the suffering in Chungking and vicin nity appeared to increase daily, it seemed necessary to the foreign residents here that some steps be taken to provide relic! "To this end a. subscription paper was circulated some time ago and a fund of one hundred and three taels raised, 'Shortly aiter a committee on the distribution of funds collected was appointed, consisting of the U.S. Consol Mr. G. F. Smithers, Mr. A, J. Little, the Rev. J. W. Wilson of the London Mission, Miss Mira L.. Cum-her of the Friends' Mission, Mr. Moses of the China Inland Mission, and the Rev.
A. Myers of the Methodist Episcopal Mission.
(On the Lath of April this committee met at the home of the Rey. J. W. Wilson to consider methods of distribution. On the motion of Mr. Little, Consul Smithers was elected Chairman of the Committee d Mr. Myers was elected Secretary and "Dreasurer.
After much discussion of the difficulties attendant upon the distribution of so small a sum among the many thousand sufferers in the community, it was finally moved by Mr, A. J. Little that the money collected be divided equally among the four Protestant missions of the city to be used at their discretion, but net to be confined to adherents of the Missions. This motion was seconded by Mr. Moses and carried, and the treasurer instructed to pay over the money in equal shares to the proper representatives of the missions.
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