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Navy Estimates for the Observatory, 1812–1881/2

In the period 1812–1881/2, the majority of the Observatory’s funding came from the Admiralty via the Navy Vote. On the salary front, some funding continued to be provided by the Board of Ordnance until 1819 and the Civil List until 1830.

The budget for Civil Services funded the running of the Magnetic Observatory (which was put up at Admiralty Expense in the late 1830s). By the financial year 1867/8, it was also funding the Computers. Both budgets were transfered to Vote 5 of the Navy Estimates in 1868/9. Prior to that date, the the only mention of a computer in the estimates below is in those for the year 1842/3.

Significant funding was also received through private patronage, particularly in the form of telescopes. The cost to the public purse was further reduced by the loan of instruments from other institutions.

The not inconsiderable cost of printing the volumes of Greenwich Observations was transferred (from?) to the Stationary Office (HMSO) in 1835. It is recommended that the information on this page is read in conjunction with the following background information:

Board of Ordnance Funding (1675-1818)
Admiralty Funding (1811-1965)
Funding by the Research Councils (1965-1998)
Civil List Funding (1752-1875)
Treasury funding via the budget for Civil Services and Stationary Office
Board of Trade Funding
Private Patronage
Instruments on Loan

 

The Financial Year

Up to and including the year 1831, the financial year was the same as the calendar year. It ran from 1 January to 31 December. The financial year changed in 1832. From that year onwards, it ran from 1 April to 31 March. The change necessitated an interim set of estimates to cover the three months from 1 January 1832 to 31 March 1832.

 

What is and what isn’t included below – caveat lector

The data below comes from a combination of the published annual volumes and the original manuscript volumes prepared by the Admiralty, which are now held at Kew (ADM181). Unlike the published volumes, many of the manuscript versions have a useful commentary detailing why changes have arisen from one year to the next.

The data has been extracted from the following sections of the Annual Estimates of the Navy:

   1811–1830            Vote  1 – Admiralty Office (which only accounts for salaries)
   1831–1833/4         Vote  6 – Scientific Branch
1834/5–1881/2         Vote  5 – Scientific Branch

There are a number of items of expenditure which do not appear under these votes. It is surmised that at least some of these were either included in the Supplementary Estimates, or under one of the other voting heads. It has not been possible for us to establish where the non staffing costs fell prior to 1831.

The Supplementary Estimates primarily dealt with expenditure on previously unforeseen, but urgently required items. Although the type of work done at the Observatory would not normally require inclusion, there may have been occasions during this period when it did. So far, we have been unable to check. A prime candidate for inclusion would be the monies allocated for the extension to Flamsteed House to provide extra living accommodation for Airy following his appointment as Astronomer Royal in 1835 – works which do not appear to have been provided for in the Annual Estimates.

Beginning in 1883/4, there are cross references in the Vote 5 (Scientific Branch) estimates to additional sums being allocated for the Observatory under Vote 10 (Works, Buildings, and Repairs at Home and Abroad). Later years, also have cross references to other of the Votes. What happened prior to 1883/4 is not clear. It may have been that everything was lumped into Vote 5, or it may have been that amounts were included in other Votes but without the cross referencing. One obvious area of apparent omission is in the salaries of the Gate Porter and the Watchman. The Gate Porter was by tradition a retired seaman from the nearby Greenwich Hospital (whose pension would have been accounted elsewhere), but although the post of Gate Porter was in existence by the 1830s, the first time any salary for the post appears in Vote 5 is not until 1868/9. Likewise the post of watchman which had existed since at least 1823. Prior to 1868/9, the Computers are only mentioned in the estimates for the year 1842/3 despite computers having been employed since 1839.

 

Navy estimates for other years

The following are also available on the website:

Navy Estimates for the Observatory, 1881/2–1886/7 & 1898/9

 

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Navy estimate 1812 (Vote 1, Admiralty)

			£.	s.	d.
		Astronomer Royal	292	10
		A further sum to pay the said salary from 18th February 1811	248	12	6
	Total	£	541	02	6

 

 

Navy estimate 1813 (Vote 1, Admiralty)

			£.	s.	d.
		Astronomer Royal	292	10
	Total	£	292	10	0

 

 

Navy estimate 1814 (Vote 1, Admiralty)

			£.	s.	d.
		Astronomer Royal	292	10
	Total	£	292	10	0

 

 

Navy estimate 1815 (Vote 1, Admiralty)

			£.	s.	d.
		Astronomer Royal	292	10
		Assistant to the Astronomer Royal	100
	Total	£	392	10	0

 

 

Navy estimate 1816 (Vote 1, Admiralty)

			£.	s.	d.
		Astronomer Royal	292	10
		Assistant to the Astronomer Royal	100
	Total	£	392	10	0

 

 

Navy estimate 1817 (Vote 1, Admiralty)

			£.	s.	d.
		Astronomer Royal	292	10
		Assistant to the Astronomer Royal	100
	Total	£	392	10	0

 

 

Navy estimate 1818 (Vote 1, Admiralty)

			£.	s.	d.
		Astronomer Royal	292	10
		First Assistant (in addition to £173.16s. paid to him by the Treasury Department)	86	4
		Second Assistant	100
		Labourer	46	18	6
	Total	£	525	12	6

 

 

Navy estimate 1819 (Vote 1, Admiralty)

			£.	s.	d.
		Astronomer Royal	292	10
		First Assistant (in addition to £173.16s. paid to him by the Treasury Department)	112	4
		Second Assistant	100
		Labourer	46	18	6
	Total	£	551	12	6

 

 

Navy estimate 1820 (Vote 1, Admiralty)

			£.	s.	d.
		Astronomer Royal	376	8
		First Assistant (in addition to £173.16s. paid to him by the Treasury Department)	126	12
		Second Assistant	100
		Labourer	46	18	6
	Total	£	649	18	6

 

 

Navy estimate 1821 (Vote 1, Admiralty)

			£.	s.	d.
		Astronomer Royal, in addition to Allowance from the Civil    List	376	8
		First Assistant, in addition to Allowance from the Civil List	126	12
		Second Assistant	130
		Labourer	46	18	6
	Total	£	679	18	6

 

Note, in this year, the estimates were placed with others in a newly created subgroup titled ‘Board of Longitude’

 

 

Navy estimate 1822 (Vote 1, Admiralty)

			£.	s.	d.
		Astronomer Royal, in addition to Allowance from the Civil    List	376	8
		First Assistant, in addition to Allowance from the Civil List	126	12
		Second Assistant	130
		Labourer	46	18	6
	Total	£	679	18	6

