1847.] Report. 95 



the Journal, in the form of the series herewith submitted.* And in 

 future they think it would be conducive to the utility of the Society to 

 publish abstracts of the proceedings in the daily papers, as was done in 

 former years. 



Oriental Publications. 

 For this valuable object a sum of 500 Us. per mensem, has been 

 munificently granted by Government in the year 1838, and applied in 

 strict accordance with the directions of Government till the close of the 

 year 1840, and the mode of application duly reported to Government. 

 From this period it appears on reference to the accounts published in 

 1842, for 1841, in the Journal Vol. XI. parti, p. 198, and rendered by 

 Mr. Bolst, but not hitherto published from 1842 to 1846, that through 

 some misunderstanding of the orders of Government, the greater part 

 of the monthly grant has been applied to purposes which, however useful 

 or important, were not contemplated in the terms of the grant. The ex- 

 penses of the Zoological drawings by Sir A. Burnes, and of those of Dr. 

 Cantor's Chusan Zoology, constitute the heaviest items of this irregular 

 expenditure, being specified in Mr. Bolst' s abstracts, under the head of 

 " Oriental Publications," and amounting to Co.'s Rs. 6833 : 14 : 9, as 

 follows : 



1842. Paid J. Bennett for Sir A. Burnes' drawings, Rs. 650 



Messrs. Ballin and Co. for do. do 2145 



W. Rushton for do. do. 643 



1843. Paid Mr. Bennett for Sir A. Burnes' drawings,. . 200 

 Drawing paper for do 225 8 9 



1844. Paid Mr. Bennett for Sir A. Burnes' drawings,. . 18 

 Do. for Dr. Cantor's Chusan Zoology, 900 



1845. Paid Mr. Bennett on account of Dr. Cantor's Zoo- 

 logy, 800 



Mrs. Ballin for printing, 261 6 



Do. balance for Burnes' drawings, 68 4 



1846. Paid Mrs. Ballin for lithographing Burnes' draw- 



(To July.)ings, 522 12 



J. Bennet for Dr. Cantor's Chusan Zoology, . . 400 



Co.'s Rs. 6833 14 9 

 * This has been done since the January meeting. 



