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(the value at which the house is at present assessed) for the time which may 

 elapse till the completion of the new building. The matter is still under 

 consideration with the Supreme Government, and the Council have reason to 

 hope that the application may be successful. 



Finance. 



The contributions of members in subscriptions and entrance fees for 

 1871 amount to Rs. 8,516,7-0, against Rs. 9,676-10, in 1870. There has 

 been a considerable faUing off in the regularity of payments, the amount due 

 from members to the end of last year being Rs. 5,300. 



Though three-fifths of this sum will, it is hoped, be in a short time 

 collected, the Council would take this opportunity to urge on the members 

 the necessity of punctuality in payments. As the Society entirely depends 

 on the voluntary contributions of its members, it is of the greatest impor- 

 tance that these contributions should be promptly available. 



The following table exhibits an abstract of the accounts for 1871. 



Actual Income dueing 1871. 



Subscriptions, Rs. 7,044 7 



Admission fees, 1,472 



Publications, 1,729 8 3 



Library, 371 3 3 



Secretary's Office, 32 7 10 



Vested Fund, 108 14 



Sundries, 709 10 6 



Rs. 11,468 2 10 



Col. Dalton's Ethnology of Bengal, Rs. 10,000 



Conservation of Sanskrit MSS., 3,144 1 



O. P. Fund, 656 3 6 



In the Bank of Bengal, 1870, 5,403 1 



Total Rs., 30,671 8 4 



Expenditure during 1871. 



Pubhcations, Rs. 5,273 14 10 



Library, 2,540 14 9 



Secretary's Office, ; 2,918 10 2 



Vested Fund, 4 4 



Building, 877 3 2 



Carried forward, Rs. 11,610 15 3 



