x Annual Report. [February 1910. 



The Budget Estimate of Expenditure is Rs. 3,500 less than 

 the Actuals, and Rs. 3,675 more than the estimate of 1909. 

 " Salaries" have been increased owing to increment allowed to 

 the Staff, and an extra Duftry appointed for 6 months. cc Jour- 

 nal and Proceedings and Memoirs " are higher, because all the 

 publications of 1909 have not been issued. "Contingencies" 

 have been increased owing to the winter clothing given to the 

 menials of the Society. "Library Catalogue" is reduced, 

 owing to the prospect of only one part being published. 

 "Paging of Manuscripts," " Building" and " Salary" have 

 been added to the estimate. " Paging of Manuscripts," remu- 

 neration for examining the pages, etc., of the Arabic and Persian 

 MSS. presented to the Society by Khan Bahadur Shams-ul- 

 Ulama Nawab Aziz Jung of Hyderabad, Deccan, and " Salary," 

 will be met from the Government Allowance which is awaited. 

 The other items are based upon the actuals of the last year. 



Two extraordinary expenditures have been budgetted for 

 during the year 1910, namely, Rs. 1,300 for printing of 

 about 20 plates of the drawings of Gangetic Fish with a 

 synonomy of the species and notes, and Rs. 1,500 for the 

 purchase of standard works as a commencement of the Medical 

 Reference Library. Total — Rs. 2,800. 



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

 ding subscriptions remitted to the Central Bureau, London) 

 has been Rs. 5,399-14-7, while the receipts under this head from 

 subscription received on behalf of the Central Bureau (includ- 

 ing a grant of Rs. 1,000 from the Government of India) have 

 been Rs. 6,065-3. A sum of Rs. 4,826-14-10 has been remit- 

 ted to the Central Bureau, London. And the amount of 

 Rs. 5,129-7-1 is still to be forwarded. 



The Ron. Mr. Justice Asutosh Mukhopadhyaya was 

 appointed to the office of Treasurer in April. 1909, on Mr. 

 Hooper proceeding on furlough for 6 months. Mr. D. Hooper 

 resumed charge in November, 1909. 



BUDGET ESTIMATE FOR 1910. 



Receipts. 



1909. 1909. 1910. 



Estimate. Actuals. Estimate 



Rs. Rs. Rs. 



Members' Subscriptions. . 9,500 10,228 9,700 



Subscriptions for the So- 

 ciety's Journal and Pro- 

 ceedings and Memoirs. . 1 ,560 1 ,704 1 ,704 



Sale of Publications . . 2,000 1,393 2,000 



Carried over .. Rs. 13,060 13,325 13,404 



