1899.] Annual Jieport. 7 



The seven Ordinary Members, the loss of Avhom by cleatli during 

 tlie year we have to regret, were The Hon. Maulvie Sir Sayid Ahmad 

 Kliau Bahadur, Mr. Umes Chandra Batabyal, Babu Hnra Chandra 

 Chaudhuri, Mi-. G. E. Grimes, Pandit Rao Goviud Rao Narain,.H. H. The 

 Hon. Maharajah Sir Luchmessur Singh Bahadur, atid Pandit Haii 

 Mohan Vidyabhusan. 



There was one death amongst the Honorary Members, viz., Dr. 

 Georg Biihler, and one amongst Associate Members, viz., Mr. C. J. 

 Rodgers, their numbers now stand at 23 and 9 I'espectively. 



Tlie Special Honorary Centenary Members and Corresponding 

 Member remain at 5 and 1 respectively as last year, there having been 

 no casualties. 



No Members compounded for their subscriptions during the year. 



Indian Museum. 



One presentation made to the Society by Mr. F. J. Needham was 

 transferred to the Indian Museum under the provisions of Act XXII of 

 1876, namely, the big Kettle-Drum, referred to in the Society's Proceed- 

 ings for July 1898, page 186. 



Mr. A. Pedler was re-elected a Trustee of the Indian Museum. 

 The other Ti-ustees on behalf of the Society were : — 

 Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle, C.I.E., Dr. Mahendralal Sarkar, C.I.E., 

 R. D. Oldham, Esq., F.G.S., G. W. Kiiohler, Esq., MA. 



Finance. 



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

 Appendix, under the usual heads. The closing balance for the year 

 was Rs. 1,47,205-1-1 which is less, by Rs. 6,250-2-6 than that of the 

 year preceding. It must be mentioned, however in explanation (1) 

 that our expenses for the year in review include a sum of Rs. 5,829-8-6 

 for repairing the damage done to the building by the earthquake of 1897, 

 and (2) that as a consequence of the stricter scrutiny demanded by 

 Members at the last Annual Meeting our outstanding liabilities are 

 abnormally small, being not much over a thousand rupees. 



Statement No. 8 contains the Balance Sheet of the Society and of 

 the different funds administered through it. 



The Budget Estimate for 1898 was taken at the following figures : 



Receipts Rs. 17,700. Expenditure Rs. 22,210 (Ordinary Rs. 16,682, 

 Extraordinary Rs. 5,528). 



Taking into account only the ordinary items of receipts and ex- 

 penditure for the year J898, the actual results linve been, Receipts 

 Rs. 16,886-5-2 and Expenditure Rs. 18,995-7-8. 



