In order to alleviate the sufferings of the native population caused by the late floods, the Foreign Community of Tientsin had collected some money, with a view to distribute it in the villages close to the Settlement.
On Monday evening (5th February) a final meeting of the subscribers was held in the Reading Room of the Tientsin Club, when the Committee, consisting of Messrs Arendt and E. Meyer, (the Rev. Mr. Stanley being absent in the interior,) laid before the subscribers a statement of the relief given, with the amount collected for this purpose.
Names of villages visited, Number of persons relieved.
First visit, 224 Deo. 1871.
1 Hsia Wang-chuang 26 2 Tung-chia-lou % 45 3 Ch'ien-chien-shan 38 123
37 2nd visit, Ist Feb., 1872.
1 Hsiao Wang-chuang...... 55-26 2 9 45
6 Wu-yao-tsun 42
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.