 

 

Navy estimate 1823 (Vote 1, Admiralty)

			£.	s.	d.
		Astronomer Royal, in addition to Allowance from the Civil    List	376	8
		First Assistant, in addition to Allowance from the Civil List	146	12
		Second Assistant	130
		Labourer	46	18	6
	Total	£	699	18	6

 

 

Navy estimate 1824 (Vote 1, Admiralty)

			£.	s.	d.
		Astronomer Royal, in addition to Allowance from the Civil    List	376	8
		First Assistant, in addition to Allowance from the Civil List	146	12
		Second Assistant	140
		Labourer	46	18	6
	Total	£	709	18	6

 

 

Navy estimate 1825 (Vote 1, Admiralty)

			£.	s.	d.
		Astronomer Royal, in addition to Allowance from the Civil    List	376	8
		First Assistant, in addition to Allowance from the Civil List	146	12
		Second Assistants, 1@	140
		two @ £100	200
		Labourer	46	18	6
	Total	£	909	18	6

 

 

Navy estimate 1826 (Vote 1, Admiralty)

			£.	s.	d.
		Astronomer Royal, in addition to Allowance from the Civil    List	376	8
		First Assistant, in addition to Allowance from the Civil List	146	12
		Second Assistants                                   1@	150
		two @ £110	220
		Labourer	46	18	6
	Total	£	939	18	6

 

 

Navy estimate 1827 (Vote 1, Admiralty)

			£.	s.	d.
		Astronomer Royal, in addition to Allowance from the Civil    List	376	8
		First Assistant, in addition to Allowance from the Civil List	146	12
		Second Assistants                                   1@	150
		two @ £110	220
		Labourer	46	18	6
	Total	£	939	18	6

 

 

Navy estimate 1828 (Vote 1, Admiralty)

			£.	s.	d.
		Astronomer Royal, in addition to Allowance from the Civil    List	376	8
		First Assistant, in addition to Allowance from the Civil List	146	12
		Second Assistants                                   1@	150
		two @ £110	220
		Labourer	46	18	6
	Total	£	939	18	6

 

 

Navy estimate 1829 (Vote 1, Admiralty)

			£.	s.	d.
		Astronomer Royal, in addition to Allowance from the Civil    List	376	8
		First Assistant, in addition to Allowance from the Civil List	146	12
		Second Assistants                                   1@	150
		two @ £110	220
		Labourer	46	18	6
	Total	£	939	18	6

 

 

Navy estimate 1830 (Vote 1, Admiralty)

			£.	s.	d.
		Astronomer Royal, in addition to Allowance from the Civil    List	376	8
		First Assistant, in addition to Allowance from the Civil List	146	12
		Second Assistants                                   1@	160
		two @ £120	240
		Labourer	46	18	6
	Total	£	969	18	6

 

 

Navy estimate 1831 (Vote 6, Scientific Branch)

			£.	s.	d.
		Astronomer Royal	600
		First Assistant	300
		3 Second Assistants                                   1@	160
		two @ £120	240
		2 Extra Assistants                                                      two @ £100	200
		Labourer	46	18	6
		Taxes, Parochial Rates, House Rent, Fuel, Repairs and other contingencies	1,772	1	6
	Total	£	3,319	0	0

 

 

Navy estimate 1832/3 (Vote 6, Scientific Branch)

			£.	s.	d.
		Astronomer Royal	600
		First Assistant	300
		3 Second Assistants                                   1@	160
		two @ £120	240
		2 Extra Assistants                                                      two @ £100	200
		Labourer	46	18	6
		Taxes, Parochial Rates, House Rent, Fuel, Repairs and other contingencies	1,212	7	0
	Total	£	2,759	5	6

 

 

Navy estimate 1833/4 (Vote 6, Scientific Branch)

			£.	s.	d.
		Astronomer Royal	600
		First Assistant	300
		3 Second Assistants                                   1@	170
		two others	230
		2 Extra Assistants	100
			100
		Labourer	46	18	6
		Taxes, Parochial Rates, House Rent, Fuel, Repairs and other contingencies	1,203	5	6
	Total	£	2,750	4	0

 

 

Navy estimate 1834/5 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.	s.	d.
		Astronomer Royal	600
		First Assistant	300
		3 Second Assistants	170
			135
			110
		2 Extra Assistants	100
			100
		Labourer	46	18	6
		Taxes, Parochial Rates, House Rent, Fuel, Repairs and other contingencies	1,203	1	6
	Total	£	2,765	0	0

 

 

Navy estimate 1835/6 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.	s.	d.
		Astronomer Royal	600
		First Assistant	300
		3 Second Assistants	177	10
			135
			110
		2 Extra Assistants	100
			100
		Labourer	47	2	0
		Taxes, Parochial Rates, House Rent, Fuel, Repairs and other contingencies	900	8	0
	Total	£	2,470	0	0

 

Changes from 1834/5: Pro rata length of service increments for two of the second assistants (£10 every 3 years). Increase for weekly paid labourer due to leap year. Reduction in contingencies due to transfer of printing costs (of Greenwich Observations) to the Stationary Office (HMSO).

 

Navy estimate 1836/7 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.	s.	d.
		Astronomer Royal	800
		First Assistant	300
		Second Assistant	180
		Third Assistant	140
		Fourth Assistant	100
		Fifth Assistant	100
		Sixth Assistant	100
		Labourer	46	18	6
		Allowances to assistants in lieu of Houses, Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs and other Expenses on account of the Observatory	881	1	6
	Total	£	2,648

 

Changes from 1835/6: Change of AR and salary increase of £200. But AR’s salary not increased in real terms as it now incorporated two allowances paid to he predecessor, both of which were discontinued: £100 per year in lieu of the allowance for Coals and Candles and £100 as salary of Superintendent of Chronometers. Assistants now labelled from First to Sixth, based on length of Service. Second and Third Assistants receive full increment increase this year. Labourer’s salary falls back to previous level, having been increased the previous year to take into account the fact that 1836 was a leap year.

