IV 
THE INDIAN MUSEUM: 1814—1914. 
annual reports and ac 
counts. 
9. It shall be lawful for the Trustees from time to time to 
order any duplicates of printed books, 
Trustees may exchange coins, specimens of Natural His- 
or sell duplicates. . i i i 
tory, or other curiosities to be exchanged 
for manuscripts, books, or other objects of interest, or to direct 
any s ich duplicates to be sold, and the money to arise from such 
sale to be laid out in the purchase of manuscripts, books, maps, 
medals, corns, specimens of Natural History , or other curiosities 
that may be proper for the said Museum. 
10. The said Trustees shall furnish to the Government of 
India, on or before the first day of Decem- 
Irustees shall furnish each year, a report of their several 
proceedings, acts and ordinances for the 
p:;st twelve months, and further shall fur¬ 
nish on or before the same day in each year to such Auditor 
as the Governor General of India in Council shall appoint in this 
behalf accounts of all monies expended by the Trustees during 
the past twelve months supported by the necessary vouchers. 
The said report and accounts shall be annually published for 
general information. 
11. The Council of the said Societ}^ shall cause the colie' 
tions belonging to the Society and illus- 
Asiatic Society to re- trative of Indian Archaeology and the 
the new building several branches oi .Natural History, and 
all additions that may be made thereto, 
whether before or after the time next hereinafter mentioneJ, to 
be removed to and deposited in the said building, at the expense 
of the Government of India, as soon as the same shall be com¬ 
pleted so far as aforesaid. 
12. The said Society shall continue to have the same 
exclusive property in and control over 
their said Library, Manuscripts, Maps, 
Co’ IS, Busts, Pictures, and Engravings 
which they at present possess, and the 
Council o: the said Society shall have 
the exclusive possession, occupation and 
control, for the purposes of the said 
Society, of those portions of the said building which shall, upon 
its completion, be set apart for the accommodation of the said 
Society and the reception of their Library and other property 
mentioned in Section 4 of this Act. 
13. Every article in the collections and additions mentioned 
in Section 11 of this Act shall be marked 
and numbered, and shall (subject to the 
provisions contained in Sections 9, 14, 
and 15 of this Act) be kept and preserved 
in the said Indian Museum with such 
marks and numbers, and an inventory of such articles being 
deposited as aforesaid, one copy of such inventory shall be signed 
The Asiatic Society to 
retain their Library, &c., 
and the Cormcil of the 
Society to have exclusive 
possession of the portions 
of the new building to be 
set apart for the Society. 
Collections of Asiatic 
Society to be kept dis¬ 
tinguished in the Mu¬ 
seum. 
