| £ | |
| Total 1887–88 | 5,574,178 |
| Total 1888–89 | 5,738,044 |
| Total Increase | 163,866 |
| Deduct,—Increase of Automatic Services | 158,202 |
| Increase of other Services | £5,664 |
§ The principal charges in this class come under the head of "Automatic." Other variations are few and unimportant, but the Purchase Grants of the British Museum and Natural History Museum have been augmented by £5,000; and £1,721 (the balance of a special grant of £2,000) has been provided for the National Gallery for the purchase of pictures, the ordinary grant having been temporarily suspended in consequence of the large sum expended in the purchase of the Blenheim pictures. The total of the sums borne upon the Estimates of the ensuing year on account of purchases for the various museums and galleries amounts to £39,759. In the current year, £36,500 is provided.