8 Annual Seport. [Feb. 



The reoeipts sliow a decrease of Ra. 813-10-10 while the expendi- 

 ture shows an increase of Rs. 2,313-7-8 on the Budget Estimate. 



The falling off in the receipts is due to non-payment of subsciip- 

 tions by some of the Members. 



This can be rectified by the Members themselves. 

 On the expenditure side, the items of "Lighting," "Postage," 

 '* Freight," "Contingencies," "Books," "Journal Part I," " Journal, 

 Part II," " Proceedings," and " Printing Ciiculars, etc." all show an 

 increase. 



The increase of Rs. 20 for Lighting is due to the settling-np of some 

 old outstanding gas-bills. 



The increase of Rs. 28-1-3 for Postage is caused by the distribution 

 of presentations of Dr. Grierson's Kafmiii Grammar. 



The increase of Rs. 62-3-0 for Freights is chiefly due to excep- 

 tionally large applications for back volumes of the Society's publications 

 in exchange. The value of the exchanges received in return must be 

 set against this. 



A considerable part of the increase of Rs 135-8-9 for " Contin- 

 gencies " is accounted for by cold-weather uniforms for servants. This 

 should have been estimated for, as it is a periodically recurring charge 

 but was over-looked. 



The increase of Rs. J, 172-1-3 for "Books" is in great measure 

 accounted for by the fact that Messrs. Luzac & Co's. accounts for 

 eighteen months had to be adjusted, -whereas the estimates were for 

 twelve months only. 



The increase of Rs. 1,627-3-9 for Journal and Proceedings can be 

 satisfactory explained. As a matter of fact, the expenditure for the 

 publications of the year in review has been uncier the estimate, and the 

 increase is due to our having had to adjust large bills outstanding for 

 the year 1897. 



For Journal Part J, the expenditure shows Rs. 4,629-15-9 against a 

 sanctioned estimate of Rs. 2,100 or an apparent excess of Rs. 2,529- J 5-9. 

 But, on the one hand, Rs. 1,912 of this apparent excess went to 

 settle outstanding printers' bills for J897— which reduces the excess to 

 Rs. 617-15-9 ; and, on the other hand, an extra credit of Rs. 1,G0U was 

 made to Journal Part I, out of the accumulations of the Assam Govern- 

 ment Grant for Ethnology, for printing an illustrated paper upon Assam 

 Copper-plate Inscriptions. So that, taking the income of Journal Part I 

 at Rs. 2,100 p/ns 1,600 = Rs. 3,700, and the expenditure at Rs. 4,629-15-9 

 minus Rs. 1,912 = Rs. 2,717-15-9, the publication of the ordinary papers 

 in tiiis Pait lias cost Rs. 982-0-3 less than the estimate. As a 

 matter of fact, we have a small bill of Rs. 427-3-0 still outstanding 