 

 

Navy estimate 1837/8 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.	s.	d.
		Astronomer Royal	800
		First Assistant	300
		Second Assistant	180
		Third Assistant	140
		Fourth Assistant	100
		Fifth Assistant	100
		Sixth Assistant	100
		Labourer	46	18	6
		Allowances to assistants in lieu of Houses, &c.; Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs and other Expenses on account of the Observatory	881	1	6
		Fencing of the Ground, and erecting a Building for Magnetic Observations	566
	Total	£	3,214

 

Navy estimate 1838/9 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.
		Astronomer Royal	800
		First Assistant	300
		Second Assistant	180
		Third Assistant	140
		Fourth Assistant	100
		Fifth Assistant	100
		Sixth Assistant	100
		Labourer	47
		Allowances to assistants in lieu of Houses, &c.; Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, Meetings of the   Visitors of the Royal Observatory and other    Expenses	900
	Total	£	2,677

Change from 1837/8: Amounts rounded (up?) to nearest pound. Triennial Increment for Third Assistant (who is now declared to be at the top of his scale). Allowance of £70 a year for the Visitors (£50 for expenses and £10 for the secretary for each of the two annual meetings (per a.o. 4 July 1837 No.2436).

 

 

Navy estimate 1839/40 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.
		Astronomer Royal	800
		First Assistant	300
		Second Assistant	180
		Third Assistant	150
		Fourth Assistant	100
		Fifth Assistant	100
		Sixth Assistant	100
		Labourer	47
		Allowances to assistants in lieu of Houses, &c., Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other    Expenses	880
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		For a covered way & rendering fireproof of   the Quadrant Room	202
	Total	£	2,929

 

Change from 1838/9: Visitors expenses now listed as separate item. Cost of building covered way from Flamsteed House to NW corner of Meridian Building and fireproofing Quadrant Room (to turn it into a fireproof store).

 

 

Navy estimate 1840/1 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.
		Astronomer Royal	800
		First Assistant	300
		Second Assistant	180
		Third Assistant	150
		Fourth Assistant	100
		Fifth Assistant	100
		Sixth Assistant	100
		Labourer	47
		Allowances to assistants in lieu of Houses, &c., Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other    Expenses	880
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		For altering South Dome, Painting, Paving &c.	280
	Total	£	3,007

 

Changes from 1839/40: New set of building & decorating works.

 

 

Navy estimate 1841/2 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.
		Astronomer Royal	800
		First Assistant	300
		Second Assistant	180
		Third Assistant	150
		Fourth Assistant	100
		Fifth Assistant	100
		Sixth Assistant	100
		Labourer	47
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		For Painting, Paving &c.	126
		Allowances to assistants in lieu of Houses, &c., Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other    Expenses	900
	Total	£	2,873

 

 

Navy estimate 1842/3 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.
		Astronomer Royal	800
		First Assistant	300
		Second Assistant	180
		Third Assistant	150
		Fourth Assistant	100
		Fifth Assistant	100
		Sixth Assistant	100
		Labourer	47
		Additional Computer	60
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Flooring to a Room in the Dwelling-House	10
		Painting Exterior of Building, of which one half was executed last year	40
		Printing 500 Copies of Greenwich Planetary Observations	660
		Printing 500 Copies of two Papers by Mr   Maclear, relating to the Astronomical part   of the measure of La Caille’s Arc of the   Meridian at the Cape of Good Hope	113
		Printing 500 Copies of a Paper by Mr Maclear, relating to the measure of a Base Line at the Cape of Good Hope	60
		Allowances to assistants in lieu of Houses, &c., Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other    Expenses	920
	Total	£	3,710

 

Changes from 1841/42: Building & decorating works, cost of flooring, additional computer, printing of Greenwich Planetary Observations and other works.

 

 

Navy estimate 1843/4 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.
		Astronomer Royal	800
		First Assistant	300
		Second Assistant	200
		Third Assistant	170
		Fourth Assistant	100
		Fifth Assistant	100
		Sixth Assistant	100
		Labourer	47
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Printing 500 Copies of two Papers by Mr   Maclear, relating to the Astronomical part   of the measure of La Caille’s Arc of the   Meridian at the Cape of Good Hope	82
		Engravings, with Printing Paper for ditto	99
		Printing 500 Copies of a Paper by Mr Maclear, relating to the measure of a Base Line at the Cape of Good Hope	60
		Allowances to assistants in lieu of Houses, &c., Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other  Expenses	920
	Total	£	3,048

 

 

Navy estimate 1844/5 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.
		Astronomer Royal	800
		First Assistant	300
		Second Assistant	200
		Third Assistant	170
		Fourth Assistant	100
		Fifth Assistant	100
		Sixth Assistant	100
		Labourer	47
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Printing 500 Copies of a Paper by Mr Maclear, relating to the measure of a Base Line at the Cape of Good Hope	60
		New Instrument for the extension of the Observations of the Moon, and building for Instrument	800
		Probable expense of determining the Longitude of a Station in the Island of Valentia in Ireland	180
		Allowances to assistants in lieu of Houses, &c. (£260. 0s.0d.), Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other Expenses	950
	Total	£	3,877

 

Note: Longitude of Valencia determination to test by chronometers the accuracy of Trigonometrical measurement.

 

 

Navy estimate 1845/6 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.
		Astronomer Royal	800
		First Assistant	300
		Second Assistant	200
		Third Assistant	170
		Fourth Assistant	100
		Fifth Assistant	100
		Sixth Assistant	100
		Labourer	47
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Printing 500 Copies of the reductions of the Greenwich Lunar Observations from the year 1750 to 1830	1,050
		Binding ditto	50
		Calculations for reducing from these, the   Corrections of Elements of the Old Lunar Tables	200
		Partial painting of the Buildings, External and internal and preliminary repairs	90
		Allowances to assistants in lieu of Houses, &c.	260
		Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other Expenses	690
	Total	£	4,227

 

 

Navy estimate 1846/7 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.
		Astronomer Royal	800
		First Assistant	300
		Second Assistant	210
		Third Assistant	150
		Fourth Assistant	100
		Fifth Assistant	100
		Sixth Assistant	100
		Seventh Assistant	100
		Labourer	47
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Fittings for the New Instrument	30
		Allowances to assistants in lieu of Houses, &c.	260
		Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other Expenses	690
	Total	£	2,987

 

 

Navy estimate 1847/8 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.
		Astronomer Royal	800
		First Assistant	400
		Second Assistant	250
		Third Assistant	200
		Fourth Assistant	100
		Fifth Assistant	100
		Sixth Assistant	100
		Seventh Assistant	100
		Labourer	47
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		For the completion of the Azimuth and Altitude Instrument	300
		For printing the reduced results of Fallow's   Observations at the Cape of Good Hope	60
		For printing an Account of Mr Maclear’s Measurement of La Caille’s Arc of the Meridian at the Cape of Good Hope	60
		Allowances to assistants in lieu of Houses, &c.	240
		Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other Expenses	800
	Total	£	3,627

