1850.] 



Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 



159 



Disbursements of the Asiatic Society for the year 1849. 



Cr. 



DISBURSEMENTS. 

 By Museum. 



Paid Mr. E. Blyth's Salary as Curator 



from December 1848 to November 



1849, being 12 months, at 250 Rs. 



per mensem, .. .. ..Rs. 3,000 



Ditto ditto house-rent from ditto to 



ditto being 12 months, at 40 Rs. per 



mensem, .. .. .. 480 



Ditto Establishment of Taxidermists, 

 Artists, Carpenters, &c. from Decem- 

 ber 1848 to February 1849, at 147 Rs. 

 per ditto, .. .. 441 



Ditto ditto for March and April, at 



137 Rs. ditto, .. .. 274 



Ditto ditto from May to September, at 



124 Rs. ditto, .. .. 620 



Ditto ditto for October and November, 



at 82 Rs. ditto, .. .. 164 



3,480 



Ditto for Contingencies incurred for the preparation of 

 Specimens of Natural History, 



Ditto Tarachund Doss for 4 mats for the Bird room,. . 



Ditto postage for a parcel containing Shells received 

 from Europe,.. 



Ditto for Casks and cooly hire for spirits of wine, 



Ditto Bissonauth Mistry for supplying 100 Teak-wood 

 tickets for the shells, 



Ditto Auhin China-Carpenter for mak- 

 ing 4 Glass Cases, .. .. 335 



Ditto Issore Chunder Carpenter for 3 



ditto, .. .. .. 150 



1,499 



Ditto charges for landing 3 cases containing Speci- 

 mens of Natural History,.. 



Ditto Messrs. W. Thacker and Co. for 19 sheets of 

 tinted paper, .. 



436 

 54 



5 

 3 



485 

 1 5 

 7 2 



3 



5,974 8 



By Museum of Economic Geology. 



Paid Mr. H. Piddington's Salary as Joint-Curator 

 from December 1848 to November 1849, being 12 

 months, at 250 Rs. per mensem, .. .. 3,000 



Ditto Establishment from Dec. 1848 to 

 Sept. 1849, being 10 months, at 31 

 Rs. per mensem, .. .. 310 



Ditto ditio for Oct. and Nov. .. 67 14 



Ditto for Contingencies, 



Ditto Messrs. Scott and Co. for a copy of Bengal Di- 

 rectory for the year 1849,. . 



377 14 

 109 3 



8 



Carried over,.. 3,495 1 3 5,974 8 



