 1 8 6 4-65. 



Granted for the Year 

 1863-6 4. 



8,940 - 



B,940 - 



15,725 - 



14,755 - 



3,500 



28,165 - 



3,285 - 



