At the meeting of the Committee of the above fund held on the 6th instant, it was decided tv apportion the following sums to the various places from which appeals for aid had been received To be handed to Monseigneur Gar-°vnier, Bishop of Kiangnan, for distribution by the Jesuit Missionaries in Aphui and Kiangsu Tis, 5,000
To be sent to H.B.M.'s Consul at Chefoo, for distribution by the various bodies of Missionaries engaged in relief work in Shantung 15,000 To be sent to the Lazarist Mission and the Missions Etrangeres in Shengking, through the Revs. J. B. Martinet and Ph. Meng-
Webster in Moukden, through the Rev, W. Muirhead It was also decided to wire to the British Consul at Newchwang for information as to the amount of assistance required in that neighbourhood. The balance in hand is about Taels 45,200 and there will still remain, after these sums have been remitted, a balance of Taels 15,200 to meet further demands.
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