T iii Annual Report. [February. 1917. 



The Society has received the usual annual grants of 

 Rs. 20,800 and "of Rs. 11,000 from the Governments of Bengal 

 and India respectively as under : — 



From the Government of Bengal— Rs. Vide Statement. 



Oriental Publication Fund No. 1 9,00<> No. 2 



Do. No. 2 3.000 „ 3 



Sans. MSS. Fund .. .. 3.200 „ 5 



Anthropol 



Information 



2 ,( )00 , , 6 



loguing Sans. MSS... .. 3,600 „ 7 



Total .. 20,800 



From the Government of Jndia — Rs. Vide Statement. 



Arabic and Persian MSS. Fund . . .5.000 No. 8 



Bardic Chronicle Fund . . 6,000 „ 9 



Total .. 11.000 



As regards the Societv's investments, which are shown in 

 statement No. XIV, Government Securities of the face value 

 of Rs. 2,58 3 800 are held by the Bank of Bengal for Safe Custody. 

 In addition we have 3|% Government Promissory Notes of the 

 face value of Rs. 500, in the custody of the Alliance Bank of 

 Simla, Ltd., belonging to the Barclay Memorial Fund. Alto- 

 gether we hold 3|% Government Promissory Notes of the face 

 value Rs. 2,59,300. They cost Rs. 2,56,163-8-10, the average 

 purchase price being Rs. 98-12-9. The market price at the time 

 of writing this report is nominally Rs. 75. 



The Budget for the year 1916 was estimated at the follow- 

 ing figures : — 



Receipts . , 

 Expenditure 



• • 



• • 



Rs. 



20.810 

 24.022 



The receipts for the year, inclusive of one compounding 

 fee of Rs. 100, have amounted to Rs. 22.:Hi7-!.l or Rs. 1,567-15 

 more than the estimate. 



The receipts have exceeded the estimates under the follow- 



ing heads : 



R^ 



Members' Subscriptions .. .. 1,32* 

 Subscription for the Societv's Journal, Pro- 

 ceedings an d Memoirs . . . . 172 

 Interest on Investments 299 



Miscellaneous 

 Admission fees 



• • 



• • • • 



75 

 36 



