20 Annual Report. [Feb., 



the accounts and loss of explanatory letters sent from Calcutta to Messrs. 

 Triibner and Co. Such delays give rise to considerable confusion in the 

 accounts, and every effort will be made in future to secure an annual 

 settlement of accounts with Messrs. Triibner and Co. 



The actual receipts during the year were Rs. 18,762-11-1 and were 

 Es. 1,862-11-1 in excess of the anticipated revenue of Ks. 16,900. This 

 is, however, almost entirely due to the increase under the head " Sale of 

 Periodicals." The estimated amount was lis. 1,000, whilst the amount 

 realized includes the adjustment of two years' accounts with Messrs. 

 Triibner and was Rs. 2,790-14-5. 



The amount realized by subscriptions was Rs. 428 in excess of the 

 estimate. On the other hand an unusually small number of new members 

 joined the Society. The amount derived from admission fees was only 

 Rs. 480 or Rs. 520 less than the estimate. 



The actual expenditure of the year was Rs. 18,412-6-3. The estimat- 

 ed amount was originally Rs. 16,758, but it was afterwards suggested by 

 the Financial Committee and approved by the Council that the amount 

 sanctioned for publications {viz., Rs. 6,300) should be diminished by Rs. 

 1,000 and thus partly repair the excessive expenditure for printing charges 

 of the preceding year. As the amount finally sanctioned was Rs. 15,758, 

 the actual expenditure was Rs. 2,654-6-3 in excess of this estimate. The 

 expenditure was in nearly every head within the estimated amount. The 

 only excessive expenditure was on " Books." The estimated expenditure 

 tinder this head was Rs. 1,500 and the actual Rs. 5,062-0-3. The cause 

 of this has been already explained as mainly due to the settlement of two 

 years' accounts with Messrs. Triibner and Co. 



The cost of printing the Society's publications has been unusually 

 small during the past year. The excessive expenditure under this head 

 during the previous year was noticed in last year's report, and measures 

 were afterwards taken to control this expenditure more effectually than 

 hitherto. These have worked satisfactorily. The expenditure has, in the 

 case of all the publications, been within the estimate and in the case of 

 the Journal, Part II, there has been a saving of nearly Rs. 1,200. The 

 amount unexpended for the two Parts of the Society's Journal and for the 

 Proceedings, by a recent rule passed by the Council, does not lapse, but will 

 be added to the amount sanctioned for the present year 1883. By this 

 plan it is hoped that on the one hand effective control will be kept over the 

 expenditure under this head, and that there will be sufRcient elasticity in 

 the arrangement to enable the Secretaries to utilize this portion of the 

 Society's grants to the full and in the most effective manner. 



The following is the estimate of income and expenditure for the 

 year 1883. 



