1898.] Annual Report, 19 



The names of Dr. J. Macgowan, Mr. A. Murray and the Rev, 

 J. Porter were removed from the list of Corresponding Members, their 

 addresses being long since unknown. Professor E. von Schlagintweit is 

 now the only Corresponding Member of the Society. 



No Members compounded for their subscriptions during the year. 



Indian Museum. 



"No presentations were made over to the Indian Museum. 



There were two changes among the Trustees caused by the resigna- 

 tions of Dr. D. D. Cunningham and Mr. C. Little, in consequence of 

 their leaving India, and Mr. R. D. Oldham and Mr. G. W. Kiichlerwere 

 appointed to fill the vacant offices. 



Finance. 



The accounts of the Society are shown in Statement No. 1, in the 

 Appendix, under the usual heads. 



Statement No. 8 contains the Balance Sheet of the Society and of 

 the different funds administered through it. 



The Budget Estimate for 1897 was taken at the following figures : — 

 Receipts Rs. 17,800. Expenditure Rs. 16,700. 



The actual results were found to be — Receipts Rs. 16,713-10-6 and 

 Expenditure Rs. 20,130-11-8. 



The receipts show a decrease of Rs. 1,086-5-6 while the expenditure 

 shows an increase of Rs. 3,430-11-8 on the Budget Estimate. 



As only 16 new members were elected during the year, there is a 

 reduction of Rs. 744 under the head of receipts from " Subscriptions," 

 '' Sale of Publications " shows a slight decrease of Rs. 22-14-6. " Rent 

 of Rooms " is also below the estimate by Rs. 400. This is due to the 

 non-receipt of rent from the Photographic Society of India for four 

 months. 



On the Expenditure side, the items of " Postage," " Freight," 

 " Contingencies," " Books," " Binding," " Journal Part I," " Journal 

 Part II," " Proceedings," and *' Circulars," show an increase. Owing to 

 the purchase of paulins and providing the peons with new clothing for 

 the cold weather there is an increase of Rs. 202-3-4 under the head 

 of " Contingencies." " Books " were estimated at Rs. 1,500, whilst the 

 expenditure was Rs. 3,284-3-11. This was expected, as the expenditure 

 last year under " Books " was Rs. 564-5-0 only. A remittance of £100 

 was sent to Messrs. Luzac and Co. for books supplied and heavy local 

 purchases of books were made during tbe year. " Journal," Part I, 

 has exceeded the estimate by a large sum of Rs. 1,579-4-6. This heavy 

 expenditure is due to the printing of an unusual number of plates and 



