In 1910 there wae another great and widespread destraction of crops, extending over the Northern part of North Kiangua and down into Anboi Province, Relief was distributed by the Chinese Government by the Central China Famine Relief Committee and by the Protestant Church Famine Relief Committee, and band reds of thousands of people were helped, All of the above famines wire caused by water, In each case the local rame re very heavy, and in each case the Grand Canal ud other streams coming down from Shantang Province were 10 swollen by the rains on the mountains of Shantang thst they broke great damage and very would andonbtedly have resalted if the had been only the one calamity, bat if the broken streams from Shantung had not brought additional fivods, the country might probably have been famine, certainly #0 in many localities Again this year there has been wi and great destraction of crops, and the cause is the very same, The streams in all this section are few and they are holly inefficient to carry off the water. The Grand Canal is the main artery, and it is silted up and cannot draia the country.
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