Yo the Editor of the "Nonra-Carva Darcy News."
Srr,—Just a few words regarding our relief work, please. Nearly four months of our six for helping these poor people have passed, and many are still with us, and daily destitute ones are crossing the river begging for help. We daily feed an average of 2000, and have given out more than 5,000 garments made of the material sent us. Under Miss Voak's skilful management, the women are still busy fashioning garments from samples brought with us from Shanghai for this purpose. We are very much in hopes more clothing will come in before the China New Year. We have many very destitute cases, some exceedingly sad; and these are overheard to say most grateful things regarding the help given. With tears, they say starvation would be their fate if the kind people had not given the means of sustenance these trying times. Daily at our gate we hear the pitiful a "Oh! help me. Give a ticket, and my little ones are starving: We are compelled to harden our hearts and tum a deaf ear_ to many, only selecting the most pitiful and needy cases. The. work done by the gentlemen supplements ours and in no way have we been at cross purposes oF hindrance. The committee have been so kind and helpful in sharing one thousand dollars of their funds with us. Some have wished to know the state of our treasury and expenses. For the month of October we expended $618.17: November, $498. 35; December, 608.70; and ths month of January fully $900. We have enough for February, but will need fully 2 thousand more for March, so we trust our kind patrons will again respond to our appeal. We wish you could see our busy hive, and hear the dear children recite the lessons and sing the songs learned during these past weeks. Over thirteen hundred have been faithfully taught for a half-hour daily before receiving their rice. The fear of the foreigner has fied. and a smile. with a most hearty salutation has taken its place. Who shall say how great will be th> future influence in favour of the foreigners wherever these children may make their future home?
T am, ete, Wobu, 23rd January.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.