112. Accounts, accurate to the last pie, must be kept of the amounts

(Translated from Bengali)

MURREE,

12th October, 1897.

MY DEAR RĀKHĀL,

I wrote at length in yesterday’s letter. I think it desirable to give you special directions about certain matters.… (1) To all those who collect money and send it to the Math … the acknowledgment of the amounts will be issued from the Math. (2) The acknowledgment must be in duplicate, one for the sender, and one for filing in the Math. (3) There must be a big register in which all the names and addresses of the donors will be entered. (4) Accounts, accurate to the last pie, must be kept of the amounts that are donated to the Math Fund, and fully accurate accounts should be obtained from Sarada and others to whom money is given. For lack of accurate account-keeping … see that I am not accused as a cheat. These accounts should afterwards be published. (5) Immediately go and register a will under lawyer’s advice to the effect that in case you and I die then Hari and Sharat will succeed to all that there is in our Math.

I have not yet got any news from Ambala, whether Hariprasanna and others have reached there or not. Give the other half-sheet of this letter to Master Mahāshay.

Yours affectionately,
VIVEKANANDA.