 

 

Navy estimate 1848/9 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.
		Astronomer Royal	800
		First Assistant	400
		Second Assistant	250
		Third Assistant	200
		Fourth Assistant	100
		Fifth Assistant	100
		Sixth Assistant	100
		Seventh Assistant	100
		Labourer	47
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Allowances to assistants in lieu of Houses, &c.	280
		Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other Expenses	800
	Extraordinary Expenses
		Repairs of Greenhouses	31
		Alterations for Extension of House accommodation	103
		Alterations for Extension of Observatory accommodation	49
		New Meridian Instrument	800
	Total	£	4,230

 

 

Navy estimate 1849/50 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.
		Astronomer Royal	800
		First Assistant	400
		Second Assistant	250
		Third Assistant	200
		Fourth Assistant	100
		Fifth Assistant	100
		Sixth Assistant	120
		Seventh Assistant	100
		Labourer	47
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Allowances to assistants in lieu of Houses, &c.	280
		Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other Expenses	800
	Extraordinary Expenses
		Completing new Meridian Instrument	500
		Mounting of Zenith Tube in a new form	40
		Alteration of Approaches to the Great Room of the Observatory	120
		Laying on Gas to the Observatory	50
	Total	£	3,977

 

 

Navy estimate 1850/51 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.
		Astronomer Royal	800
		First Assistant	400
		Second Assistant	250
		Third Assistant	200
		Fourth Assistant	100
		Fifth Assistant	100
		Sixth Assistant	120
		Seventh Assistant	100
		Labourer	47
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Allowances to assistants in lieu of Houses, &c.	280
		Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other Expenses	800
	Extraordinary Expenses
		Completing new Meridian Instrument	500
		Mounting of Zenith Tube in a new form	40
		Laying on Gas to the Observatory	57
		Experiments of American Method of observing Transits	100
		Gas fitting for Dwelling	50
		Converting Present Transit Room into an office for Astronomer Royal	109
		External Painting	63
	Total	£	4,186

 

 

Navy estimate 1851/2 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.
		Astronomer Royal	800
		First Assistant	400
		Second Assistant	250
		Third Assistant	200
		Fourth Assistant	100
		Fifth Assistant	100
		Sixth Assistant	120
		Seventh Assistant	100
		Labourer	47
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Allowances to assistants in lieu of Houses, &c.	280
		Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other Expenses	800
	Extraordinary Expenses
		Completion of the Apparatus for the American Method of observing Transits	100
		Repairs of Building, Exterior Painting	107
		Extension of Buildings as Outhouses &c., for protection of Instruments; Shelving &c.	191
	Total	£	3,665

 

Note: Where are the costs for installing the galvanic time system? Are they lumped in with the apparatus for the American Method of observing Transits?

 

 

Navy estimate 1852/3 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.
		Astronomer Royal	800
		First Assistant	400
		Second Assistant	250
		Third Assistant	200
		Fourth Assistant	100
		Fifth Assistant	100
		Sixth Assistant	120
		Seventh Assistant	100
		Labourer	47
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Allowances to assistants in lieu of Houses, &c.	280
		Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other Expenses	900
	Extraordinary Expenses
		Completion of the Apparatus for the American Method of observing Transits	200
		Paining interior of Magnetic Observatory	12
		Iron doors for manuscript cases	35
		Draughtsmen’s Work for plans of Transit Circle Observations	50
	Total	£	3,664

 

 

Navy estimate 1853/4 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.
		Astronomer Royal	800
		First Assistant	400
		Second Assistant	250
		Third Assistant	200
		Fourth Assistant	100
		Fifth Assistant	120
		Sixth Assistant	100
		Seventh Assistant	100
		Labourer	47
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Allowances to assistants in lieu of Houses, &c.	270
		Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other Expenses	900
	Extraordinary Expenses
		Galvanic Apparatus	50
		Painting Transit Circle Room &c.	20
		Extension of Book shelves &c.	24
		Extension of Gas Lights	35
	Total	£	3,486

 

 

Navy estimate 1854/5 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.
		Astronomer Royal	800
		First Assistant	400
		Second Assistant	250
		Third Assistant	200
		Fourth Assistant	120
		Fifth Assistant	100
		Sixth Assistant	100
		Seventh Assistant	100
		Labourer	47
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Allowances to assistants in lieu of Houses, &c.	270
		Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other Expenses	900
	Extraordinary Expenses
		Galvanic Contingencies and Apparatus	100
		Painting Chronometer Room and       dwelling house	26
		Repairs of Octagon Room	18
		Papering Drawing Room	20
		Covered Passage from Court Yard to house	38
		Erection of Fireproof Record Room	550
		Expedition for the Longitude of Lerwick	100
		Completion of Lunar Reductions	400
	Total	£	4,609

 

 

Navy estimate 1855/6 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

		No information available

 

Navy estimate 1857/8 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.
		Astronomer Royal	1,000
		First Assistant	500
		Second Assistant	250
		Third Assistant	200
		Fourth Assistant	150
		Fifth Assistant	100
		Sixth Assistant	100
		Seventh Assistant	100
		Labourer	47
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Allowances to assistants in lieu of Houses, &c.	270
		Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other Expenses	950
	Extraordinary Expenses
		Galvanic Contingencies	100
		Completion of Lunar Reductions	300
		Repairs of Buildings, &c	92
		Object Glass for large Equatorial, with Expenses of Importation, &c	1,200
		For Completion of the Buildings and Mounting for large Equatorial	2,900
	Total	£	8,329

 

 

Navy estimate 1858/9 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.
		Astronomer Royal	1,000
		First Assistant	500
		Second Assistant	250
		Third Assistant	200
		Fourth Assistant	150
		Fifth Assistant	100
		Sixth Assistant	100
		Seventh Assistant	100
		Labourer	47
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Allowances to assistants in lieu of Houses, &c.	270
		Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other Expenses	950
	Extraordinary Expenses
		Galvanic Contingencies	100
		Completion of Lunar Reductions	300
		Repairs of Buildings, &c	51
		For Completion of the Buildings and Mounting for large Equatorial	2,000	*
	Total	£	6,188
		* Of this amount, £1,000 is estimated as a Re-vote

 

