Sept. 1846.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. lxxiii 



Capt. Marshall, Secretary Sub-Committee Finance Asiatic Society, 

 Sir, — In reply to your letter I beg to say that understanding the Society to ap- 

 propriate as follows, 36 Rs. from its own funds, i.e. Government allowance for the 



Museum of Economic Geology Curator 250 



Contingencies, 64 



314 

 From Society for Geological and Mineralogical Departments 36 



Total Co.'s Rs. 350 



I can only as before, continue with the same establishment as sanctioned by Go- 

 vernment, viz : — 



Sircar and Writer, who is also assistant (as far as he can be so) in making Ca- 

 talogues, marking and arranging specimens, &c. &c 16 



Carpenter, who also polishes and cuts stones 8 



Punka Boy 2 



Peon for letters, &c.&c 5 



Co.'s Rs. 31 

 i 



It will be noted that these persons are all employed for the 3 Departments, 

 though paid for by the Economic Geology, which is scarcely fair to Government, but 

 which can not be avoided. I make the bearer and Punka boy and Carpenter, and at 

 times the Sircar, assist also in the Laboratory ! 



From the Government Allowance of 64 



Take this 31 



Leaves for Books, Chemical, and agents and all other contingencies for 



Museum Economic Geology only 33 



Add Society's Allowance 36 



Co.'s Rs. 69 



I have a bearer who keeps every thing clean below and attends to the windows, 

 doors, &c. as well as assisting those upstairs. He is now become very intelligent 

 and handy in the laboratory also. He has hitherto been paid by the Society, but I 

 suppose it must be necessary to pay him from my department, on which the Com- 

 mittee will decide. 



The sum of 69 Rs. I need not remark is really not much more than the 

 expenses of the laboratory very carefully managed would amount to in this country, 

 where every thing is so absurdly expensive which relates to Chemical pursuits ; and 

 there are books, specimens, postages, freights and a host of smaller charges beside*, 

 as will be seen by the accompanying books which I send for the inspection of the 

 Committee, being the petty account books of the Departments for 1815-46, but 



