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pense, we might promote the present Assistant Librarian on a small advance of 

 salary ; this would save about 80 rupees per mensem. But such a contingency it is to 

 be hoped is far distant, as the Society is most fortunate in now possessing in M. 

 Csoma De Korosi a Librarian of equal celebrity and erudition. 



I now beg leave to recapitulate briefly the measures I would suggest in order to ex- 

 tricate us from our old debt and bring our expenditure nearly within our income. 



1st. The immediate payment of 1182 Rupees to Mr. Ridsdale, of Bishop's College 

 Press. 



2d. The payment of 4730 Rupees cash, and an instalment of 500 Rupees per mensem 

 to the Baptist Mission Press, and the suspension of Oriental publications until the debt 

 of 8000 Rupees is liquidated. 

 3d. The arrangement of the Museum on the scale above noted. 

 4th. The opening of a subscription for 1500 Rupees to provide furniture, cabinets, 

 &c. for the new rooms. 

 On completing these arrangements our Expenditure will be: — 



Library, .... 170 



Museum, .. .. .... 200 



Journal, .... 207 



Oriental Publication Debt, . . .... 500 



Custody of Oriental works, .... .... 78 



Secretary's Office, .... .... 110 



Total, Rs. 1,265 



And our Income : — 



Government allowance for Oriental publications, 500 



Ditto for the custody of Oriental Books, .... 78 



Ditto for Museum, .... .... 200 



Average of Subscriptions, .... .... 400 



Interest on Government Securities . . .... 28 



Total, Rs. 1,206 



shewing, lastly : — 



Income, .... .... .... 1,206 



Expenditure .... .... .... 1, 165 



Excess of expenditure still, Rs. 64 



To meet this deficit we must unfortunately draw on our scanty cash balance every 

 month until some opportunity presents itself for bringing our income and outlay on an 

 exact par ; meanwhile we must adopt one principle firmly, namely — " to allow no ex- 

 pense under the item of ' Contingencies' to be passed in any Department without the 

 special order of the Committee of Papers." 



(Signed) W. B. O'SHAUGHNESSY, 



Offg. Joint Sec. Asiatic Society, 

 mh June, 1839. 



The sense of the Meeting having been taken by the President, was declared una- 

 nimously favorable to all the above propositions except the 4th. These were accordingly 

 adopted and will be acted on from the first of August. Instead of a subscription it was 

 decided by the Meeting to furnish the new rooms from the cash balance remaining, 

 and that no appeal should be made to the members for extra aid, as long as any funds 

 remained available. 



