- vi Proceedings of the 
_ appeared in the Calcutta Gazelte, in January 1922. Papers 
were received from three competitors, one of whom was dis- 
qualified as his thesis was not in accordance with the terms of 
the Gazette notification. The Prize is awarded to Mr. Abani 
Bhusan Datta, M.A., Pa.D. 
The subject selected for the Prize for the year 1923, 1s 
Chemistry. The notification will shortly be published in the 
Calcutta Gazette. 
Finance. 
The appendix contains the usual statements showing the 
accounts for the year 1922. In this year’s account there is an 
additional statement under the head “‘ Catalogue of Scientific 
Serial Publications, Calcutta.’’ Statement No. 20 shows the 
Balance Sheet of the Scciety and of the different funds 
administered through it. 
The credit balance at the close of the year is Rs. 2,13,868- 
4-2 against Rs. 2,14,171-0-4 on the 3lst December, 1921. Of 
this amount Rs. 1,72,300 belongs to the Permanent Reserve, the 
working balance, exclusive of funds administered for Govern- 
ment, being Rs. 41,568 as against Rs. 42,571 at the end of 1921. 
The Society has received the usual sanctioned grants of 
Rs. 18,800 and Rs. 5,000 from the Government of Bengal and 
India respectively as under :— 
From Government of Bengal— Rs. Vide Statement 
Anthropological Fund a3 ,000 No. >t 
Oriental Publication Fund, No. | = 9,000 aes 
: No.2 1,000 ees 
oO oO. 
Sanskrit MSS. Fund for printing, 
cataloguing and preservation 
+6) W- oe s+ 3,200 \ 1? 
Bureau of Information 3.600 ot asteoae 
ToraL i+ 48,800 

From Government of India— Rs. Vide Statement. 
Arabic and Persian MSS. Fund.. 5,000 No. 13 
Statement No. 14 contains an account of the Society's 
investments in Government Securities which are held in de- 
recent years, owing to the issue of more favourable loans, it 




| An application has been made for a fresh grant of Rs. 3,000 to 
the Government of Bengal for another five years, the grant having 
expired on the 3lst March, 1922. 

