A meeting of the Committee was held on the 20th inst. Present the Very Rev. Dean Butcher, Revs, Dr. Nelson, E. R. Palmer and W. Muirhead; Messrs. Wetmore, Lemarchand, Hitbbe and Dr. Johnston, A letter was read from Mr. Glover announcing his departure from Shanghai, and resigning his position as Chairman of the Committee.—It was then moved and seconded that W. S. Wetmore, Esq., be requested take his place as Chairman, which was agreed to.
Mr. Lesuancuaxp stated that Tls. 20,000 were in his hands as Treasurer, and it was desirable to come to a resolution as to the disposal of it. It was accordingly resolved to forward Tls. 10,000 by native bank today to the Peking Relief Committee, for transmission to Shansi. The balance was to be kept in hand for a short time, in view of hearing from the Committee at Tientsin as to the money that had been already sent, and the best means of forwarding it from that place to ai-yuen-fu.
Until further information was received from London, Mr. Lom: was ro-wriested in the meanwhile to write the rectors of the Agra Bank there, to express the thanks of this Committee for the very liberal contributions that had received through their Head-office in that place, and to desire that this resolution be conveyed to those who had so generously assisted the Fund.
Dr. Nexsox stated how he had used the money paid him by the Treasurer for the relief of local refugees under his care, which was approved as satisfactory.
It was then resolved that this Committee records its high appreciation of the work which the Rev. T. Richard has been and is still doing, in aid of the sufferers in the North of China,
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