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Statement No. 8 contains the Balance Sheet of the Asiatic Society, 

 and of the different Fnnds administered through it. 



The Budget for tho year under review was estimated at the follow- 

 ing figures :— Receipts Rs. 15,900 ; Expenditure Rs. 15,575. The Ac- 

 tuals were found to be: — Receipts, Rs. 15,133-11-8; Expenditure, Rs. 

 17,974-7-7. 



The Receipts thus show a decrease of Rs. 766-4-4, and the Expendi- 

 ture an increase of Rs. 2,399-7-7, on the Budget Estimate. 



The falling off in the Receipts is due mainly to the Subscriptions, 

 the amounts realized under that head falling short of the estimate by 

 nearly Rs. 700. This is accounted for partly by the large number of 

 Members absent from India, and paying no subscriptions during absence 

 — the number being 48 against 34 in the preceding year ; and partly 

 by the large number of withdrawals of Members that took place in the 

 first quarter of the year, — the number being 8 out of a total of 17 with- 

 drawals during the whole year. 



The increase in the Expenditure is entirely due to Extraordinary pay- 

 ments not provided for in the Estimate. These fall under two heads : 

 first, a payment of Rs. 2,293-0-3 made for the publication of Moore's 

 Catalogue of Atkinson's Lepidoptera, Part III, towards meeting which 

 Government Securities to the amount of Rs. 1,500 were sold out ; and 

 secondly, the amount of Rs. 403-11-0 classed under the head of " Extra- 

 ordinary Miscellaneous," consisting of Rs. 150 paid for auditing the 

 Society's Accounts, and of Rs. 253-11-0 written off the accounts of the 

 late Assistant Secretary at his death. 



The Actual Ordinary Expenditure has been Rs. 15,277-12-4, showing 

 a saving on the estimated expenditure of about Rs. 300, which sum has 

 gone towards meeting a portion of the extraordinary charges above 

 enumerated. The amount of Ordinary Expenditure above stated also 

 covers a sum of Rs. 393 under the heading "Building" for which the 

 Budget Estimate had provided only Rs. 50. It also covers an excess of 

 actual over estimated expenditure under the heading " Books," amount- 

 ing to Rs. 682. The estimate under that heading for the ensuing year, 

 has not, however, been increased, owing to a reduction having been 

 effected in the number of publications subscribed for. 



The Budget Estimate for 1887 shows few changes. On the Receipts 

 side : — the estimate under the heading " Subscriptions " is based upon 

 the actuals of the last year; the amount under the heading "Interest 

 on Investments " has been reduced by Rs. 200, owing to the sale of Gov- 

 ernment Securities noticed above ; and the amount under the heading 

 " Sale of Periodicals " is set down at half that estimated in the last 

 Budget, as the latter had to take into account the sales effected through 



