COMPARATIVE VIEW 



OF 



THE ESTABLISHMENT IN 1789 AND 1821. 



Before entering on the description of the 

 Museum* we shall sum up its history, in a 

 comparison of its state at the present time and 

 at the death of Buff on ; from which it will ap- 

 pear, that the expence has hy no means increased 

 in proportion to the increase of the establish- 

 ment, and to the advantages of the new orga- 

 nisation; and that under any other form of admi- 

 nistration the instruction would be more costly, 

 and less complete. 



The expences of the King's Garden in 1789 

 were 104,269 francs, and those of the menagerie 

 of Versailles, since transported to the Museum, 

 100,000 frs. ; making a sum of 204,269 frs. : at 

 present the current expences of the Museum are 

 3oo,ooo francs. 



In 1789 the Garden contained 4 3 acres; the 



