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Rh had to incur large expenses on the marriage of Hindu widows, and on the maintenance of many poor persons who had contracted such alliance. His slender revenue from his business and the sale of his books was never adequate to meet these heavy demands. We have already said that most of them who had promised him liberal contributions forsook him one by one, and that only a few of them, mostly Europeans, helped him now and then. Of the natives, only Prasanna Kumar Sarvvadhikari, of whom mention has been made before, and his younger brother, Raj Kumar Sarvvadhikari, who was then a professor in the Lucknow Canning College, and is at present Editor of the Hindoo Patriot, were faithful to him. To support our statements, we will take the liberty to quote below some correspondence that passed between Vidyasagar and some of his friends.

"My dear Pundit,

"I enclose a cheque for Rs. 1651 on account of my subscription to your Female School fund for April, May, and June, 1863. "Yours very truly (Sd.) "C. Beadon."

"Calcutta "11th October 1863

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, "You will no doubt be glad to hear that the