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It seems also desirable that, if possible, a sum of Rs. 1,000 should be set 

 apart in the Budget yearly to meet the cost of these extraordinary re- 

 pairs as they recur from time to time ; but it is impossible to do so with- 

 out cutting down expenditure in other items, and this it is difficult to do. 



The other items of extraordinary expenditure are trifling, and in- 

 clude Rs. 100, Auditing fee, Rs. 250, for purchase of coins, and Rs. 1-9-6 

 for postage charges in connection with the enquiry into the Barisal 

 Guns. To meet this extraordinary expenditure Rs. 4,000 of our securities 

 in Government paper had to be sold out, reducing the capital of the 

 Society to Rs. 1,38,000, nominal value. 



The total receipts have been Rs. 15,137, against an estimate of Rs, 

 14,000. The excess is due to an increase in all the items. Under Subs- 

 scriptions the estimate was Rs. 7,300, and the actuals Rs. 7,623, of which 

 Rs. 700 were received on account of Compounding Fees, but these have to 

 be invested in the Permanent Reserve Fund under Rale 70, and cannot 

 therefore be taken as income. Under Sale of Publications the estimate 

 was Rs. 400 and the actuals Rs. 724-10-11, of which Rs. 608-0-11 is cre- 

 dited on account of sales by Trubner & Co., amounting to £ 43-1-5, at 

 l-5d per rupee. Interest on Investments was estimated at Rs. 6,200, but 

 the actuals are Rs. 6,594-7-7. The difference is explained by the fact 

 that Rs. 142 were received as interest for 2| months on the investment of 

 Rs. 10,000 transferred from the 4|% to the 4% loan when the former 

 was paid off by Government in November last. Owing to the reduction 

 of the balance of the O. P. Fund only Rs. 240 has been credited to the 

 Fund instead of Rs. 480 as in the previous year, and Rs. 240 has thus 

 accrued to the Society. Owing to the transfer of Rs. 10,000 of the So- 

 ciety's funds to the 4°/ loan the amount of interest we shall receive in 

 future will be less than it has been, and this has been taken into ac- 

 count in framing the Budget for 1889. The Miscellaneous Receipts have 

 been Rs. 195-5-0 against Rs. 100 estimated. Deducting Rs. 700 on 

 account of Compounding Fees and only Rs. 142 excess of interest, the 

 total ordinary receipts become Rs. 14,294, showing an excess of Rs. 

 294 over the estimate. 



The ordinary expenditure was estimated to be Rs. 13,824, but the 

 actual expenditure has been Rs. 13,667-12-2. The principal items in 

 excess are Taxes, Postage, and Purchase of Boohs which is Rs. 720 above 

 the estimate. The actual expenditure on the Journal and Proceedings 

 has been 



(Part J— Rs. 876-8-0 

 Journal [ ParfII __ >? 3)]0 7-4-2 



Proceedings — „ 669-7-0 



