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Book-binding, 425 O 



Contingencies, 200 O O 



General Establishment, 1,700 O 



Journal, , 1,500 



Miscellaneous, .. 500 



Deposit, 100 O 



Building, 1,040 O 



Total, Es. 13,303 O 



Monthly Average,. 1,108 9 4 



This amount would not be met by the present reduced rates of 

 subscription, unless with an increased number of members, bufe the 

 Council confidently trust that the late revival of interest iii the 

 Society will continué, and that with fresh accessions to its numbers 

 all cause for anxiety regarding the Society's prospects may be re- 

 moved. 



Income. 



75 Eesidents at Es. 48 per annum, Es. 3,600 



60 Non-residents at Es. 24 per annum, 1,440 O 



Admission Fees, 544 O 



Government Grant, 3,600 



Sale of Books, 780 



Journal, 925 O 



Interest, 245 O 



Miscellaneous, 50 O 



Es. 11,184 O O 



Making up the probable Income of the forthcoming year. 

 Proposed Imperial Müseum. 



The subject having remained for some time in abeyance on account 

 of the disturbances in the N. W. Provinces, the Council, in October 

 1858, under Authority delegated to them by the Society in May 

 1857, submitted a proposition to the Government of India for the 

 establishment of a public Museum, to which, under certain restric- 

 tions the whole of the Society's collections might be transí'erred, 

 except the Library. 