Navy estimate 1859/60 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.
		Astronomer Royal	1,000
		First Assistant	500
		Second Assistant	250
		Third Assistant	200
		Fourth Assistant	150
		Fifth Assistant	100
		Sixth Assistant	100
		Seventh Assistant	100
		Labourer	47
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Allowances to assistants in lieu of Houses, &c.	270
		Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other Expenses	950
	Extraordinary Expenses
		Galvanic Contingencies	100
		Close of Analysis of Magnetic Observations	300
		Repairs of Buildings, &c	97
		Contingent Expenses of New Equatorial, in the first year of its Mounting	100
	Total	£	4,334

 

 

Navy estimate 1860/1 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.
		Astronomer Royal	1,000
		First Assistant	500
		Second Assistant	250
		Third Assistant	200
		Fourth Assistant	150
		Fifth Assistant	100
		Sixth Assistant	100
		Seventh Assistant	100
		Labourer	47
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Allowances to assistants in lieu of Houses, &c.	270
		Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other Expenses	1,000
	Extraordinary Expenses
		Galvanic Contingencies	100
		Close of Analysis of Magnetic Observations	150
		Repairs of Buildings, &c	190
		For Completion of the Buildings and Mounting for large Equatorial	920
	Total	£	5,147

 

 

Navy estimate 1862/3 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.
		Astronomer Royal	1,000
		First Assistant	350
		Second Assistant	300
		Third Assistant	200
		Fourth Assistant	150
		Fifth Assistant	100
		Sixth Assistant	120
		Seventh Assistant	150
		Labourer	47
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Allowances to assistants in lieu of Houses, &c.	260
		Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other Expenses	1,000
	Extraordinary Expenses
		Galvanic Contingencies	100
		Repairs of Buildings, &c	380
	Total	£	4,227

 

 

Navy estimate 1863/4 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.
		Astronomer Royal	1,000
		First Assistant	350
		Second Assistant	300
		Third Assistant	200
		Fourth Assistant	150
		Fifth Assistant	100
		Sixth Assistant	120
		Seventh Assistant	120
		Labourer	47
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Allowances to assistants in lieu of Houses, &c.	260
		Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other Expenses	1,000
	Extraordinary Expenses
		Galvanic Contingencies	100
		Repairs of Buildings, &c	62
	Total	£	3,879

 

 

Navy estimate 1864/5 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

		No information available

 

 

Navy estimate 1865/6 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.
		Astronomer Royal	1,000
		First Assistant	400
		Second Assistant	300
		Third Assistant	200
		Fourth Assistant	150
		Fifth Assistant	100
		Sixth Assistant	120
		Seventh Assistant	120
		Labourer	47
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Allowances to assistants in lieu of Houses, &c.	260
		Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other Expenses	1,000
	Extraordinary Expenses
		Galvanic Contingencies	100
		Repairs of Buildings, &c	119
		A portable 18-inch Altazimuth	280
		A portable German Transit Instrument	148
	Total	£	4,414

 

 

Navy estimate 1866/7 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.
		Astronomer Royal	1,000
		First Assistant	400
		Second Assistant	300
		Third Assistant	230
		Fourth Assistant	180
		Fifth Assistant	150
		Sixth Assistant	170
		Seventh Assistant	170
		Labourer	47
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Allowances to assistants in lieu of Houses, &c.	260
		Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other Expenses	1,000
		Expenses of Signal Time Ball at Deal	85
	Extraordinary Expenses
		Galvanic Contingencies	100
		Repairs of Buildings, &c	30
		Collimators for Transit Circle	200
	Total	£	4,392

 

 

Navy estimate 1867/68 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.
		Astronomer Royal	1,000
		First Assistant	400
		Second Assistant	300
		Third Assistant	230
		Fourth Assistant	180
		Fifth Assistant	150
		Sixth Assistant	170
		Seventh Assistant	170
		Labourer	47
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Allowances to assistants in lieu of Houses, &c.	260
		Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other Expenses	1,100
		Galvanic Contingencies	100
		Expenses of Signal Time Ball at Deal	85
	Extraordinary Expenses
		Fire-proofing South East Dome	400
		Improvement of Roof of ditto	70
	Total	£	4,732

 

Notes: Improvements to Dome roof required to make it watertight. Fireproofing authorised 20 November 1866, the value of Government Chronometers in the building being estimated at £15,000. Rise in Taxes, Rates etc due to ‘Heavy Parish Rates and general rise in workmen’s wages’

 

 

Navy estimate 1868/9 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.
		Astronomer Royal	1,000
		First Assistant	400
		Second Assistant                         transferred to vote for mag & met
		Third Assistant	230
		Fourth Assistant	180
		Fifth Assistant	150
		Sixth Assistant	170
		Seventh Assistant	170
		Supernumerary Computers	320	*
		Wages of Labourer, Watchman, and Gate Porter	112
		Total Salaries, Wages and allowances	2,732
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Allowances to assistants in lieu of Houses, &c.	220
		Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other Expenses	1,000
		Galvanic Contingencies	100
		Expenses of Signal Time Ball at Deal	85
		Maintaining Telegraph Wires from the Royal Observatory to the Greenwich Railway Station	25
	Extraordinary Expenses
		Chronometer Shelves and Oven in South East Dome	60
		Partition for Chronometer Office	24
		Slate Shelves for Manuscripts	34
		Depôt for Publications	120
		Raising the Ceiling of a Room	26
		General painting and preliminary repairs	191
		Whitewashing, &c	24
		Repairs of Wooden Fences	25
		Total Contingencies	2,004
	Magnetic and Meteorological Department
		Superintendent	300	**
		Assistant	120	*
		Supernumerary Computers	150	*
		Allowance to the Superintendent in lieu of a house	40	**
		Repairs of Instruments, New Instruments, and current Expenses of all kinds	230
		Total, Magnetic and Meteorological Department	840
	Total	£	5,576
		*  Provided for in 1867/8 in the Civil Services Estimates, Class IV, Vote 15, p43.
		**Transferred from Vote for Royal Observatory

 

 

