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38 to draw more, even in after years in consideration of their special wants. It was proposed to remove these inequalities with effect from 1880, by making up the account of each life member since 1880, excluding the special gratuities in each case and the accounts were so adjusted as to make the sum drawn by each proportionate to the period of service.

It was unfortunate that the conduct of the Kesari and Mahratta was combined with that of the School and the College. The financial position of the school improved earlier while the newspapers were not paying concerns at all. The writers did not get any profit from their work. As long as the whole body were working zealously for the joint concerns no difficulty arose. But when members began to count the market-value of their energy and ability, it so happened that while some ceased to write to the papers and devoted themselves to more paying pursuits, others had to devote the whole of their time to the Press without receiving anything.

This brings us to the main question, "Whether or not a member of the Society could do some outside work for his private gain." In the initial stages of the school some members were paid extra gratuity for their special wants, because no member was to work in his private time for personal end. From 1885, however, the principle of equal pay and equal work began to be preached and it was urged that if any member had any special wants he should meet them by private work and that the duty of each and every member was to teach in the school for 4 hours and that, beyond that every individual was free to do what he liked. The