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



ESTIMATE, 1867-68. 



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

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

 the 31st day of March 1868. 



£.99,621. 



AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum, inclii| 

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

 March 1868, under the following Heads : 



I. Salaries : 

 1. Officers : 



Number 



Voted 

 1866-7. 



Required 



foi- 

 1867- 



16 



19 



Principal Librarian - - - - 

 Ditto - - as Secretary - 

 Superintendent of Natural History - 

 Keepers of Departments, at 600 1. - 

 .^ „ at 500 Z. - 



Assistant Keepers of Department?, 



at 450 /. 

 Chief Clerk, acting as Assistant 



Secretary - - - " " 



- - Total. 



Cr. 

 By amount contributed from Bridge- 

 water Fund towards the Salary of 

 the Keeper of the Manuscripts, 

 he acting as Egerton Librarian 



£. 



800 



400 



800 



3,000 



4,000 



1,350 



450 



10,800 



210 



2. Assistants: 



Number 



Voted 

 1866-7. 



22 



22 



1 

 1 

 1 



Required 

 for 



63 



16 



22 



20 



1 

 1 

 1 



First-class Assistants, Upper Section, 

 at 320 L, rising 20 I. annually to iOOl. 



Ditto, Lower Section, at 21 OZ., rising 

 15/. annually to 310 Z. - - - 



Second-class Assistants, at 150 Z., 

 rising 10 Z. annually to 200 L 



Revising Accountant - . . 



Clerk at Stationers' Hall (gratuity) - 



Superintendent of Fire Engines 



- - Total. 



£. 

 5,790 



6,062 



3,412 



100 



21 



50 



3. Transcribers or Junior Assistants : 



Number 



Voted 

 1866-7. 



27 



Required 



lor 

 1867-8. 



28 



Transcribers, at 90 Z., rising 10 Z. an- 

 nually to 1 50 Z. - 



Carried forward 



Required for the Year 

 18 67-68. 



£. s. 



Granted for the Ye 

 1866-67. 



10,590 - 



16,435 - 



3,652 - 



29,677 - 



9,090 - 



16,645 



3,575 - 



29,310 - 



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