1844.] Madras Literary Society, Z2o 



of the Journal it appeared that shipments of paper were made:: Mr 

 Cole by Allen and Co. the booksellers in England on the 1st April 1857 



to the extent of §2 10 0 



on the 30th October 1837 80 7 0 



on 4th April 1838 S2 3 6 



and a consignment of books to Mr. Cole as the Editor on 2d 



August 1837 10 o 6 



£ 25 5 1 0 



That by some unaccountable mistake the letters -written by Allen and 

 Co. to Mr. Cole, on 13th April 1839 1st June 1839 and 18th January 

 1840 have never been received, but that copies of these letters are now 

 forwarded by Allen and Co. to the Secretary and are on the table, by 

 their letter of the 13th April 1839. a balance was shewn in Allen and 

 Co.'s favour of £ 292. 2 0 and on the 1st June 1839, a bill for £ 100 0 0 

 was acknowledged and on the 18th January 18- " :he account was made 

 up to the end of 1839, shewing a balance against the Society of 

 £ 220 7 8. By Allen and Co.'s letter to Mr. Cole of May 31st 1841 the 

 balance due to Allen and Co. at the end of December 1840 amounted :: 

 £ 240 6 7. 



On examination, however, of the account it appears that the Society 

 had been debited with a work ( Cuvier) purchased by Mr. Cole on his 

 separate account of the value of £ 27 10 3 whicb :e:nr ledneted, Left the 

 balance of £ 212 16 4 due from the Society. By letters from Allen and 

 Co to the Secretary dated January 30th 1841 there was a sum in their 



hands of 77 10 3 



andabillfor 100 0 0 



177 10 a 



and that after the payment c: a sum of £11 10 lOas men- 

 tioned in their letter the balance in their hands in fawn o: 

 the Society amounted to £ 155 19 7 



That Allen and Co. by their account admit that the sum of . 100 0 0 



had been remitted on 28th July 1841 255 19 7 



so that on deducting the sum due for the debt of the Journal.. 212 16 4 



there would be a sum of . . 43 3 3 



on the general balance due to the Society, 



Adverting to the sale of the Journal that there u a sum of Rupee s 

 1823 0 0 due from persons who haven:: paid fiw their copies ; that 

 numbers, to the value of Rupees 5.856 8 0 remain unsold ; and that 



