February, 1916. j Annual Report. ix 



Statement No. XIV gives an account of interest since 1911 

 on 3| % Government Promissory Notes for Rs. 40,000, earmarked 

 for the Building Fund. 



The cash receipts and expenditure of the Society, as well 

 as those of the different funds, are summed up in Statement 



No. XV. 



Statement No. XVI is the balance sheet of the entire 

 account. 



The Budget Estimate for 1915 was as follows : Receipts, 

 Rs. 27,208; Ordinary Expenditure, Rs. 29,944; and Extra 

 Expenditure, Rs. 500; making a total of Rs. 30,444. This, 

 however, included certain funds granted to the Society for 

 special purposes such as the encouragement of Anthropology, 

 and these make the figures somewhat misleading. Omitting 

 all such funds for which separate statements are being given 

 this year, the figures will be as follows : Receipts, Rs. 20^608; 

 Ordinary Expenditure Rs. 23,344; and Extra Expenditure, 

 Rs. 500 ; making a total of Rs. 23,844. 



The figures for ordinary receipts and expenditure are : 

 receipts Rs. 20,320-1-10 or Rs. 287-14-2 less than was estimated ; 

 expenditure Rs. 20,775-13-1 or Rs. 3,052 less than was estimated. 

 The expenditure includes Rs. 698-13-0, which was not provided 

 for in the budget of 1915, but was sanctioned by the Council 

 during the year under review for Dr. Tessitori's travelling ex- 

 penses incurred in 1914. 



There are increases in Receipts under the heads of Sub- 

 scriptions for the Society's Journal and Proceedings, and 

 Memoirs, Rs. 240 ; Interest on Investments, Rs. 300-3-9 ; and 

 Admission fees, Rs. 96. 



The falling-off in the Receipts from Members' Subscriptions 

 is Rs. 179-12-0; from Sale of Publications, Rs. 424-11-0; and 

 from Rent of Room, Rs. 350. The rent will be realized in 

 1916. 



Our expenses have been well within the sanctioned Budget 

 Estimate except in respect of salaries. 



At the close of the year the Permanent Reserve Fund 

 amounted to Rs. 1,66,200, and the Temporary Reserve Fund to 

 Rs. 44,200, against Rs. 1,65,500 and Rs. 36,200, respectively at 

 the close of last year. 



The Permanent Reserve Fund has been increased by 

 Rs. 700 from the admission fees received during the year, and 

 the Temporary Reserve Fund has been increased by Rs. 8,000 

 by the purchase of Government Paper from the General Fund. 

 The Trust Fund at the close of the year remained at Rs. 1,400. 

 The Building Fund has increased by Rs. 1,400 from the interest 

 realized on Rs. 40,000. 



The expenditure on the Royal Society's Catalogue (includ- 

 ing subscriptions of Rs. 224-12-6 remitted to the Secretary, 



Zoological Society of London) has been Rs. 786-1-9, while the 



