'THE POMME IN NORTH CHINA, In view of the appeals and letters from the North, with regard to the famine in Shansi and other provinces, 'a meeting of the Committee of the Shantung Relief Fund was held on the 7th inst., at the office of G. B. Glover, Esq. There were present Mr. Glover in the chair, the Very Rev. Dean Butcher, Dr. Nelson, Mr. Muirhead, Messrs. Wetmore, Forbes, Lemarchand and Johnson. After a lo ened consideration of the subject, it was resolved to write the Chairman of the Municipal Council to sanction the members of this meeting organizing themselves into a Committee with power to add to their number, for the purpose of taking action in the matter.
At another meeting held on Saturday in Mr. Glover's office, there were present, Mr. Glover in the chair, the Very Rev. Dean Butcher, Messrs, Wetmore, Lemarchand, Foster, Muirhead and Dr. Johnston, The Ihairman stated he had received a letter from Mr. Hart, the Chairman of the Municipal Council, in reply to his request, sanctioning the sation of a Famine Relief Committee. The Rev. Mr. Foster gave details a5 to what he had seen and jeard during his late visit to the famine-stricken districts. A letter was also rend from Rev. Ptre Aymeri, containing extracts of letters from several Catholic Bishops and Missionaries in Kansuh, Shensi, Shansi and Honan, describing the severity of the famine, and the widespread character of it. and seconded by Dean Butcher.—was then proposed by Mr. Wetmore, now formed, to be maine Relief Fund Com-sist of the following gen-en:—G. B, Glover, Esq., Chairman, F, W. Lemarchand, Esq., Treasurer, Rev.
Very. Re as unanimously agreed to. It was also resolved that notice of the formation of the Committee should be published in the North-China Daily News, Shanghai Courier, the Chinese papers in Shanghai and Hongkong, and in the Japanese papers. It was further determined that intimation should be given that contributions would be gladly received by the Treasurer, or any members of the Committee, for transmission to Shansi, where means would be at hand by Missionaries on the spot for distribution among the suf-forers. It was finally arranged that another meeting of the committee should be held on 20th instant, to consider what further steps should be taken with a view to raising funds, and of which due notice will be given.
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