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the estimate ; Rs. 2,048 have been received as Admission Fees, 

 Rs. 240 as a Compound Subscription, and Rs. 7,200 as Govern- 

 ment Allowance (for Researches in History, Religion, Ethnology 

 and Folklore of Bengal), or about Rs. 8,150 in excess of the 

 estimate. The sum of Rs. 2,300 has been credited to the 

 Permanent Reserve Fund from the Admission Fees and 

 Compound Subscription received during the year, which 

 now stands at Rs. 1,58,000. The Receipts have exceeded 

 the estimate under the heads of "Members' Subscrip- 

 tions/' "Subscriptions for the Society's Journal and Proceed- 

 ings and Memoirs" "Interest on Investments," and 

 "Miscellaneous" ; the increases under these heads being 

 Rs. 728-1-7, Rs. 144, Rs. 223, and Rs. 59-5-9, respectively. 

 The Receipts have fallen short of the estimate under the 

 following heads : " Sale of Publication" owing to certain sale 

 proceeds not having been realised during the year, "Govern- 

 ment Allowance ' ' on account of non-receipt of allowance from 

 the Government of Eastern Bengal and Assam, and 125th 

 Anniversary Entertainment Fund" owing to non- realisation 

 of all the voluntary contributions. 



In the Budget the expenditure was estimated at Rs. 24,770, 

 distributed under 21 heads. Of this sum, Rs. 310 provided for 

 the "Tibetan Catalogue 5 ' was not utilised. The actual 

 expenditure has amounted to Rs. 24,041, or Rs. 729 less than 

 the estimate. The expenditure has exceeded the estimate 

 under the heads of " Stationery," "Journal and Proceedings" 

 and ' ' Memoirs, ' ' Petty R epai rs , " and ' ' 1 25t h Anni v ersary 

 Entertainment Fund." " Stationery ' ' has been higher owing to 

 purchase of stencil papers, ink, etc., for the use of the Medical 

 Section. "Journal and Proceedings" and "Memoirs" have 

 been increased owing to the printing charges of Material for a 

 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. c ' Petty Repairs ' ' has been 

 higher owing to whitewashing and painting the room rented 

 to the Automobile Association of Bengal. And 125th Anniver- 

 sary Entertainment Fund" has been increased owing to bonus 

 given to the Staff of the Society. The other increments are 

 not very large, and are proportionate to the amount of work 

 done during the year. 



During 1909 the Council sanctioned the following items of 

 expenditure: '* Manuscript Catalogue" (for the Arabic and 

 Persian Section of the Society), Rs. 369-12; " Copper Plate 

 Catalogue," Rs. 175; "Loan" (advanced to Arabic and 

 Persian MSS. Fund, Rs. 2,000; and Sanskrit MSS. Fund, Rs. 

 1,150), Rs. 3,150; and "Salary" (Researches in History, 

 Religion, Ethnology, and Folklore of Bengal), Rs. 4,200; 

 Total Rs. 7,894-12. The sum of Rs. 11-5-10 was paid for in- 

 terest on Rs. 5,000 Government Promissory Note purchased 

 during the year. The total expenditure has amounted to 

 Rs. 31.947.1-10. 



