After all, since the breach was healed between the Conservatives and the Liberals, or between those who opposed women and girls taking part in the sales at the bazaar and those who were strongly in favour of this innovation, the work has gone on merrily, and the result is splendid. I see that the total of the subscriptions given by the local officials amounts to about $7,000. Of this sum the Viceroy heads the list with $1,000. Large sams also have been given by individual Chinese, among whom two have been most conspicuous. One has given altogether about $170,000. The other, though not approaching thi It is not possible yet to ascertain what the grand total will be for the relief of the sufferers from the floods, but may safely be affirmed that there will be many lacs of dollars secured. It will all be needed ere the dykes are rebuilt, and the people pnt back in possession of their fields and houses, with a little seed corn given to, the farmers with which to start again.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.