(7.) At the end of each day every member of the Brigade would receive a food ticket in payment of his services. The amount could be regulated hereafter. This ticket he would present at our food depôt, where he would be supplied with whatever articles he might require. There would be a regular system of rewards and encouragements for good conduct. But all such details will be settled hereafter. (8.) A special feature in the system would be the introduction of the ancient _Buddhist_ custom of "_meetihal_," or "the consecrated handful of rice." This is as follows. A pot is kept in each home and a handful of grain is put into it every time the family meal is cooked. We think that there would be no difficulty in getting this custom universally adopted, when it was understood that the proceeds would be devoted entirely to feeding the destitute. I believe that the income derived from this alone would in course of time be sufficient to meet the needs of the destitute in any city in India, at the same time that it would serve to equalise and therefore minimise the burden which now rests chiefly on a comparative few. (9.) In case the food supply thus obtained should be insufficient, we have little doubt that we could persuade leading merchants in the city to club together and make up the difference, when they saw the good work that was going on. Such in brief is a skeleton of the scheme for elevating and renovating the Beggar population of India. It is no doubt open to criticism on some points, but it has special advantages which I will proceed to point out, apologising for the extra space I am obliged to occupy, in dealing with this subject, on account of its novelty and importance, and in order that I may be thoroughly understood. 1. _It is conservative._ Here you have a reformation without a revolution, or rather a revolution by means of a reformation. And yet there is no attempted upheaval of society. 2. It is thoroughly _Indian_, and suited to the national taste. 3. It _costs nothing_ and may even prove in time a source of income to the Social Scheme. 4. It is _doubly economical_ since it uses the human waste in collecting what would be the natural wastage of the city, and devotes each to the service of the other. 5. It is _systematic_ and therefore bound to be as immensely superior to the present haphazard mode, as a regular Army is to an undisciplined mob. 6. It unites the advantages of _moral suasion_, with those of the most perfect _religious equality_ and _toleration._ 7. _It saves the State an enormous expenditure_ and avoids the necessity for harsh, repressive, unpopular legislation, and increased taxation. 8. _It benefits the public._ (a) It removes a public nuisance. (b) And yet it satisfies the public conscience. (c) It stimulates private charity, and directs its generosity into wise and beneficial channels. 9. _It benefits the beggars._