yi Annual Report. [Februarj, 1907. 



have been higlier owing to the payment during the year of the 

 taxes for the last quarter of the preceding year. The other 

 increases, which ai*e not large in any case, have been due to the 

 greater volume of woi^k done during the year. 



The Extraordinary expenditui*e for the year was estimated 



afc Rs. 



mcui 



Under 



these heads the expenditure has amounted to Rs. 8,656-2-5 or 

 about Rs. 700 in excess of the estimate. The sum of Rs. 2,300 

 was budgeted for printing the Jonmal and Proceedings and 

 Memoirs during 1905. The sum of Rs, 2,875-2-0 has been spent 



uja 



The sum of Rs. 1,000 was budgeted for the 

 new Library Catalogue, and the sum of Rs. 1,600 has been spent 

 under this head. The sum of Rs. 288 was budgeted for picture 

 rods, but has not been spent. 



The sum of Rs, 7,758-3-9 has been spent on repairs to the 

 Society's building. No definite amount was budgeted for under 

 this head. The sum of Rs. 2,232-9-9 has been paid for printing 

 the " Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. " This was 

 not budgeted for. There was a loss of Rs. 453-7-0 on Govern- 

 ment paper sold duinng the year. 



The year's expenditure has exceeded the receipts by Rs. 

 15,231-4-10, and the Temporary Reserve has been drawn on to 

 the extent of Rs. 11,600. The Temporary Reserve now stands at 

 Rs. 31,750 (face value), against Rs. 45,100 at the close of the 

 preceding year, the sum of Rs. 1,750, the amount credited to the 

 Permanent Reserve out of receipts from entrance fees, having 



transfei 



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were held at the close of the year on 



account of the different funds administered through the Society : 



Rs. As. P, 



Oriental Publication Fund ... ... 1,335 14 9 



Sanskrit MSS. Fund ,.. ... 3,643 8 11 



Arabic and Persian MSS. Fund ... 1,985 8 9 



Bardic Chronicles MSS. Fund ... 2,400 



Total ... 9,365 5 



The Budget estimate of Receipts and Disbursements for 



1907 has been fixed as follows : — Receipts Rs. 21,150, Expendi- 

 ture, Rs. 20.675. 



The Budget estimate of Receipts is about Rs. 2,500 

 less than the actuals of 1906. " Publications '* are not expected 

 to jueld so much, three especially large orders having been 

 received last year. '' Interest '' will be less than in 1906, as a 

 smaller amount of Government Paper is now held. The estimate 

 of "Subscriptions" is less than the actuals of 1906. It will 

 probably be exceeded. 



The Budget estimate of Expenditure is about Rs, 4,400 less 

 than the actuals, Ordinary and Extraordinary, of 1906, after 



