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Book-binding, 425 



Contingencies, 200 



General Establishment, 1,700 



Journal, 1,500 



Miscellaneous,.., 500 



Deposit, 100 



Building, 1,040 



Total, Es. 13,303 



Monthly Average, 1,108 9 4 



This amount would not be met by the present reduced rates of 

 subscription, unless with an increased number of members, but the 

 Council confidently trust that the late revival of interest in the 

 Society will continue, and that with fresh accessions to its numbers 

 all cause for anxiety regarding the Society's prospects may be re- 

 moved. 



Income. 



75 Residents at Es. 48 per annum, Es. 3,600 



60 Non-residents at Es. 24 per annum, 1,440 



Admission Fees, 544 O 



Government Grant, 3,600 



Sale of Books, 780 



Journal, 925 O 



Interest, 245 



Miscellaneous, 50 



Es. 11,184 



Making up the probable Income of the forthcoming year. 

 Proposed Imperial Museum. 



The subject having remained for some time in abeyance on account 

 of the disturbances in the N. W. Provinces, the Council, in October 

 1858, under Authority delegated to them by the Society in May 

 1857, submitted a proposition to the Government of India for the 

 establishment of a public Museum, to which, under certain restric- 

 tions the whole of the Society's collections might be transferred, 

 except the Library. 



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