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Rh 'Bengal under the Lieutenant-Governors,' says;—’Vidyasagar's monthly benefactions amounted to about Rs 1,500 and his income from his publications for several years ranged from Rs 3,000 to Rs 4,500 month." Before his death, he had repaid all his debts. He left his property quite free from embarrassments. He had borrowed monies from many creditors, but he paid them off, one by one. Vidyasagar was very honest in all his dealings, particularly in the liquidation of his debts. He owed a heavy debt to Government. But the Government knew nothing of it. They had quite forgotten it. There was no such item entered in their accounts as due by Vidyasagar. He repaid the debt out of his own motion, which amounted to 4,911 rupees, 11 annas and three pices, inclusive of interest. It is said, that the money was advanced to Vidyasagar, when he was Principal of the Sanskrit College, with a view to the publication of Arithmetic, History, and other works, and to their sale at a cheap price. The ends were not satisfied, but the money had already been spent.

About this time, a great difference arose between Maharaja Jatindra Mohan Tagore and his younger brother, Raja Saurindra Mohan Tagore, with respect to their patrimony. They found it impossible to settle the matter between themselves, and appointed Vidyasagar to be their umpire for the division of their properties. On the 7th May, 1885, the two brothers executed a deed