NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. 



The Committee of the Madras Literary Society and Auxiliary of the Royal 

 Asiatic Society, in issuing the present No. of the Journal from the Press, are 

 again under the necessity of bringing to the notice of its supporters, the obstacles 

 throAvn in the way of its regular and periodical appearance, by the difficulty of 

 realizing the out-standing subscriptions. The extremely low price at which it 

 is charged is merely sufficient to cover the expenses of paper and printing, and 

 there is no balance, therefore, to cover any loss arising from delay or defalca- 

 tion of the stipulated subscriptions. 



The cost of the publication of Nos. 32 and 33, was as follows : 



Charges on No. 32 480 4 10 



„ 33 487 9 7 



Total.. 967 14 5 



of which amount there remain still due from Subscribers for copies delivered, 

 on account of No, 32 Rs. 268 

 on account of No. 33 316 



Total.. 584 

 In addition to which there 



still remain due for No, 30 Rs. 66 and for 

 No. 31 78 



Total. . 144 making the whole amount 



due to the Society, Rupees 728. 



The Funds of the Society are too small to enable the Committee to carry on 

 its usual operations whilst such heavy demands remain out-standing, and it will 

 be out of the power of the Committee to ensure any regularity of publication, or 

 even to continue the work at all, unless a re,medy can be found. The Com- 

 mittee have hopes that a plan which they have now to propose, and for which 

 they are indebted to the favorable consideration of the Government, may be at- 

 tended with success. They are aware that the main difficulty to a prompt li- 

 quidation of claims by up-country Subscribers, arises from the trouble of remit- 

 ting such trifling sums from the interior. They have therefore obtained the 

 sanction of Government for instructions being sent to all Collectors and Pay- 

 masters, authorizing them to receive subscriptions on account of the Journal 

 into their Treasuries, and to remit the proceeds quarterly, or half-yearly, by 

 Bills on the Accountant General. In future, therefore, a Bill, exhibiting the 

 amount due, will be transmitted with each number of the Journal to Mofussil 

 Subscribers, who will have nothing more to do than to send the amount due by 

 them to the Collector or Paymaster of the Station at which they may happen to 

 be. Should this measure prove successful, and enable them to advance the ne- 

 cessary funds as required, the Committee pledge themselves to bring out the 

 numbers of the Journal at regular half-yearly, or quarterly, periods according as 

 materials for the purpose may be placed in their hands. 



