20 
Annual Report. 
[Feb. 
for the publication of Mr. Moore’s papers on Indian Lepidoptera from the 
collection of the late Mr. C. S. Atkinson. This sum was provided by the 
sale of Government Securities for Es. 1,000. TJnder library , Rs. 1,594-0-0 
paid for the preparation of the new Catalogues of Books and MSS. This 
sum, which should have been met by sale of Government Securities in the 
Temporary Tested Fund, has actually been paid from current income. 
Apart from the interest derived from the vested funds, the ordinary 
income of the Society shows a further falling off in the two important items 
of Subscriptions and Publications, which is to be regretted. The loss is,, 
however, more than made up by an increase in the items of Library and 
Contingencies, the increase on the latter head being chiefly the proceeds 
realised from the sale of the old Museum cases &e. 
The receipts from admission and compounding fees amounted to Es. 
1,076-0-0, Es. 1,100-0-0 have been transferred from the Temporary to the 
Permanent Vested Fund on this account, and steps will be taken immedi¬ 
ately to replace the amount in the Temporary Fund. 
At the close of 1877 the outstandings due to the Society for admission 
fees, subscriptions, sale of publications &c., amounted to Rs. 7,074-5-5. Of 
this sum Es. 3,250-9-0 has been written off as irrecoverable. The sum now 
due from members for arrears of subscriptions &c. amounts to Es. 2,215- 
5 -0, a great part of which it is hoped may be recovered during the current 
year. 
The net income of the Society amounted to Es. 20,461-13-9, but from 
this Es. 2,958-1-5, the amount of interest received in excess for the half 
year October to April 1878, should be deducted, leaving a balance of Es, 
17,503-12-4. The ordinary expenditure amounted to Es. 16,417-15-7. 
There is thus a balance of Es. 1,085-12-9 in favour of the Society. 
The following is a Statement of the Cash Assets of the Society at the 
close of 1878:— 
Permanent Vested Fund, 
Temporary ditto, 
Balance in the Bank of Bengal, 
Cash in hand, 
Es. 127,800 0 0 
7,200 0 0 
6,265 14 11 
57 0 2 
Total, Es. 141,322 15 1 
The following tables will show the Gross Receipts and Expenditure of 
the Society as compared with the previous year, and also the Net Income 
and Ordinary Expenditure. 
