By request of H.B.M.'s Consul-General we publish the following:
Treasury Buildings, Calcutta, Slst August, 1901, Sim,—Tho labours of the Central Executive Committee of the Indian Famine Charitable Relief Fund have now practically determined, and the Fund has been closed.
Lam desired to express on their behalf, as I do most cordially on my own, our deep sense of gratitude for the invaluable assistance which you, and the immediate subscribers to your Fumi, have rendered by your most charitable efforts on behalf of the famine-stricken people of India, who have borne their troubles with the utmost fortitude and a quite remarkable patience. Tam satisfied they will ever gratefully remember the benevolent generosity which has been so unsparingly displayed towards ibscribers may rest assured that rity has mitigated a vast amount of suffering and alleviated much dire and hitter distress.
T have much pleasure in sending you a copy of the Central Committee's Report, and again tendering you our most hearty thanks, T have the honour to remai Your most obedient servant, Francis W. Mact a Chairman, Central Executive Committee.
H.B.M.'s Consul-General, Shanghai.
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