vi PREFACE. 
The result of the first year exhibits a sufficient accordance between 
outlay and return. Of the amount subscribed however, only Rs. 3786 
13 have been collected up to the present time, so that in fact there 
was a deficit of Rs. 392 2. 
The alterations which the Editor proposed and completed for the 
second vear were :— 
1. The saving of nearly half of the commission paid for the mere 
circulation of the work (without responsibility), by undertaking that 
duty with the aid of his establishment as Secretary of the Asiatic So- 
ciety; 
2. Asa return for this favor, he proposed circulating the Journal 
gratis to such of the paying members as should express a desire to 
take it in. 
The effect of this scheme has been as follows : 
Fifty members of the Society have availed themselves of the privi- 
lege, which has made a deduction to the same amount from the 
monthly receipts. The number of copies circulated, including those 
sent to subscribers and societies in Europe, is about 450. 
The number of paying subscribers on the list, is 320, which at 1 R. 
per month, (including one extra number of Buchanan,) would give 
Rs. 4480. 
The expenses of printing 500 copies, of 670 pages, 
at 4-5 per page, may be stated at ........ Rs. 2,890 
144 pages of Buchanan, at 4-8 per page,........ 648 
Covers, table work, &c. charged extra, ........ 250 
40 pages of Appendix,-at Sisep ots. ss aa os 200 
28 plates (18 lithographs, 10 engravings*),.... 480 
Establishment for circulation, ........ Sores 600 
5,068 
Leaving a loss on the year of Rs. 588, or nearly as much as the sub- 
scriptions of the members exempted from paying. 
But it must be mentioned, andmentioned witha degree of disappoint- 
ment which is almost disheartening, that of the flattering list of sub- 
* For these the cost of printing and paper only is charged. 
