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for Journal, Part I, has been exceeded by Rs. 983-1-6, a sum wbich is 

 more than covered by the special grant from the Government of North- 

 western Provinces for the publication of Mr. Hoey's paper on "Set 

 Mahet." Owing to a new edition of the Society's Bye-laws being printed, 

 there is a slight increase of Rs. 36-12-0, under the head of "Printing 

 Circulars," etc. 



An expenditure of only Rs. li4;2-7-0 appears under the head " Books," 

 in consequence of the non-receipt of Messrs. Kegau Paul, Trench, Triib- 

 ner and Co.'s accounts, the books purchased through our London agents 

 amounting to £ 71-16-5. 



Owing to extensive repairs to the Society's buildings and to the 

 complete change of gas fittings, the accounts show an extraordinary 

 expenditure of Rs. 9,674i-l-3, a sum which is below the estimate. 



The actual expenditure on the Journal and Proceedings was 

 as follows : — 



Rs. A. P. 

 /-Parti. ... ... 3,083 1 6 



Journal ... 5 Part II. ... ... 1,376 3 6 



( Part III. ... ... 212 1 2 



Proceedings ... ... ... ... 902 4 



Total ... 5,573 10 2 



This is less than the Budget Estimate by Rs. 1,626-5-10, but the 

 bills for the printing of Part III, during the past year have not yet 

 been submitted. 



The Budget Estimate of ordinary receipts and expenditure for 1S94 

 has been fixed as follows ; — Receipts, Rs. 17,576. Expenditure, 

 Rs. 16,993. 



On the receipts side, there is an increase under the head of " Govern- 

 ment Allowances " owing to grants of Rs. 1,000 and of Rs. 500 made 

 by Governments of Assam and Madras, respectively, for Part III of the 

 Society's Journal dealing with Anthropology, Ethnology and Folk-lore. 

 The estimate for " Miscellaneous Receipts " has been reduced by 

 Rs. 250 as the sum actually received under this heading was little more 

 than Rs. 100 during the past year. 



On the expenditure side the items " Stationery," " Postage," 

 "Freight," "Contingencies," ''Journal, Part III," and " Printing Circu- 

 lars," &c., have been increased. " Stationery " has been increased by 

 Rs. 50, owing to the compilation of Society's Library Catalogue. The 

 item of postage has been increased by Rs. 50. This will cover the 

 despatch of those numbers of the Journal of 1893 which have been 



