he following is a general statement of the working of the Association to the end of February.
The donations to the Association in cash amount to $12,476.91, to which must be added a sum of $1,915.21, which has been paid to the Association by workers for material purchased by the Association and supplied to them, The receipts in cash, therefore, amount to $14,381.91 In addition ' to the money" subscribed about $600 worth of material was given to the Association, whilst during the earlier months of the work many people supplied their own material. Moreover. though material was sent to other ports and paid for so that it appears in the above sum of $1,915.40, considerably larger amount was received than was sent out None of this has passed through my hands, but I am informed that another $2,000 should be allowed for it, A considerable item of expenditure in such an undertaking as this is that for freight, thout any it would not be a high estimate of these to put them between $1,500 and $2,000.
The amount contributed to the work up to the present is, accordingly, about $18,000.
The amount. in hand at the end of January was $1,404.29, and the subscriptions since ' are $6,575.53. making $8,054.62. Treating the purchases material made in February as stock hand (part is in the depdt and part with the members working) we start March with the above credit balance.
The result shows the monthly expenditure $300 to $350 an "services, freight, ete tinue to be given free $1,650 must be added to our ered the next five months, and the Association has potentially enough to carry for the next five months.
sum of $1,836.40, which has been specially given to make socks, in included in the above. This has already been ex: pended in the purchase of wool.
Before closing there are one or two comments I should like to make. Apart from sums given and collected by individuals $7,766.75 are the result of entertainments, for which the Association has to thank.the organizers for their trouble, the public for their support and the spirited bidders ut the picture auction for liberality. Without these contributions we should be at the end of our resources, and it may be necessary have recourse to this method of raising money in the future. ime when our funds will want replenishing will be at a time when suck entertainments are not easily got up; I, therefore, trust that our present prosperity will not prevent those who are intending to give from doing so. We have an assurance in Mra. Cavendiah's letter that all that the Shang. hai ladies can do is wanted, and that all they send in appreciated and will be of great use. It it aleo well worth remem-Bering that the things sent are an outward expression of their sympathy for those doing and suffering for us at home, and that the work is essentially a Shanghai work as the money is rained and spent locally and the work itself is done by willing hands in Chin H. W. po Sauswanez.
Hon. Treasarer.
The following donations have been received during the week ended February 97:—Te.
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