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Scribers above given, 70 have not paid any part of the year’s subscrip- 
tion, and as many more are still in arrears; so that a balance of 
Rs. 1321-8 still remains to be collected. The actual state of the concern 
is therefore by no means so favorable as could be wished, for it leaves 
the Editor out of pocket upwards of 2000 Rs. as the reward of his 
‘labour for two years ! But he will not for a moment suppose that the 
balances outstanding are not recoverable: on the contrary the prin. 
cipal difficulty lies in the distance, and the supposed want of a mode 
of remittance.—Many subscribers are not aware, that letters containing 
hoondees for the amount may be transmitted post free to the Editor. 
It will be remembered, that the Bengal Government were pleased 
to bestow the privilege of free postage on the GLEANINGS and on the 
JouRNAL, on condition of the publication of the late Dr. Buchanan’s 
Statistical Reports. Under the impression (justly formed) of a corres- 
ponding increase of circulation, consequent upon this liberal boon, it was 
resolved not to incorporate these records in detached notices in the 
Journat, nor to diminish from its original matter*, but to publish them 
as a separate work ; and one volume has accordingly been completed, 
containing 356 pages, which at 4-8 per page have cost Rs. 1,602 
Anda reprint of the first 108 pages, which became ne- 
cessary on the subsequent extension of the edition from 
300 to 500 copies, 216 
Total, Rs. 1818 
This expence has been incurred therefore on account of Government, 
in return for the postage saved, not to the work, but to the sub- 
scribers of the Journat. On the completion of the first volume 
of Bucuanan, a second extra volume of an official nature on the 
Monetary System was commenced, of which 50 pages have been printed 
with 3 plates, being in fact an expence of more than 300 rupees not 
included in the above estimate. The Government meantime placed the 
remaining volumes of Buchanan in the Editor’s hands, with an intima- 
tion of its ‘‘desire that the printing of these records should be conti- 
nued.” It was therefore with no small feeling of mortification that 
* Originally 32 pages only were given in each number, latterly 64. 
