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630 Since the year 1882, Vidyasagar's Rijupatha, Part III. was discarded from the course of studies prescribed for the Entrance Examination of the Calcutta University. It had been a text-book uninterruptedly for the sixteen previous years. The exclusion of the book from the curriculum of the University reduced his income to a great extent, and somewhat inconvenienced him; but he did not lose heart. He had already promised increment of pay to some of his school-masters. They were a little disheartened at the decrease of their master's income. But Vidyasagar did not wholly disappoint them. By other means he raised funds for the purpose. God always helps the accomplishment of honest and benevolent deeds.

In November, 1884, Vidyasagar visited Cawnpore, a city in the North-Western Provinces of India, for a change of climate. He stayed there for a few days only, and by the end of the year, he returned to Calcutta.

On the 1st January, 1885, he sold away the one-third share of his proprietary right to the Sanskrit Press, which had been left to him, to Babu Raj Krishna Banarji at a price of 5,000 rupees. He had been disgusted with the business. Besides, the sale proceeds went a great way to liquidate his debts. His books brought him a revenue of between three to four thousand rupees a month. The Hon'ble C. E. Buckland, in his