February, 1914.] Annual Report. vn 



There is an increase of Rs. 75 under head "Miscellaneous.'' 

 This is due to the advances recovered from the members. 



The falling-off in receipts under the heads of "Members' 

 Subscriptions " is due to non-receipt of subscription from mem- 

 bers. ' ' Sale of Publication ' ' on account of certain sale pro- 

 ceeds not having been realized during the year. " Interest on 

 Investment ' ' owing to non-realization from the Bank of Bengal. 

 The sum of Rs. 736 has been received as entrance fees under 

 the head "Admission Fees," and the sum of Rs. 130 has been 

 received under the head "Subscription to Indian Science 



Congress." 



The expenses have been nearly within the sanctioned budget 

 estimate. There is a very slight increase under the head 

 "Salaries," and " Commission." " Postage" shows a heavy 

 increase for despatching publications of 1912 issued in 1913 and 

 notices sent to members for the several lectures held in the 

 Society's rooms during 1913. " Petty repairs" are higher on 

 account of painting the lower parts of the pillars of the meet- 

 ing room, the edges of the stair-case, repairing the out-offices, 

 and an iron safe. Under the heads, • ' Books ' ' were estimated at 

 Rs. 2,600 and "Binding" were estimated at Rs. 1,000, whilst 

 the expenditure has been Rs. 1,120 and Rs. 705 respectively. 

 "Journal and Proceedings and Memoirs" shows heavy de- 

 crease owing to certain bills from the Baptist Mission Press not 



yet paid. 



There were four items of expenditure during 1913 under 

 the heads of " Grain Allowance," "Gratuity," -Interest on 

 Investment," and " Indian Science Congre?s " not provided in 

 the budget which has been sanctioned by the Council. 



The Permanent Reserve Fund at the close of the year 

 amounted to Rs. 1,64.100 and the Temporary Reserve Fund at 

 the close of the year was Rs. 83,200 against Rs. 1,63,350 and 



Rs. 73,900 respectively. 



The Permanent Reserve Fund has increased by Rs. 750 

 from the Admission fees received during the year, and the 

 Temporary Reserve Fund has increased by Rs. 9,250 from the 

 Government paper purchased during the year- Tne Irust 

 Fund at the close of the year was Rs. 1,400. 



The budget estimate of probable Receipts and Expendi- 

 ture for the "vear 1914 including the " Subscriptions to the 

 Indian Science Congress" has been fixed as follows:— Receipts 

 Rs. 31,370, Expenditure Rs. 30,234. 



On the expenditure side, the changes in the last year s 

 estimate are small. Freight has been slight y increased to 

 meet the bills of 1913. Books have been allotted Ks. 1.48U 

 more than the actuals of 1913 as it is proposed by the ^brary 

 Committee to purchase a considerable number of new books 

 for the Library. Binding has been increased by Rs 2JS, on 

 account of Periodicals. Magazines, etc., not yet bound. 



