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marriages in future? I say decidedly no. Because in the first place we have got no funds at the disposal of the Association to perform the marriages. Supposing we get funds after a good deal of difficulty only for the celebration of the marriages don't we naturally except that the future married couples would also raise questions as to the means supplied to the already married couples. If we say there are no such means for them how can we except that they will embrace the movement in the face of so many social sufferings and in the absence of the so many facilities that are being enjoyed by the already married couples. You know that the country is not so far enlightened that the people will take up reform voluntarily. Therefore some means should be provided to all the married couples either before or in future in accordance with the requirements, so far as may be within the power of the association till the movement becomes a general one. Otherwise there is a chance of restricting the cause. The well-wishers of the cause should not depend on the present strength of the members alone. Ultimately these members may become extinct one by one. Therefore we should make our movement a living one and not a dead one.
In conclusion I say that the principal should be lodged in a safe bank in the name of more persons than one, that the interest should be added yearly or half yearly to the principal, that expenditure if necessary should be incurred from the interest and never from the principal. If necessary due help must be given from the interest alone to the married couples reasonably supposed to have been helpless. If there is sufficient accumulated due proportion after proper deduction of expenditure may be spent for marriages.
if extra fund may be secured for the purpose of the association from the outside of the enlightened public by means
