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much from his income, he used to borrow the sum lacking and put it into the treasury. Though I appreciate his rule, I object to his practice of borrowing money. I know another one, who having set apart so many lakhs of rupees as his permanent, or rather reserve fund, pays to his creditors much higher rates of interest than what he gets, from the Government paper in which he invests his reserve. There are two defects in his principle : there will be no increase in his treasure on the one hand, and, on the other hand, he will become more involved in debt. Some other people have a thirst for money. They don't enjoy it for themselves, nor do they do with it what they ought to do.
Mr. Macnaghten says : "You who have money, be kind, be generous, do all you can to remedy the miseries which surround you on every side. Help the deserving, comfort the sick, relieve the distress of the
