20 Atinual lieport. [Feb. 



Extraordinary Expenditure. 



Library Catalogue ... Rs. 1,000 100 1,200 



Repairs ... ... G,000 



Furniture ... 265 10 



Rojal Society's Catalogue 382 13 



Catalogue of Coins ... 362 8 



Total Rs. J, 000 1,110 15 7,"200 



Agencies. 



Our London Agency is still in tlie haiid.s of Messi-s. Luzac & Co., 

 and though we have not yet received a detailed account from them, we 

 have remitted £60 on account. The value of the publications sent to 

 thera during the year amounts to £24 representing 300 numbers of the 

 Jiinrnal and Proceedings and Rs. 350-14 representing 503 components 

 of the Bihliatheca Indica. From them we have received books and 

 papers of tlie value of £39-19-2. 



Our Continental Agent is Mr. Otto Harrassowitz to whom we have 

 sent publications valued at £27-14 and Rs. 282-6 of which £18-10-10 

 and Rs. 149-11-10 have been recovei-ed by sales. 



Library. 



The total number of volumes or parts of volumes added to the 

 Library during the year was 2,328, of which 705 were purchased and 

 1,623 presented or received in exchange for the Society's publications. 



In consequence of enquiries made by the Government of Bengal, 

 the General Secretary examined tlie records of the Society for the 

 purpose of ascertaining the exact terms under which the valuable 

 collection of manuscripts and books were transferred to the Society on 

 the break-up of the Fort William College Library in 1836. As it 

 required some considerable time to trace the history of the transaction, 

 it will probably be of use to the members to record briefly a summary 

 of tlie facts so far as obtainable : — The Asiatic Society having learnt 

 tliat it was the intention of Government to transfer the major part of 

 the Library of the College of Fort William to the Curators of the Cal- 

 cutta Public Library, wrote to Government on the 8th (? 6th) of Febru- 

 ary, 1836, offering accommodation for the remainder, namely, the orien- 

 tal works in the Foit William College Library ; and, on condition that 

 Government gave assistance towai'ds the staff necessary to keep the 

 collection in order, agreed (1) to provide for the accessibility of the 

 books to students whether or not members of the Society, and (2) to 



