 In addition the newspaper had received official rebukes for stating negative information about Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Abdulhamid II and for also doing so against a high school teacher, Şerif Efendi, who was later cleared by an investigation in the Ministry of Education; the publication had to retract articles about the latter.It began receiving a monthly 1,000 piastre benefit after applying for it in 1891.After translator Ahmed İhsan suggested having a supplement each week, "Servet" began running "Servet-i Fünûn" from 1891 to 1892 with Abdulhamid II's approval after Nicolaides, in late 1890, applied to create a supplement about industry and science.