ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, SiC. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



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



I 18 6 9-70. 



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 --------... 



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

 of Minerals -... 



Total for Rent 



!.— RATES AND TAXES : 



Poor, General, Sewers, and Metropolitan Main Drainage Rates 

 House Tax on official residences ---... 



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



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



Total for Rates and Taxes 



—FUEL AND LIGHT: 



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



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



Total for Fuel and Light - - - £, 

 -STATIONERY 



-PURCHASES AND ACQUISITIONS : 



1. Printed Books ----•--.. 



2. Maps, Charts, Plans, and Topographical Drawings - - . I " ' 



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 Geoloo-y .-.II" 



9. Zoological Specimens -----°.... 



10. Books and Binding for the Department of Zoology -.II" 



11. Botanical Specimens ------.,. I" 



12. Books and Binding for the Department of Botany - - - . I I 



13. Oriental Antiquities 



14. British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethnographical Specimens - I 



15. Greek and Roman Antiquities (including Excavations) - - . . 



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



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



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



19. Books for the Department of Prints and Drawings I 



20. Freight and Carriage 



Special Purchases and Acquisitions : 



For Scientific and Antiquarian Researches in connection with the Expedition to 

 Abyssinia ----......... 



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

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



Egyptian Antiquities proposed to be purchased from Mr. Hay - . - . 



211. 



Total for Purchases and Acquisitions 



C 2 



£. 



230 



1 8 G 8 - 9. 



40 - 



270 



300 - 

 37 10 

 10 10 



172 - 



520 



1,000 

 300 



1,300 



300 



10,000 - 



10,000 



600 - 



500 



2,500 - 



2,000 



50 - 



50 



800 - 



700 



30 - 



30 



800 - 



800 



65 - 



30 



1,000 - 



1,000 



30 - 



30 



250 - 



250 



30 - 



30 



250 - 



250 



250 - 



250 



2,500 - 



2,500 



1,500 - 



1,500 



150 - 



100 



1,200 - 



1,200 



15 - 



15 



300 - 



300 



22,320 - 



180 ~ 



40 ~ 



220 - 



300 - 

 37 10 

 10 10 



172 - 



520 - 



1,000 

 300 



1,300 - 



300 



1,000 - 



500 - 

 1,000 - 



24,035 - 



