Te the Editor of the "M№obrh-Chixa Dany News"
Bib,—1 have to thank you for your in publishing an article in Your today's issue on our lottery.
May I, however, be permitted to say that the reference to the six per cent, from sale of tickets being utilized for printing, office and other necessary expenses, unless elaborated, may 1ca@ to a possible misconception Oi our aims to raise as much funds as possible, for refugee relief.
We are permitted to an extent of 6 per cent. for expenses in connection with office expenses and printing of tickets but any surplus from the six per cent, after all expenditures have been met, will also go to the fund for refugee relief. As estimated expenses will surely be less than 6 per cent. of the receipts even on u minimum sale of 25000 numbers, there should always be a useful surplus from this source. Even when the first month's expenses, which covers extra expenditures connected with the formation of a company, are paid, there will probably be a surplus, even if the sales do not exceed the guaranteed minimum of 25,009 numbers, Should the sale of tickets exceed the guaranteed minimum number, this surplus will be correspondingly increased and the refugees and other civilian victims of the war will benefit by an additional substantial sum.
Father -Jacquinot has' kindly accepted a seat, not on the Board of Directors, but on the Distribution Committee, which is empowered to distribute to the various Charitable Organizations the profits from the lottery.
In the last paragraph of your article it was stated the first prize will total $100,000 and the second $15000. If, as we hope, the sales reach the total number of 50,000 tickets which have been printed, the prizes will total the sum given above, but if the sales do not reach the total number of 50,000 tickets, there will be a proportionate reduction of the amounts in the prizes.
May we encroach further upon your courtesy by asking you to publish in full the following prize distribution plai The Prize Distribution plan based on a total sale of 50,000 numbers at Eh. $10.—each is as follows:—
Prize Per Cent
ana 16090 A Ist $100,000 $100,000 4 si 8500
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.