1894.] Annual Report. 15 



A. Pedler, Esq. 



Dr. D. D. Cunningliam. 



C. Little, Esq. 



Dr. Mahendra Lai Sarkar. 



Finance. 



The accounts of the Society are shown in Statement No. 1, in 

 the Appendix under the usual heads. 



Statement No. 8, contains the balance sheet of the Society, and of 

 the different funds administered through it. 



The Budget Estimate for 1893, was taken at the following figures : — 

 Receipts, Rs. 16,326. Expenditure, Rs. 15,698. 



The actual results were found to be : — Receipts, Rs. 18,270-10-6. 

 Expenditure, Rs. 12,556-13-2. 



The receipts thus show an increase of Rs. 1,94-1-10-6, and the ex- 

 penditure a decrease of Rs. 3,141-2-10, on the Budget Estimate, leaving 

 a balance in favor of the Society of Rs. 5,085-13-4. 



The increase in receipts is under the heads of " Subscriptions " and 

 " Government Allowance." " Subscriptions " were estimated at Rs. 

 7,400, whilst the actual sura was Rs. 8,307-5-0, the increase being due to 

 some of the arrear subscriptions from Members having been realized. 

 " Government Allowance" shows an increase of Rs. 1,500. During the 

 year Rs. 1,000 was received from the Government of North- Western 

 Provinces, as a contribution to the Society's tTournal, Part I, for the pub- 

 lication of Mr. Hoey's paper on " Set Mahet," of which 150 copies 

 were sent to them, and Rs. 500 fi'om the Government of Madras towards 

 the publication of Part III of the Society's Journal. 



Messrs. Kegan Paul, Trench, Triibner and Company, have not sub- 

 mitted their accounts, and thus there appears a reduction of Rs. 118-5-6 

 under the head of " Sale of publications." " Rent of Rooms " is 

 also beloAV the estimate, but this is due to the non-receipt of rent, the 

 Treasurer of the Photographic Society having been away from Calcutta, 

 during the two last months of the year. 



On the expenditure side, the items of " Commission," " Contin- 

 gencies," " Journal, Part I," and " Printing Circulars," etc., show an 

 increase. The first was due to the arrear subscriptions realized. No 

 extraordinary expenditure was contemplated during the year, and 

 Rs. 150 were set aside for contingent charges. But during the year it was 

 found necessary to purchase scales for numismatic purposes, water- 

 proofs for peons. Secretaries' despatch boxes, etc., and to pay Rs. 102 

 for professional opinion on the question of the Society's boundary wall, 

 and hence Rs. 321-7-3 was spent under this heading. The Budget Estimate 



