Notice to Subscribers [pp. 304A-304B]

.NOTICE T'O SUBSCRIBERS.
THEa publisher of the Biblical Repertory, under the impression that existing circumstances call for some mutual explanations and corrections, begs leave to make the following
statements to the patrons of the work.
As to the complaints which have occasionally been
made by the subscribers.
I. Want of punctuality in bringing out the numbers
of the Repertory. The publisher has in this matter done
what he could. In a work so entirely original, and appearing, in such large divisions, some irregularity is to be expected. Every effort shall be made in future to remove this
evil.
II. The failure of subscribers to receive their copies of
the work. This is an evil over which the publisher has no
control. It belongs to the mail department. The most
scrupulous care is always taken properly to put up, and faithfully to mail the numbers as they appear. This being the
case, the publisher cannot be held responsible for their safe
arrival. He may and does deeply regret, and would gladly
cure the evil, but it lies beyond his power, and the risk on
his part ceases when the work leaves his hands.
III. Irregularity in presenting bills to some who have
paid distant agents. This may occur in various ways. A
want of promptness in some who were formerly agents, in
making their returns. In all such cases the subscribers who
had paid would appear on our books as in arrears, though in
fact not so. Again, it is the publisher's rule to put a bill in
the April number of every subscriber, who to appearance has
not paid, with the understanding that if in the mean time he
has paid an agent, he will consider it as unknown to the
publisher, and virtually withdrawn. As our subscribers are
of a select character, and very widely scattered over an im