Report. 



1847- The Secretaries and Accountant request permission to place ora 

 record that their strict responsibility for the application of all funds 

 according to the instructions of Government and the resolutions of the 

 Society, commences with the 1st January, 1847, as during the preced- 

 ing six weeks the income of the Society from all sources, was under pre- 

 engagements, over which they had no control. 

 The Council now submit — 



1. Statement showing the amount of Government paper and the Cash 

 balance received to the credit of the Society from Mr. Bolst, on the 

 16th November 1846. 



2. An abstract statement of the old debts of the Society paid from 

 the sale of the Company's paper and cash balance thus received. 



3. Abstract statement of accounts from 16th Nov. to 31st Dec. 1846. 



4. Abstract statement of accounts from 1st January to 31st Dec. 1847. 



5. Detailed statement of account of the Oriental Publication grant of 

 500 Rs. per mensem, in account current with the Asiatic Society, from 

 the 1st Jan. to 31st December 1847. 



Statement showing the amount of Co.'s Papers and Cash received from 

 Mr. Bolst j and how disposed of in liquidation of old debts. 



Receipts. Co.'s Rs, As. F. 



Co-sPaper,)^^,........... ....... ^ sold for 13,137 13 1! 



Cash, 1,309 12 9 



Ditto acct. Journal, , 482 4 



,791 13 1 



Co.'s Rs. .. 14,929 11 



Disbursements for old debts. 



Mr. Bird's Portrait, 1,368 8 9 



Bishop's College, arrears for printing Journal, &c. from January 1843 to 



May 1846, ,.. 7,441 15 



Baptist Mission Press arrears for printing Journal down to July 1846, . . 418 



Messrs. Currie and Co. for Almirah, &c 425 14 



Messrs. Ostell and Lepage for Books, 122 4 



Mr. Blyth's arrears of Salary from 1st May 1844, to October 1846, at 



100 Rs. per month, 3,200 



Ditto House Rent from January to November 1846 at 40, 440 



Mr. Piddington's arrears of Salary 200 



Sundry arrears, 1313 1 3 



Co.'s Rs. .. 14,929 11 

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