The Viceroy Li remarks upon the vs scale on which contributions have been raised for the relief of famine in recent years and attributes this happy result entirely to the philanthropic agents who have volunteered their services in the matter. During the last 12 or 13 years he estimates that the amount raised by uvate charity for famine relief has en considerably over is. 2,000,000. The principal agents in this charitable work have been Chin Fu-tseng, Hsieh Chia-fu, Ch'én Hsii-yuan, Li Ch'ao-chin and others, The two last mentioned have died in the midst of their good work and the Viceroy thinks that a tribute of respect should be paid to their memory. Ch'tn Hsii-yuan's benevolent career dat from the reign of Hsien Feng, when he
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