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Supposing however that the Society with its present liabilities is 

 desirous of a reduction of subscription without making any further 

 provision than now exists for the proper custody and extension of 

 the Museum, the results, estimated as above, will be as follows :<— 



A reduction to eight rupees per quarter will require sixty-five 

 new members, with no surplus. 



A reduction to ten rupees per quarter will require twenty-four 

 new members, with no surplus. 



A reduction to ten rupees per quarter will require no new members, 

 with Es. 152 surplus. 



In these calculations, however, the income has been estimated on 

 the supposition that the full amount of subscriptions due from 

 members is realized, which is never the case ; whilst, at the same 

 time, the ordinary annual expenditure only has been taken into ac- 

 count, although the actual expenditure on account of extraordinary 

 demands is always very much in excess of this. 



Both these causes vitiate the above results in the same direction. 



Thus in 1855 instead of a surplus of 2152 rupees, there was an 

 actual deficit of about 630 rupees on the year's transactions. 



Taking this year, therefore, as a standard, with the minimum of 

 reduction, it would be necessary to obtain as many as 57 additional 

 members at 12 Es. a quarter to meet the current expenses. 



The extraordinary expenditure for 1855, incurred chiefly on 

 account of the Museum, was no doubt somewhat in excess of the 

 average outlay under this head, but it serves to show the extent of 

 the demands which the Museum makes on the resources of the 

 Society, and the necessity of a surplus income to meet them." 



After some discussion Capt. Thuillier gave notice that he would 

 move at the next General Meeting " that a proposition be submitted 

 to the Society at large, that the subscription of members of this 

 Society be reduced from 16 rupees to 10 rupees a quarter." 



5th. — Submitting a letter from Dr. H. H. "Wilson, Boden Pro- 

 fessor of Sanskrit, in the University of Oxford, relating to the 

 management of the Bibliotheca Indica with their proposed reply. 



Professor Wilson's letter is as follows : 



Sib, — The interest which I must ever take in the proceedings of 

 the Asiatic Society of Bengal, will I hope, be admitted as some 



