An appreciative letter has been received from the Secretary of State for the: Colonies in reply to the Governor's dispatch reporting that a sum of $50,072 had been subscribed: in the Colony to the relief of the Indian Famine... Mr. Chamberlain says:—" TI have noted with pleasure this evidence of the: liberality: and. public spirit on the part of the Hongkong community and would ask you to'convey my acknowledgments to the: Committee who organised the subscription, including the Honorary Treasurer, Jackson."
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