Alfred Henry Lionel Leach, C.J.

1. The appellant was the defendant in the Court below. He had served the respondent as the chief agent of the respondents money-lending business at Madras. The contract of service commenced on the 19th November, 1925, the appellant having executed what is known as a salary chit. Under the terms of the contract he was to serve the respondent in the capacity of chief agent of his Madras business for a period of three years at a salary of Rs. 7,175. The respondents business in Madras did not prove as successful as he anticipated, and on the 5th January, 1928, he terminated the appellants employment and appointed another agent at a lower salary. The suit out of which this appeal arises was filed by the respondent for an account of the appellants agency. He calculated that there would be due to him on the taking of accounts a sum of Rs. 11,923-6-0. A preliminary decree for accounts was passed in due course, and on consideration of the Commissioners report a decree for Rs. 4,952-13-6 was passed in favour of the respondent. The appellant appeals against the final decree on three grounds. In the first place he says that he has been disallowed his sala