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



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



£. s. d. 



23,221 14 7 



9,433 16 6 



To Balance on the 1st April 1866, 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 1866/7, per Appropriation Act 29 and 30 

 Vict. cap. 91 - - - - - - " " "" 



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. 



32,655 11 1 



84 10 8 



900 - - 

 119 16 7 

 14^ 10 11 



£. s. d. 



32,740 1 9 

 102,744 - - 



1,161 7 



136,645 9 3 



* EXPLANATORY STATEMENT of the Expenditure in the above Account, 



1. Saj.aeies 



2. House Expenses 



Officers - - - . ■ 



Assistants - - - ■ 



Tianscribers 

 A ttendants and Servants 

 Police . . - . 



Persons paid daily or weekly 

 Attendance on Stoves 

 (^ Retired Allowances 



Rates and Taxes - 

 Household Implements 

 Coals, Coke, and Fagots 

 Candles, Oil, Oas, &c. 

 Stationery - - - 

 Incidents - - - 



3. Purchases and Acquisitions 



Printed Books .---.-•-- 

 Manuscripts --------- 



Books for the Departrtient of MSS. 



I^iinerals and Meteorites ...----- 



Books and Binding for the 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 Coins and Antiquities 

 Prints and Drawings -------- 



Books for the Department of Piints and Drawings - - - 



Freight and Carria're -------- 



Speciai. Purchases and Acqui- 

 sitions ,.-•--- 



Fnrther Excavations at Budrum under the superintendence of Mr. 



Vice-Consul Biliotti ,-------- 



l^urchases from the Castellani Collection of Antiquities - - - 



Ditto at the Wellesley sale of Drawings - - - - - 



Purchase of the Blacas Collection ; paid to the Agents for their services 

 in the transaction -------- 



Cuming Collecticin of Shells -------- 



Collection of Early Roman Coins ------- 



£. s. d. 



9,654 19 3 



14,873 13 11 



3,155 9 7 



12,824 8 3 



1,645 - 11 



3,025 16 - 



732 17 8 



3,539 15 8 



473 8 1 

 146 9 - 

 1,077 11 6 

 329 1 1 

 555 13 - 

 794 15 10 



10,000 - 



1,992 14 



41 9 



699 15 



32 - 



990 13 



30 - 

 1,638 7 



27 19 



180 8 



31 16 



4 

 3 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 8 

 11 

 4 



395 14 10 



496 16 5 



1,499 2 1 



159 11 - 



1,195 18 2 



11 16 7 



647 13 8 



20 19 10 

 494 5 7 

 962 2 - 



500 - - 



6,000 - - 



975 - - 



Carried forward - 



- £. 



49,452 1 3 



3,376 18 6 



20,071 17 8 



8,952 7 5 



81,853 4 10 



