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Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 



[Jan. 



V. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 

 Wednesday Evening, the 6th January, 1836. 

 The Honorable Sir Edward Ryan, President, in the chair. 

 Sir Charles D'Oyly, Bart. ; E. A. Blundell, Esq. and Dr. H. Fal- 

 coner, proposed at the last meeting were duly elected members. 



The meeting then proceeded to the annual election of office-bearers, 

 when by scrutiny of names, 



The Rev. Dr. Mill, W. H. Macnaghten, Esq. Sir J. P. Grant, and 

 Sir B. Malkin, were chosen Vice-Px*esidents for the ensuing year; and 

 Messrs. H. T. Prinsep, J. R. Colvin, C. E. Trevelyan, C. H. Cameron, 

 D. Hare, Ram Comul Sen, Captains Forbes and Pemberton, and Dr. 

 Pearson, members of the Committee of Papers. 



The Secretary communicated the results of the past year's proceedings. 

 The number of new members added to the list iu 1835 had been, 



Ordinary members, 28 



Associate members, 4 



Honorary members, 5 



The loss by death, one; by departure to Europe, three; and with- 

 drawal, one ; in all, 5 



The financial operations of the year were as follows : — 



Payments. Receipts. 



To House Establishment and con- 

 tingencies from 1st Nov. 1834, to 



R. A. P. 



m 8 io 



3<>th Nov. 1835, ~~~ 2,! 



To Salary of Curator, and Museum 



contingent, from 1st May to 30th 



Nov. 1835, , ~~~~ 1,478 3 4 



To Copies of the Journal supplied 



to members to 31st Dec. 1,056 



To Printing 500 copies of Index, ~ 1,210 

 To Ditto, 400 ditto, catalogue of 



Library Asiatic Society, — ~ 240 



To Binding charges, ~~- ~~ 489 10 



To Building Repairs, — ~ 1,175 8 9 



To Purchase of a Cabinet, — ~ — 100 

 To Balance in Bank of Bengal, — 380 15 2 



Sa. Rs. 8,998 14 1 



R. A. P, 

 3,101 10 ' 



By Balance of last year's account, 



By Quarterly Collections and ad- 

 mission fees, realized, „ „ 5,157 



By two Dividends on the estate of 



Mackintosh and Co „-„._„ 717 12 



By Sale of Researches, ~~~„~„~, 22 7 



Sa. Rs. 8,998 14 1 



Subscriptions due (partly irrecover- R.A.P. 



able,)- . 2,43iJ 



I Interest of Govt. Paper not drawn, 1,417 111 



thus leaving an available balance, without encroaching on the capital stock, of 

 about 3,000 rupees to meet the expences of the current year, besides the quar- 

 terly subscriptions, which by a resolution of the 6th November will henceforth 

 be collected in Company's rupees. 



The separate account of the publication of Oriental works from the date of 

 their transfer from the Committee of Public Instruction was as follows : 

 Payments. 



R. A. 



P. 



139 







217 







100 10 



!/ 



21 8 







38 15 







46 2 



8 



To Pundits for correcting press, -, 



To Maulavis for ditto, - — ~~ 



To Binding charges, paper, &c 



To Printing prospectus, &c. ~~~~ 



To Postage, — 



To Freight and Package, &c. ~~~ 



563 4 5 

 To Printer's bills, due to 31st Dec. 



1 from Aug. to 30th Oct _~ 2,623 9 3 



2 from 1st Nov. to 31st Dec 1,069 7 6 



S for binding and covers, « 454 3 



Total, Sa. Rs. 4,710 5 5 



Receipts. 



R. A, P. 



By Sale of Sanscrit Books, 90 



By Ditto of Arabic ditto, ~- , 584 8 



674 8 

 By Subscriptions not collected, for 

 works delivered to the parties, ~ 7,403 



Total, Sa. Rs. 8,077 8 



