Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 



[Jan. 



vent the accumulation of debts, the Finance Committee have arrang- 

 ed to pay off within one month after presentation, all bills submitted 

 for payment. 



The following statement is an abstract of accounts of last year. 



Admission Fees, ...Rs. 1,280 



Contributions, 9,771 12 



Journal, 1,425 2 3 



Secretary's Office, ... 15 2 



Library, 479 11 6 



Vested Fund, 110 



General Establishment, 1 11 3 



Coin Fund, 36 



Museum, 280 



Inefficient, 48 8 



Oriental Publ. Fund, 489 12 



Messrs. W. & Norgate, 2,132 11 8 



Dr. J. Muir, 1,000 



Sundries, 226 8 6 



17,296 15 10 

 Balance of 1867— 



In the Bank of Bengal, 3,487 12 



Cash in hand, 38 8 4 



3,526 4 5 



Total, 20,823 4 3 



Contributions, Rs. 50 5 3 



Journal, 7,807 8 9 



Library, 2,830 8 11 



Secretary's Office, 2,037 14 



Vested Fund, 4 4 



Coin Fund, 339 15 



Building, 1,136 8 3 



Miscellaneous, 577 4 



Oriental Publ. Fund, 856 



Messrs. W. & Norgate, 1,955 15 8 



Sir W.J.'s Monument, 680 



Sundries, 196 11 9 



18,468 15 11 



Balance — 



In the Bank of Bengal, 2,261 10 9 



Cash in hand, 



92 9 7 



2,354 4 4 



Total, 20,823 4 3 



The Council have much satisfaction to report that they have 

 succeeded in reducing the heavy outstandings of last year, but by the 

 loss of several members, outstandings to the amount of 400 Rs. are to 

 be written off. 



The following will shew the financial condition of the Society. 



Cash assets. Outstanding, Gross assets. Liabilities. 



1868 4,354 8,523 12,877 5,683 



The Council would urge on the members the imperative necessity 

 of regularly paying their quarterly contributions, in order that the 

 Society may meet its expenses for the coming year without being 

 obliged to curtail its usefulness by any further retrenchments. The 

 state of the library warrants a greater outlay than the present financial 

 condition of the Society allows. 



The following is their Budget for the coming year. The income 

 has been estimated from the average income of the last few years. 

 Any excess of income over the estimate will be, as in 1868, devoted to 

 the payment of old debts. 



