1889.] Annual Report. 23 



Indian Museum. 

 The following pi'esentation made to the Society was transferred to 

 the Indian Museum under the provisions of Act XXII of 1876. 



A stone slab (broken into 3 pieces) containing an inscription in 

 Nagari characters, dated 1720 Vikramaditya Samvat, found in the village 

 of Khukkra in Chutia Nagpur, referred to in the Society's Proceedings 

 for November 1887. 



Di\ D. D. Cunningham was appointed a Trustee on behalf of the 

 Society in the place of Mr. E. T. Atkinson, who vacated on becoming 

 a Government Trustee in his official position as Accountant- General, 

 Bengal. 



The other Trustees on behalf of the Society were : — 

 Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle. 

 Raja Rajendralala Mitra, LL. D., C. I. E. 

 E. Gay, Esq. 

 A. Pedlei 1 , Esq. 



Finance. 



The accounts of the Asiatic Society are shown in the appendix under 

 the usual heads. 



Statement N"o. 8 contains the Balance Sheet of the Asiatic Society 

 and of the several Funds administered through it. 



The Budget of the year 1888 was estimated at the following 

 figures :— Receipts, Rs. 14,000. Expenditure, Rs. 20,324 (Ordinary Rs. 

 13,824, Extraordinaiy Rs. 6,500). Taking into account only the ordi- 

 nary items of receipt and expenditure for the year 1888, the actual re- 

 sults have been : — Receipts Rs. 15,131 11-6 and Expenditure Rs. 

 13,667-12-2, leaving a balance in favour of the Society on its ordinary 

 working of Rs. 1,469-15-4. 



There has, however, been an unusually large amount of extraordi- 

 nary expenditure on account of further heavy repairs to the Society's 

 building, and for the erection of an iron railing and gates in place of 

 part of the old boundary wall which was acquired by the Municipality, 

 as reported last year. The compound has also been thoroughly put in 

 order, and the out-houses impaired. The cost of all these repairs and 

 alterations is estimated at Rs. 9,101. — of which Rs. 7,363-14-1 were 

 paid during the year, leaving about Rs. 1,737 still due. Deducting the 

 Rs. 2,116 paid in the year before by the Municipality, the total cost of 

 the railing and gates borne by the Society was Rs. 1,334, and the cost of 

 further repairs expended during the year was Rs 3,913-14-1, or a total 

 of Rs. 5,247-11-1. This amount cannot, however, be fairly charged to the 

 account for the year, but should be spread over a term of at least 4 years. 



