Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 42.25.8

42.25.8

Rs. Ans. The third Volume has cost me full, as paid to Mr. Upjohn ... 1,600 4 For the second, actually printing by Mr. Cooper, and two other Printers, I have already paid ... ... ... ... 1,700 0 And the first, which is now finishing, has already cost me two thousand Rupees, advanced to Mr. White, and will take up a thousand more ... ... ... ... ... 3,000 0 Add 200 Rs. paid to Book-binders, and 200 more to Transcribers ... ... ... ... ... ... 400 0 Add 2,000 Rupees more for 2700 folio pages copied in India at 4 Annas each, but sent to England by triplicate, 7400 pages, besides the freight ... ... ... ... 2,000 0 8,700 4 Add paper, &c., &c., with an infinity of small articles, which cannot be enumerated here, but which form a considerable item; and this recapitulation will put it in your power to determine whether I can at this period of time recall the books already distributed, or suspend the printing of the two others. But you, or some other person, shall assist me in the wording of the text, and also in procuring subscriptions; and you adduce in proof of the possibility of your obliging scheme, the extreme easiness with which other works (for instance, Mr. Gladwin's Vocabulary,) have produced a deal of money. I have split, Sir, yesterday that proposal of yours in three parts, and made a distinct answer to each part; nevertheless, I shall with pleasure refresh your memory on the three articles.