vili Annual Report. [February, 1921 
From Government of Bengal— Rs. Vide Statement 
Anthropological Fund seas 000 Nook 
Bureau of Information ay 1,200 ae 5 
Oriental Publication Fund No. 1 9,000 No. 9 
0) No.2 3,000 areas 1 
Sanskrit MSS. Fund for catalogu- 
ing and preservation of MSS... 5,600 carer © 
TOTAL +: OU 
From Government of India— Rs. Vice Statement 
0 No. 
Arabic and Persian MSS. Fund .. 5,00 
Statement No. 14 contains an account of the Society's 
investments in Government Securities which are held in deposit 
by the Bank of Bengal. We hold 33% Government Promissory 
Notes of the face value of Rs. 2,74,200. They cost Rs. 2,738, 
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. 53. We also hold 4% Government Terminable Loan of 
1915-16 of Rs. 16,100 purchased at par. In addition we have 
Statement No. 15 shows how the current Bank balance is 
temporarily invested. 
from the Society by way of subscriptions, publications. and 
contingent charges. 5 
n statement No. 19 is shown the sum reserved, with 
interest thereon, and kept in deposit with the Chartered Bank 
of India, Australia and China, London, for printing the Kashmiri 
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receipts are Rs. 26,803-8-5, including the “admission fees,”’ 
and one “ compound subscription,” and the actual Expenditure 
Rs. 24,084.9-7, including “summer clothing,” ‘‘ Gratuity,” 
‘* Subscription Refunded,” and “Coins,” which were not pro- 
vided for in the Budget estimate. The financial position of the 
Society therefore shows an improvement of nearly Rupees four 
housand six hundred over last year. 
During the year we have received Rs. 1,600 from Admission 
fees and one Compound Subscription, and as usual the Perma- 
nent Reserve has been increased by Rs. 1,600 (face value) 
