34.] Annual EepoH. 15 



The following presentations were made to the Museum under the 

 provisions of Section 12 of Act XXII of 1876 : 



(1). A stone slab with inscription from the ruins of the Old Fort 

 of Deogarh, presented by Mr. F. C. Black ; 



(2). A brass casting of the arms of the old East India Company 

 found in a temple at Faizabad, presented by Mr. T. A. M. Gennoe ; 



(3). Specimens of pottery, stone implements &c, from Er-Lannig, 

 and photographs of the Dolmen de Korchqueus, the Menhir de Locmana- 

 guer and of part of the Standing Stone of Carnac, Er-Lannig, presented 

 by Mr. H. Rive tt- Carnac. 



Finance. 



The accounts of the Asiatic Society are shown in the Appendix classi- 

 fied under the usual heads. Statement No. 8 contains the Balance Sheet 

 of the Asiatic Society, as also of the different Funds administered through 

 it. 



The budget for the past year was estimated at the following : — Re- 

 ceipts Rs. 16,198 ; Expenditure Rs. 15,475. 



The actuals were found to be : — Receipts Rs. 15,579 ; Expenditure 

 Rs. 15,646. 



The falling off in the receipts is due to short receipts from Sales of 

 Periodicals, which were estimated at Rs. 1000, and produced only Rs. 628. 

 The receipts from Subscriptions also fell short of the estimate by Rs. 187. 



On the other side of the account, an excess expenditure of Rs. 928 

 on Books was partly balanced by savings under the heads of Salaries, 

 Building and Journal, Part II. The saving in Salaries is due to a new 

 Assistant Librarian having been appointed about the middle of the year 

 on the minimum pay of the post, and, as his predecessor drew the maxi- 

 mum, the difference accounts for the decrease. Journal, Part II, shows 

 a saving as only one number was issued. 



The increase in expenditure is found under the following items : 

 Books, Coins and Journal, Part I. The budget allowance under the head- 

 ing " Books" was Rs. 2000. Measures have been taken to regulate 

 the expenditure under this head more carefully in future. Although the 

 actual amount expended on Coins showed an excess of Rs. 213, against 

 this a sum of Rs. 177 for sale of old coins was realized. The excess un- 

 der this head would therefore be reduced to Rs. 36. An extra number of 

 Journal, Part I, was issued during the past year and hence the increase 

 over the estimated expenditure. 



On the whole, whilst the actual receipts fall short of the estimate 

 by Rs. 619, the expenditure exceeded the estimate by Rs. 171. The 

 excess of actual expenditure over actual receipts was only Rs. 67. 



The following is the estimate of income and expenditure for the 

 year 1884 :— 



