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692 sity examination expenses. There is not the least doubt that, as the University letter contends, the total expenditure in connection with examinations has increased. But the real question is, has the surplus, left after deducting the examination expenses from the fee-incomes, been increasing or decreasing or has it remained stationary? Our impression is that the surplus has been increasing, or, at any late, it has not been decreasing, though, not having the accounts of the University before us, we cannot make any positive statement. This is the drift of what we have observed regarding the incidence of examination expenses per candidate. We shall be glad to publish the exact figures if some one in the know will kindly send them to us.

As regards the increasing cost of management of the general department of the University and of the University press, due to increments of salary granted, &c., we should like to know whether the increasing fee-income and the increasing income from the sale of University publications presented as text-books, do not cover the aforesaid increasing cost.

In conclusion we should like to state our clear opinion that the letter of the University is, on the whole, a powerful indictment of the attitude of the Education Department of the Government of India towards the Calcutta University.

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