ON the receipt here by the Chinese of the news of the ruin wrought by the overtlowing'of the Yangtze, two Chinese banks advanced at once the sum of is, 20,000 to a Chinese Committee formed to collect subscriptions, and with this sum a special delegate was sent up the river to distribute relief, and has already been the mears of some three us. The Chinese Com-set to work and promptly collected $1,000 from the China Merchants' S. N. Ca., and $20,000 other Chinese friends. They also received already the follo subscriptions from foreigners Matheson & Ca.
Battertield & Swire Fearon, Daniel & Ca. The Chiva & Japan Trad Messrv. Reiss & Ca. formed to work in ce-operation with the Chinese Committee, 10 collect subscriptions und to supervise the disposal of the funds, and it is hoped that a sufficiently large sum will be collected to enable some permanent work to be done, hi sides the actual relief of the present de:
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