Annual Report. (February, 1905. 
Indian Museum. 
. There was only one change amongst the Trustees; it was 
caused by the death of Dr. Mahendralal Sirear, and Mr. J. Macfar- 
lane was appointed to fill the vacant place. 
The other Trustees who represent the Society have been :— 
The Hon. Mr. A. Pedler, C.I.H., F.R.S. 
G. W. Kichler, Esq., M.A. 
T. H. Holland, Esq., F.G.S., F.R.S: 
The Hon. Sir J. A. Bourdillon, K.C-S8.1. 
Finance. 
The accounts of the Society are shown 1 in the Appendix under 
the usual heads, and besides in this year’s account there is an 
additional statement under the head “ Arabic and Persian Manu- 
scripts.” Statement No. 9 contains the Balance Sheet of the 
Society and of the different funds administered through it. 
The financial position of the Society shows an improvement, 
and the credit balance at the close of the year amounts to 
Rs. 1,92,939-7-5, which is more than eleven thousand rupees in 
advance of last year, and is ORY due to the special Government 
grant of Rs. 10,000. 
The Budget for 1904 was estimated at the following firures:; — 
Receipts Rs. 17,700; Expenditure Rs. 25,374-4 (Ordinary 
Rs..17,254-4 ; Extraordinar y Rs. 8,120.) Taking into account only - 
the or dinary items of receipts and expenditure for the year 1904, the 
actual results have been :—Receipts Rs. 30,368-13-8 ; Expenditure 
Rs. 14,134-0-7, showing a balance (after setting aside the special 
grant of Rs. 10,000) in favour of the Society on its ordinary 
working of Rs. 6,234-13-1. Against this balance, there have 
been several extraordinary items of expenditure amounting to 
Rs. 5,182-8-10 ; the net balance is Rs. 1,052-4-3. There is a Tem- 
porary Investment of Rs. 48,500, at the close of the year, out of 
which Rs. 33,259-5-7 is in favour of the Society, Rs. 5,097-1-3 
Oriental Publication Fund, Rs. 3,578-0-5 Sanskrit MS. Fund, and 
Rs. 6,365-8-9 Arabic and Persian MS. Fund. In addition to this, 
a sum of Rs. 1,088 has been added to the Reserve Fund from 
entrance fees paid during the year. 
There is an increase in receipts under every head except 
** Miscellaneous,” which has fallen off very shghtly. 
The ordinary expenditure was estimated at Rs. 17,254-4-0, 
but the amount paid out was only Rs. 14,154-0-7. The principal 
items in excess were “ Postage,” “ Freight,” “ Books,’’ ‘“ Proceed- 
ings,” and the increase was caused by larger transactions and 
the payment of outstanding printing charges and of Messrs. Luzac 
and Co’s account from April 1902 to October 1904. The actual 
expenditure on the Journals was Rs. 3,673, against a budget provi- 
sion of Rs. 6,200. The balance is due on outstanding printing bills’ 
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