1884.] Annual Report. 17 



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

 Co. amounted to £46-16-l| and of the Bibliotheca Indica, to £16-12-6. A 

 protracted correspondence took place with Messrs. Triibner and Co. re- 

 garding the correctness of some of the items in their Statement of ac- 

 count, and, owing to the delay thus occasioned, the balance due to them 

 could not be paid till the beginning of the present year. 



Twenty Invoices of books purchased and of publications of various 

 Societies sent in exchange were received during the year 1883. The 

 money value of the books purchased amounted to £109-7-3. 



The number of copies of parts of the Journal, Proceedings and Biblio- 

 theca Indica sent to Messrs. Triibner and Co. for sale, was 531, 318, and 

 418 respectively. 



Library. 



The total number of volumes or parts of volumes added to the Libra- 

 ry in 1883 was 2,100, of which 864 were purchased and 1,236 presented 

 or received in exchange for the Society's publications. 



Unforeseen difficulties have again arisen to interfere with the speedy 

 publication of the Library Catalogue. It has once more been found 

 necessary to withdraw the work from the Press to which it had been 

 entrusted, owing to the unsatisfactory and irregular manner in which it 

 was being carried out. The Catalogue is now in the hands of the City 

 Press, and is in type as far as the letter M, and the Council have every 

 reason to hope that the vexatious series of accidents and misadventures 

 which have so long delayed its issue are at an end. 



Publications. 



Four Nos. of the Journal, Part I, and one of Part II, were published 

 during the year, containing 288 and 88 pages of letter press and 23 and 

 8 plates respectively. Ten Nos. of the Proceedings containing 188 pages 

 of letter press and 6 plates were also published. The number of publica- 

 tions is less than usual as the time of the Society's Officers and Staff has 

 been largely taken up in the preparation of the Centenary Review of the 

 Researches of the Society, which will fall for notice under the next 

 Annual Report. 



A new edition of the Society's Bye-Laws has been issued, corrected 

 up to the 1st July 1883. 



Building. 



The total amount spent on the Building during the year was Rs. 65- 

 8. Towards the close of the year, the exterior of the Society's premises 

 was thoroughly repaired for the first time since 1876, and extensive re- 

 pairs were also executed in the outhouses, at a cost of Rs. 930. This 

 amount will have to be provided for in next year's budget. 