Navy estimate 1869/70 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.
		Astronomer Royal	1,000
		First Assistant	400
		Third Assistant	230
		Fourth Assistant	180
		Fifth Assistant	170
		Sixth Assistant	170
		Seventh Assistant	170
		Supernumerary Computers	320
		Wages of Labourer, Watchman, and Gate Porter	123
		Total Salaries, Wages and allowances	2,763
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Allowances to assistants in lieu of Houses, &c.	220
		Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other Expenses	1,000
		Galvanic Contingencies	100
		Expenses of Signal Time Ball at Deal	85
		Maintaining Telegraph Wires from the Royal Observatory to the Greenwich Railway Station	25
	Extraordinary Expenses
		Painting the Interior of the principal Room of the Dwelling House	85
		Experimental Clock	50
		Instrument for Testing the Theory of Astronomical Observations	50
		Expenses of inclosing and levelling, &c., additional Grounds from Greenwich Park for Royal Observatory	80
		Total Contingencies	1,765
	Magnetic and Meteorological Department
		Superintendent	300
		Assistant	120
		Supernumerary Computers	150
		Allowance to the Superintendent in lieu of a house	40
		Repairs of Instruments, New Instruments, and current Expenses of all kinds	250	*
		Total, Magnetic and Meteorological Department	860
	Total	£	5,388
		*Increase of £20 on previous year for purchase of a new electrometer

 

 

Navy estimate 1870/71 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.
		Astronomer Royal	1,000
		First Assistant	400
		Third Assistant	230
		Fourth Assistant	180
		Fifth Assistant	170
		Sixth Assistant	170
		Seventh Assistant	170
		Supernumerary Computers	350
		Wages of Labourer, Watchman, and Gate Porter	130
		Total Salaries, Wages and allowances	2,800
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Allowances to assistants in lieu of Houses, &c.	220
		Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other Expenses	1,200
		Galvanic Contingencies	100
		Expenses of Signal Time Ball at Deal	85
		Maintaining Telegraph Wires from the Royal Observatory to the Greenwich Railway Station	25
	Extraordinary Expenses
		Repairs of Earth Boards and Fences in difficult parts of the Grounds	40
		Iron Door to the Equatorial Room of the South-east Dome	12
		Painting the Interior of the principal Room of the Dwelling House	85
		Experimental Clock	30
		Instrument for Testing the Theory of Astronomical Observations	50
		Total Contingencies	1,917
	Transit of Venus
		For instruments and Clocks required for the Observations of the Transit of Venus in 1874	1,540
		Total for Transit of Venus	1,540
	Magnetic and Meteorological Department
		Superintendent	300
		Assistant	120
		Supernumerary Computers	150
		Allowance to the Superintendent in lieu of a house	40
		Repairs of Instruments, New Instruments, and current Expenses of all kinds	250
		Reduction of Meteorological Observations	85
		Total, Magnetic and Meteorological Department	945
	Total	£	7,202

 

Navy estimate 1871/2 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.
		Astronomer Royal	1,000
		First Assistant	500
		Two First Class Assistants, from £350 to £450 per annum	700
		Three Second Class Assistants, from £250 to £350 per annum	750
		Supernumerary Computers	350
		Wages of Labourer, Watchman, and Gate Porter	130
		Total Salaries, Wages and allowances	3,430
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other contingent expenses	1,200
		Galvanic Contingencies	100
		Expenses of Signal Time Ball at Deal	85
		Maintaining Telegraph Wires from the Royal Observatory to the Greenwich Railway Station	25
	Extraordinary Expenses
		Experimental Clock	30
		Pipe for a stove in the Dwelling-house	20
		Total Contingencies	1,530
	Transit of Venus
		For instruments and Clocks required for the Observations of the Transit of Venus in 1874	740
		Total for Transit of Venus	740
	Magnetic and Meteorological Department
		Superintendent from £400 to £500 per annum	400
		Assistant from £180 to £250 per annum	180
		Supernumerary Computers	150
		Repairs of Instruments, New Instruments, and current Expenses of all kinds	250
		Total, Magnetic and Meteorological Department	980
	Total	£	6,680

 

 

Navy estimate 1872/3 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

			£.
		Astronomer Royal	1,000
		Chief Assistant, from £500 to £600 per annum	520
		Two First Class Assistants, from £320 to £450 per annum	730
		Three Second Class Assistants, from £200 to £300 per annum	780
		Supernumerary Computers	350
		Wages of Labourer, Watchman, and Gate Porter	130
		Total Salaries, Wages and allowances	3,510
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other contingent expenses	1,250
		Galvanic Contingencies	100
		Expenses of Signal Time Ball at Deal	85
		Maintaining Telegraph Wires from the Royal Observatory to the Greenwich Railway Station	25
	Extraordinary Expenses
		Experimental Clock	58
		Furniture, additions and repairs to the Buildings of the Observatory Magnetic and Meteorological Branch	111
		Total Contingencies	1,699
	Transit of Venus
		For instruments and Clocks required for the Observations of the Transit of Venus in 1874	766
		For Photographic Record of the Transit of Venus	1,800
		Total for Transit of Venus	2,566
	Magnetic and Meteorological Department
		Superintendent from £320 to £450 per annum	415
		Assistant from £180 to £250 per annum	190
		Supernumerary Computers	150
		Repairs of Instruments, New Instruments, and current Expenses of all kinds	250
		Reductions of Meteorological Observations	100
		Daily Telegrams to the Bulletin of the National Observatory at Paris	16
		Total, Magnetic and Meteorological Department	1,121
	Total	£	8,896

 

 

Navy estimate 1873/4 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

	Salaries		£.
		Astronomer Royal	1,000
		Chief Assistant, from £500 to £600 per annum	540
		Two First Class Assistants, from £320 to £450 per annum	760
		Four Second Class Assistants, from £200 to £300 per annum	940
		Supernumerary Computers	404
		Wages of Labourer, Watchman, and Gate Porter	130
	Magnetic and Meteorological Branch
		Superintendent from £320 to £450 per annum	430
		Assistant from £180 to £250 per annum	200
		Supernumerary Computers	150
		Total Salaries, Wages and allowances	4,554
	Contingencies
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other contingent expenses	1,140
		Galvanic Contingencies	100
		Expenses of Signal Time Ball at Deal and at Mount Wise, Devenport	110
		Maintaining Telegraph Wires from the Royal Observatory to the Greenwich Railway Station	25
	Extraordinary Expenses
		Building and Equipment of a Room for Photographic and Spectroscopic Observations	210
		Furniture, and additions and repairs to the Buildings of the Observatory	58
		Painting Outside of Observatory	169
	Magnetic and Meteorological Department
		Repairs of Instruments, New Instruments, and current Expenses of all kinds	250
		Reductions of Meteorological Observations	150
		Daily Telegrams to the Bulletin of the National Observatory at Paris	16
		Total, Contingencies	2,298
	Transit of Venus
		For instruments and Clocks required for the Observations of the Transit of Venus in 1874	71
		For Photographic Record of the Transit of Venus	1800
		Total for Transit of Venus	1871	*
	Total	£	8,896
		* Re-vote

 

Note: A letter from the Treasury dated 23 Jan 1872 (No.18308) ordered the payment of local rates by the Observatoryshould be discontinued discontinued. Hence the reduction in the amount under the budget head: 'Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other contingent expenses'. Despite the change, The words 'Taxes and Rates'  continued to appear in this budget head until the 1875/6 estimates.

