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the year. The only reason assigned for the great delay was, that it had 

 evidently been sent and miscarried. The statement shows a debit 

 balance of £369-6-4, of which £109-19-7, the balance of account for 

 1887, was remitted in April 1889, leaving a net debit balance of £259-6-9 

 on the transactions of the year. 



The sales of the Society's publications effected by Messrs Triibner 

 in 1888 amounted to £24-5-0 and of the Bibliotheca Indica to £16-13-0. 



The number of copies of parts of the Journal, of the Proceedings, 

 and of the Bibliotheca Indica sent to the Agents during 1890 for sale 

 was 799, 450 and 1307 respectively, valued at Rs. 1,650. 



Nine invoices of books purchased, and of publications of various 

 Societies sent in exchange, were received during the year. The value 

 of the books purchased amounted to £80-14-6. 



A further remittance of £100 was made to Messrs. Triibner early 

 in the year towards their accounts for 1888. Their accounts for 1889, 

 have not yet been received. 



Library. 



The total number of volumes, or parts of volumes, added to the 

 Library during the year was 2,168, of which 747 were purchased, and 

 1,421 presented or received in exchange for the Society's publications. 



The first fasciculus of the Catalogue of the Persian works in the 

 Oriental Library has been published ; the remaining portion of the work 

 is in the press and expected to be ready very shortly. 



Publications. 



There were published during the year, ten numbers of the Proceed- 

 ings containing 268 pages of letter press and 3 plates ; four numbers of 

 the Journal, Part I, (Nos. 3 and 4 of 1889 and Nos. 1 and 2 of 1890) 

 containing 325 pages of letter press and 13 plates ; and three numbers 

 of the Journal, Part II containing 270 pages of letter press and 8 plates. 

 Two numbers of the late Mr. Atkinson's Catalogue of the Insecta of the 

 Oriental Region containing 325 pages of letter press were also issued as 

 a Supplement to Part II ; and the indexes to the Journal for 1888 and 

 1889, the latter containing two plates belonging to the Journal for that 

 year. 



Building. 



An unforeseen expenditure of Rs. 193-5-9 had to be incurred in 

 carrying out certain alterations in the drainage of the grounds connect- 

 ing with the sewer, consequent on a notice from the Municipality. The 

 approval of the Municipality was obtained to the estimate for the work, 

 as also to the manner in which it had been carried out. 



