# ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY
# HONG KONG BRANCH
## BALANCE SHEET AT 31ST DECEMBER 1983
### ASSETS
H.K. Currency
1983
1982
### LIABILITIES
Accumulated Fund
H.K. Currency
1983
$233,464
Balance as at 1st January 1983
(2,987)
Add: Excess of Income over Expenditure in 1983
230,477
Balance as at 31st December 1983
$230,476.72
Listed Investments, at cost
$111,147.60
885.43
231,362.15
165,000
3,329
Balance at Bank
Fixed Deposits
Current Account
$175,000.00
4,214.55
179,214.55
Sundry Creditor - Printing Charges for Journal & Index
$49,000.00
$59,000.00
$279,477 $290,362.15 $279,477 $290,362.15D.A. Gilkes
Honorary Treasurer
## Notes:
(1) Listed investments at 31st December 1983:
525 shares Hang Seng Bank Limited $34,272.00 $19,950.00 4,200 shares Hong Kong Electric (Holdings) Company Limited $24,192.00 $23,100.00 2,464 shares Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation $28,893.60 $17,248.00 2,500 shares Hong Kong Land Company Limited $23,790.60 $7,250.00 $111,147.60 $67,548.00All listed investments are stated at cost, and no provision for diminution in value has been made in the accounts.
(2) Subscription and interest incomes are accounted for on cash basis.
## HONG KONG BRANCH
## REPORT OF THE HONORARY AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY
In our opinion, the above balance sheet is properly drawn up so as to exhibit a true and fair view of the Society's affairs at 31st December 1983 and of its income and expenditure for the year ended on that date.
Dated: 22nd March, 1984, WR510/(A05-8)
Kwan Wong Tan & Fong
Honorary Auditors
Chartered Accountants
Certified Public Accountants, Hong Kong