 

 

Navy estimate 1874/5 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

	Salaries		£.
		Astronomer Royal	1,000
		Chief Assistant, from £500 to £600 per annum	560
		Two First Class Assistants, from £320 to £450 per annum	790
		Four Second Class Assistants, from £200 to £300 per annum	972
		Supernumerary Computers	454
		Wages of Labourer, Watchman, and Gate Porter	138
	Magnetic and Meteorological Branch
		Superintendent from £320 to £450 per annum	445
		Assistant from £180 to £250 per annum	210
		Supernumerary Computers	150
		Total Salaries, Wages and allowances	4,719
	Contingencies
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Taxes, Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other contingent expenses	1,140
		Galvanic Contingencies	100
		Expenses of Signal Time Ball at Deal	85
		Maintaining Telegraph Wires from the Royal Observatory to the Greenwich Railway Station	25
	Extraordinary Expenses
		Furniture, and Additions and Repairs to the Buildings and of the Fences of the Observatory	77
		Spectroscope	100
		Slate Shelving in Record Room	78
		Repairs to the Time Ball Tower at Deal	53
	Magnetic and Meteorological Department
		Repairs of Instruments, New Instruments, and current Expenses of all kinds	250
		Reductions of Meteorological Observations	150
		Daily Telegrams to the Bulletin of the National Observatory at Paris	16
		Total, Contingencies	2,144
	Transit of Venus
		Travelling Expenses, and Special Pay of Officers, &c connected with the Expeditions for Observing the Transit of Venus in 1874	8,250
		For instruments and Clocks required for ditto	215
		For Instruments, &c for Photographic Record of ditto	548
		Total for Transit of Venus	9,013
	Total	£	15,586

 

Note: A letter from the Treasury dated 23 Jan 1872 (No.18308) ordered the payment of local rates by the Observatoryshould be discontinued discontinued. Despite the change, The words 'Taxes and Rates'  continued to appear in the estimates until 1875/6.

 

 

Navy estimate 1875/6 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

	Salaries		£.
		Astronomer Royal	1,000
		Chief Assistant, from £500 to £600 per annum	580
		Two First Class Assistants, from £320 to £450 per annum	734
		Four Second Class Assistants, from £200 to £300 per annum	926
		Supernumerary Computers	454
		Wages of Labourer, Watchman, and Gate Porter	138
	Magnetic and Meteorological Branch
		Superintendent from £320 to £450 per annum	410
		Assistant from £180 to £250 per annum	220
		Supernumerary Computers	160
		Total Salaries, Wages and allowances	4,622
	Contingencies
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Fuel, Repairs and other contingent Expenses	1,140
		Galvanic Contingencies	100
		Expenses of Signal Time Ball at Deal	85
		Maintaining Telegraph Wires from the Royal Observatory to the Greenwich Railway Station	25	*
	Extraordinary Expenses
		Modification of Spectroscope	20
		Photographic Chemicals for Heliograph	30
		Calculations for Astronomer Royal’s New Lunar Theory	160
	Magnetic and Meteorological Department
		Repairs of Instruments, New Instruments, and current Expenses of all kinds	250
		Daily Telegrams to the Bulletin of the National Observatory at Paris	16
		Total, Contingencies	1,896
	Transit of Venus
		Travelling Expenses, and Special Pay of Officers, &c connected with the Expeditions for Observing the Transit of Venus in 1874	2,140
		Astronomical Instruments, &c., for ditto	100
		For Instruments, &c., for Photographic Record of ditto	100
		Total for Transit of Venus	2,340
	Total	£	8,858
		*Maintaining Telegraph Wires from the Royal Observatory to the Greenwich Railway Station (£25) transferred to the Post Office Telegraphs in 1876/7

 

Note: A letter from the Treasury dated 23 Jan 1872 (No.18308) ordered the payment of local rates by the Observatoryshould be discontinued discontinued. Despite the change, The words 'Taxes and Rates'  continued to appear in the estimates until 1875/6.

 

 

Navy estimate 1876/7 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

	Salaries		£.
		Astronomer Royal	1,200
		Chief Assistant, from £500 to £600 per annum	600
		Two First Class Assistants, from £320 to £450 per annum	764
		Four Second Class Assistants, from £200 to £300 per annum	967
		Supernumerary Computers	454
		Wages of Labourer, Watchman, and Gate Porter	138
	Magnetic and Meteorological Branch
		Superintendent from £320 to £450 per annum	425
		Assistant from £180 to £250 per annum	230
		Supernumerary Computers	200
		Total Salaries, Wages and allowances	4,978
	Contingencies
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Fuel, Repairs and other contingent Expenses	1,200
		Galvanic Contingencies	100
		Expenses of Signal Time Ball at Deal	85
	Extraordinary Expenses
		Repairs to Observatory Buildings	92
		Photographic Chemicals for Heliograph	25
		New Micrometers, &c., to Altazimuth and Transit Circle	125
		Micrometer for Photoheliograph	50
		Calculations for Astronomer Royal’s New Lunar Theory	160
		Calculation of Star Catalogue	50
	Magnetic and Meteorological Department
		Repairs of Instruments, New Instruments, and current Expenses of all kinds	250
		Self-registering Instrument for Record of Atmospheric Electricity	75
		Daily Telegrams to the Bulletin of the National Observatory at Paris	16
		Total, Contingencies	2,298
	Transit of Venus
		Special Pay, &c., of Officers and others in connection with the    Observations of the Transit of Venus in 1874	1,000
		Total for Transit of Venus	1,000
	Total	£	8,276

 

Notes: Maintaining Telegraph Wires from the Royal Observatory to the Greenwich Railway Station (£25) transferred to the Post Office Telegraphs.

