Life of Ahmad — Page 597
as INCOME TAX CASE 597 Virbhan son of Ganda Mal and by Matab Singh and Tehl Singh of Amritsar from Dhariwal. They have the full account. We possess no details except a note of Virbhan that during the year he supplied flour to the value of Rs. 400. . . Apart from this, 67 maunds of wheat were bought during the year from Bagh Khatri Arhti of Qadian at the rate of 16½ seers for a rupee which amounts to Rs. 167. . . About Rs. 1,763 have been spent during the year on the construction of Kacha and packa buildings for guests. The figures given above do not include the income and expenditure of the School, a proper account of which is kept by Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n. . . About Rs. 200 were spent on postage only of the 21 leaflets issued during the year. About Rs. 240 on correspondence and about Rs. 1000 on the printing press including the cost of paper (about Rs. 567). The income from the sale of books was only Rs. 488-10. . . My private expenses are quite separate. I do not stand in need of the money of my followers. My private expenditure is less than my private income. . . In the service of religion I also spend from my own pocket; in fact all surplus is spent in the cause of religion and is not invested anywhere. ' The Tahsildar certified that all income from subscriptions was spent for the benefit of the Movement, of which Ahmad as was the Founder and