vi Annual Report. [February, 1919. 
From the Government of Bengal— Rs. Vide Statement 
International Catalogue of Scien- 
tific Literature .. we LO No. 7 
Oriental Publication Fund, No. 1 9,000 es 
Do. No. 2 5,000 er. | 
Bureau of Information -« 2200 mae > | 
Anthropological Fund .. 2,000 re 
Sanskrit MSS. Fund. . .. 5,600 ke 
TorTaL .. 23,800 
From the Government of India— Rs. Vide Statement 
Arabic and Persian MSS. Fund .. 5,000 No. 14 
Statement No. 15 shows the sums invested in Govern- 
ment securities, held in deposit by the Bank of Bengal, of the 
face value Rs. 2,84,300. These comprise Rs. 2,74,200, 34 % and 
Rs. 10,100, 4 % G.P. Notes. They cost Rs. 2,73,206-3-10, the 
average purchase price being Rs. 96-1-6. The market price at 
the time of writing this report is nominally Rs. 74. We have 
also in the custody of the Alliance Bank of Simla Ltd., 34 %G.P. 
Notes of the face value of Rs. 500 belonging to the Barclay 
Memorial Fund. 
The Budget estimates for the year 1918 were :—Receipts 
Rs. 21,300, Expenditure Rs. 21,734. 
Receipts Rs. 26,053, Expenditure Rs. 19,538. This shows an 
during the year. Other papers accepted in 1918 for future 
publication will involve a further sum of Rs. 4,323. but this 
will not become payable till 1919. 
The Budget Estimate of Receipts and Expenditure for the 
year 1919 is as follows :— 
Rs. 
Receipts .. re! - o. 22,953 
Expenditure a ie .. 19,762 
the years 1917 and 1918, as shown in statement No. 1 of the 
Abstract. 
