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February, 1905.] Annual Report. 
There were three extraordinary items of expenditure during 
1904 under the heads “ Furniture,” ‘“‘ Pension” and “ Building ” 
not provided for in the Budget. New furniture was required, the 
lavatory arrangements were improved, and on the retirement of 
the Cashier, a pension of Rs. 112, at the rate of Rs. 20 per month ; 
has been paid to him, and in his place Babu Asutosh Dhur has been 
appointed. 
The expenditure on the Royal Society’s Catalogue (including 
subscriptions sent to the Central Bureau) has been Rs. 5,842, 
while the receipts under this head from subscriptions received 
on behalf of the Central Bureau (including the grant from the 
Government of India) Rs. 5,352. A sum of Rs. 610 is due to 
the Central Bureau and will be sent. 
Four extraordinary items of expenditure were budgetted for, 
Out of the sum of Rs. 1,000 for the salary of the Assistant engaged 
in revising the Library Catalogue, Rs. 81 only have been spent, as 
his services have been dispensed with. Rs. 1,800 were assigned 
for cleaning, varnishing and relining the Society’s pictures, and 
Rs. 1,306 have been spent; but a sum of Rs. 500 which had been 
advanced to the late Mr. A. E. Caddy, for cleaning the pictures, 
has been written off as unrecoverable on his death, and Rs. 566 
have been spent on the freight, etc., due on the frames which 
were procured from England, while their cost has yet to be paid. 
Rs. 2,320 were paid for renewing the floor of the entrance hall, 
which is now greatly improved, and Rs, 366 were spent in 
additions to the lavatory arrangements. 
The Budget Estimate of Receipts and Disbursements for 1905 
has been fixed as follows: :—Receipts Rs. 18,100, Expenditure Rs. 
17,654. The item “ Rent of Rooms” has been increased, as one 
room has been rented to the Automobile Association of Bengal at 
Rs. 50 per month. On the expenditure side, the items “‘ Freight ” 
and “ Journal Part III” have been increased, as greater activity 
is expected. “ Insurance” has been reduced by. half owing to the 
remoyal of the Photographic Society of India. The item, ‘‘ Regis- 
tration Fees” has been omitted, as under the Act no fee will be 
charged for filing copies of the Society's papers. There is a new 
item of Rs. 192 under the head “ Pension.” 
Three extraordinary items of expenditure have been budget- 
ted for during the year 1905, namely, Rs. 1,000 for the new 
Library Catalooue, Rs. 2,809 for reframing the pictures, and Rs. 
1,220 for white-washing and colourwashing part the Society’s 
premises. Besides these provisions, the application of the 
special grant of Rs. 10,000 from the Government towards the 
thorough repair and improvement of the Society’s premises is 
under careful consideration. 
