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



ESTIMATE, 1865-66. 



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

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

 the 31st day of March 1866. 



£. 100,164. 



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

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

 March 1866, under the following Heads : 



I. Salaries ; 

 1. Officers : 



Number 



Voted 

 1864-5. 



Required 



for 

 1863-G. 



16 



Ifl 



Principal Librarian - - - - 

 Ditto - - as Secretary - . - 

 Superintendent of Natural History - 

 Keepers of Departments, at 600 /. 

 ,, „ at 500 1. - 



„ „ at 350 I. - 



Assistant Keepers of Department?, 



at 450 I. 



Chief Clerk, acting as Assistant 



Secretary . . - - - 



- - Total. 



By amount conti'ibuted from Bridge- 

 water Fund towards the Salary of 

 the Assistant Keeper of the Manu- 

 scripts, he acting as Egevton Libra- 

 rian --.--. 



800 



400 



800 



3,000 



2,500 



1,350 



450 



9,300 



210 



2. Assistants ; 



Number 



Voted 



1864-5. 



14 



Required 



for 

 1865-6. 



23 



1 

 1 

 1 



62 



15 



22 



23 



1 

 1 

 1 



63 



First-class Assistants, Upper Section, 



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



Ditto, Lower Section, at 210/., rising 



15/. annually to 310 Z. - - - 



Second-class Assistants, at 150/., 



rising 10 /. annually to 200 /. 

 Revising Accountant - - - 



Clerk at Stationers' Hall (gratuity) - 

 Superintendent of Fire Engines 



- - Total. 



£. 

 5,852 



6,395 



4,172 



100 



21 



50 



3. Transcriber; 



Number 

 Voted 



Required 

 tor 



1864-5. 1865-6 



27 



Transcribers, at 00 /., rising 10/. an- 

 nually to 150/. - 



Carried forward - - - 



Required for the Year 

 1 8 65-66. 



£. 5. 



9,090 



16,590 - 



3,600 - 



29,280 - 



£'. s. 



Granted for the Year 

 18 6 4-65. 



8,940 - 



15,725 — 



l! 



I 



3,500 - 



28,165 - 