 

 

Navy estimate 1877/8 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

	Salaries		£.
		Astronomer Royal	1,200
		Chief Assistant, from £500 to £600 per annum	600
		Two First Class Assistants, from £320 to £450 per annum	794
		Four Second Class Assistants, from £200 to £300 per annum	997
		Supernumerary Computers	454
		Wages of Labourer, Watchman, and Gate Porter	138
	Magnetic and Meteorological Branch
		Superintendent from £320 to £450 per annum	440
		Assistant from £180 to £250 per annum	240
		Supernumerary Computers	200
		Total Salaries, Wages and allowances	5,063
	Contingencies
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Fuel, Repairs and other contingent Expenses	1,250
		Galvanic Contingencies	100
		Expenses of Signal Time Ball at Deal	85
		Photographic Chemicals for Heliograph	25
	Extraordinary Expenses
		Repairs to Observatory Buildings	92
		Calculations for Astronomer Royal’s New Lunar Theory	160
		Calculation of Star Catalogue	50
		Doublet of Lenses for the Great Equatorial Telescope	15
		Direct Vision Spectroscope	50
	Magnetic and Meteorological Department
		Repairs of Instruments, New Instruments, and current Expenses of all kinds	250
		Daily Telegrams to the Bulletin of the National Observatory at Paris	16
		Total, Contingencies	2,171
	Transit of Venus
		For Special Pay to Superintendent, &c., Wages of Computers, and other expenses in connection with the Observations of the Transit of Venus in 1874	1,500
		Total for Transit of Venus	1,500
	Total	£	8,734

 

 

Navy estimate 1878/9 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

	Salaries		£.
		Astronomer Royal (Salary of Successor to be reconsidered)	1,200
		Chief Assistant, from £500 to £600 per annum	600
		Two First Class Assistants, from £320 to £450 per annum	819
		Four Second Class Assistants, from £200 to £300 per annum	1,027
		Supernumerary Computers	430
		Wages of Labourer, Watchman, and Gate Porter	138
	Magnetic and Meteorological Branch
		Superintendent from £320 to £450 per annum	450
		Assistant from £180 to £250 per annum	250
		Supernumerary Computers	220
		Total Salaries, Wages and allowances	5,134
	Contingencies
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Fuel, Repairs and other contingent Expenses	1,380
		Galvanic Contingencies	100
		Expenses of Signal Time Ball at Deal	85
		Photographic Chemicals for Heliograph	25
	Extraordinary Expenses
		Exterior Paining, Whitewashing &c.	205
		Calculations for Astronomer Royal’s New Lunar Theory	80
		Additions to two Spectroscopes	20
	Magnetic and Meteorological Department
		Repairs of Instruments, New Instruments, and current Expenses of all kinds	250
		Daily Telegrams to the Bulletin of the National Observatory at Paris	16
		Total, Contingencies	2,231
	Total	£	7,365

 

 

Navy estimate 1879/80 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

	Salaries		£.
		Astronomer Royal	1,200
		Chief Assistant, from £500 to £600 per annum	600
		Two First Class Assistants, from £320 to £450 per annum	834
		Four Second Class Assistants, from £200 to £300 per annum	1,057
		Supernumerary Computers	454
		Wages of Labourer, Watchman, and Gate Porter	138
	Magnetic and Meteorological Branch
		Superintendent from £320 to £450 per annum	450
		Assistant from £180 to £250 per annum	250
		Supernumerary Computers	200
		Total Salaries, Wages and allowances	5,183
	Contingencies
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Repairs to Buildings, Fixtures, &c.	300
		Incidental Workmen’s expenses of all kinds	670
		Repairs to Instruments, New Instruments, &c.	250
		Current Contingencies and Fuel	160
		Galvanic Contingencies	100
		Expenses of Signal Time Ball at Deal	85
		Photographic Chemicals for Heliograph	25
	Extraordinary Expenses
		Whitewashing Ceiling of Octagon Room	36
	Magnetic and Meteorological Department
		Repairs of Instruments, New Instruments, and current Expenses of all kinds	250
		Daily Telegrams to the Bulletin of the National Observatory at Paris	16
		Total, Contingencies	1,962
	Total	£	7,145

 

 

Navy estimate 1880/1 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

	Salaries		£.
		Astronomer Royal	1,200
		Chief Assistant, from £500 to £600 per annum	600
		Two First Class Assistants, from £320 to £450 per annum	849
		Four Second Class Assistants, from £200 to £300 per annum	1,087
		Supernumerary Computers	500
		Wages of Labourer, Watchman, and Gate Porter	140
	Magnetic and Meteorological Branch
		Superintendent from £320 to £450 per annum	450
		Assistant from £180 to £250 per annum	250
		Supernumerary Computers	200
		Total Salaries, Wages and allowances	5,276
	Contingencies
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Repairs to Buildings, Fixtures, &c.	300
		Incidental Workmen’s expenses of all kinds	670
		Repairs to Instruments, New Instruments, &c.	250
		Current Contingencies and Fuel	160
		Galvanic Contingencies	100
		Expenses of Signal Time Ball at Deal	85
		Photographic Chemicals for Heliograph	25
	Extraordinary Expenses
		Computations on Lunar Theory	50
	Magnetic and Meteorological Department
		Repairs of Instruments, New Instruments, and current Expenses of all kinds	250
		Daily Telegrams to the Bulletin of the National Observatory at Paris	16
		Total, Contingencies	1,976
	Total	£	7,252

 

 

Navy estimate 1881/2 (Vote 5, Scientific Branch)

	Salaries		£.
		Astronomer Royal	1,200
		Chief Assistant, from £500 to £600 per annum	600
		Two First Class Assistants, from £320 to £450 per annum	787
		Four Second Class Assistants, from £200 to £300 per annum	1,017
		Supernumerary Computers	500
		Wages of Labourer, Watchman, and Gate Porter	140
	Magnetic and Meteorological Branch
		Superintendent from £320 to £450 per annum	450
		Assistant from £180 to £250 per annum	250
		Supernumerary Computers	200
		Total Salaries, Wages and allowances	5,144
	Contingencies
		Expenses of the Board of Visitors	70
		Repairs to Buildings, Fixtures, &c.	300
		Incidental Workmen’s expenses of all kinds	670
		Repairs to Instruments, New Instruments, &c.	250
		Current Contingencies and Fuel	160
		Galvanic Contingencies	100
		Expenses of Signal Time Ball at Deal	85
		Photographic Chemicals for Heliograph	25
	Extraordinary Expenses
		Computations on Lunar Theory	50
		Whitewashing and Painting Observatory Buildings	63
		New Library	600
	Magnetic and Meteorological Department
		Repairs of Instruments, New Instruments, and current Expenses of all kinds	250
		Daily Telegrams to the Bulletin of the National Observatory at Paris	16
		Total, Contingencies	2,639
	Total	£	7,783