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



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Amount required to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the British Museum, Sscc— continued. 



B.— RENT : 



1. Rent of rooms at No. 103, Victoria-street, Westminster, for the 

 temporary continuance there of a Collection of Antiquities and 

 Ethnographical Objects presented to the British Museum by the 

 Trustees under the will of the late Mr. Henry Christy - - - 



Less — Amount to be contributed by the Trustees under Mr. 

 Christy's will 



£. s. 



230 - 

 50 - 



2. Rent of two rooms in Great Russell-street for a Laboratory for the analysation 

 of Minerals ----... 



\ 



Total of Rent 



- - £. 



C— RATES AND TAXES: 



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Poor, General, Sewers, and Metropolitan Main Drainage Rates 

 House Tax on official residences ------ 



Easter Offering to the Rector of St. George's, Bloomsbury . - - 

 Water for warming apparatus, cleansing, &c., and for official residences - 



Total of Rates and Taxes ■ 



1 868-! 



D.— FUEL AND LIGHT: 



1. Coals, Coke, and Faggots ------.-.. 



2. Candles, Oil, and Gas - ... ---—._. 



Total of Fuel and Light - - - £. 

 E.— STATIONERY 



F.— PURCHASES AND ACQUISITIONS : 



1. Printed Books -----•-_.._ 



2. Maps, Charts, Plans, and Topographical Drawings - - - . . 1 



3. Manuscripts (General and Oriental) -----_." 



4. Books for the Department of Manuscripts -----.! 



5. Minerals and Meteorites ---...___ 



6. Books and Binding for the Department of Minerals - - . . . 



7. Fossils ---------._... 



8. Books and Binding for the Department of Geology 



9. Zoological Specimens --.. 



10. Books and Binding for the Department of Zoology 



11. Botanical Specimens --------.. 



12. Books and Binding for the Department of Botany 



13. Oriental Antiquities -------.... 



14. British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnographical Specimens 



15. Greek and Roman Antiquities -------.. 



16. Coins and Medals -----... 



17. Books and Binding for the Departments of Coins and Antiquities - 



18. Prints and Drawings -------.-.. 



19. Books for the Department of Prints and Drawings - - - - . . 



20. Freight and Carriage - --.._ 



Special Purchases and Acquisitions : 



21. For Scientific and Antiquarian Researches in connection with the Expedition to 



Abyssinia -----.-. 



22. For Excavations in Asia Minor under the superintendence of Mr. George Dennis, 



H. B. M.'s Vice Consul at Benghazi -------. 



23' Egyptian Antiquities proposed to be purchased from Mr, Hay - - - - 



254. 



Total of Purchases and Acquisitions 

 B 2 



- £. 



£. s. 



180 - 



40 - 



220 - 



300 - 

 37 10 

 10 10 



172 - 



620 - 



1,000 

 300 



1,300 



300 



1 8 6 7-8. 



£. s. 



180 - 



40 



220 - 



440 - 



440 - 



1,000 

 300 



1,300 - 



650 - 



0,000 



_ 



( 





500 



- 



10,000 



2,000 



- 





2,000 



60 



- 





50 



700 



- 





700 



30 



- 





30 



800 



- 





800 



30 



- 





30 



1,000 



- 





1,000 



30 



- 





30 



250 



- 





250 



30 



- 





30 



250 



- 





250 



250 



- 





250 



2,600 



- 





1,200 



1,500 



- 





1,500 



100 



- 





100 



1,200 



- 





1,200 



15 



- 





16 



300 



- 





300 



1,000 - 



500 - 

 1,000 - 



24,035 - 



10,736 - 



