A meeting of the Prot ial Committee of the above Society was held at Messrs. Gibb, Livingston and Co.'s offices on the Int instant, at 4.30 p.m, Present:—Messrs, Alex. McLeod (Chairman), James H. Hart, Herbert S. Morris, and W. Handyside Tapp (Hon. Sec. and Dreasurer.)
Mr. Tarp informed the Committee that ho had taken steps to ascertain, by writing to the German Vice-Consul, whether any of the officers or crew on board the vessels belonging to his nationality, which had put i port, in consequence of damages received in the late typhoon required aid. He read the reply he had received from that gentleman stating that no application had at present been made to him by any of the crews of these vessels, and thanking the Committee most heartily for the-offers they had made for the relief of his distressed countrymen.
Mr. Tarr also stated that the Chinese crew of the British barque Omega, who had lost all their clothing, had been supplied by the agents Messrs. Morris & Ca., with an outfit. The Europeans on board had been to his office, and lie supplied them with clothing out of the stock on hand, which has in consequence become very small, He said the captain of this vessel had informed him that a Chinese sailor named Achi had been washed overboard and drowned during the typhoon, leaving a widow and family utterly destitute at Chefoo. He would suggest that the sum of $30 be granted to the relatives.
Mr. Morzis proposed that the sum of thirty dollars out of the funds in hand Ghefoo and paid to them through the Conted to the family of the deceased at
sul at that port.
Mr. McLzop seconded the motion, and said he thought the case was certainly one which the Committee should take steps to relieve. The motion was carried unani-monaly.
Mr. Tare then read the following paragraph from the published accounts of the meeting in London on the 1st June last of the Shipwrecked Fisherman's and Mariner's Royal Benevolence Society, respecting the amount remitted to its Secretary for distribution to the relatives of thornen who lost their lives in the Chinaman-Craiglands collision "In connection with such national duties, the Committee have recently had the gratification of seeing the Society's organisation utilised by special request for the distribution to recipients in this country, of relief for the widows and orphans, charitably subscribed by the ro-(dents of Shanghai. The remittance in question amounted to the sum of £450, and formed the greater portion of a fund raised on the spot for the sufferers by the fatal collision between the British barque Chinaman and the steam-ship Craiglands, which occurred near the port of Shanghai, in the month of January."
After some conversation, it was decided to ask Messrs. Gultzow, Paterson, and Forbes to join the Committee, and on obtaining their consent, the Shanghai Shipwrecked and Distressed Mariners' Society would become a permanent Charitable Institution. The consent of these gentlemen to act on the Committee having since been obtained, the Institution has been made permanent. The Committee being:—A, McLeod, Esq., James H. Hart, Esq., Herbert S. Morris, Bsq., A. Gultzow, Esq., William Paterson, Esq., Frank Forbes, Esq., W. Handyside Tapp, Esq. (Honorary Aocestacy and Treasurer.)
The Committee in taking this step feel sure that it will at once be seen how beneficial a Society, formed, will be in a large shipping port like Shanghai; its name pretty well indicates its objects, and they trust that the small fund, viz., about Tls. 400, which they have on hand, will be largely augmented by the liberal subscriptions of the Shanghai community.
Subscriptions, donations, and gifts of clothing will be gratefully received by the Honorary Secretary.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.