At the last weekly meeting of the Chinese Foreign Famine Relief General Committee a grant was passed of $50,000 to the Honan Famine Relief Committee per the Rev. G. E. Simmons, Treasurer, Kaifengfu, $40,000 of this to go to relief work in north Honan and $10,000 to west Honan.
A further grant of $20,000 was made to the Shantung Famine Relief Society per the chairman, Consul J, T. Pratt, Tsinanfu.
Bishop Lambuth (who has just returned from visiting sections of the famine areas) gave a graphic account of the terrible sufferings in the region around Tehchow and across the border into the Chihli province, and a desire was expressed that the Bishop would make public in the Press the full account of his journey.
Each week the Committee has been in a position to vote sums for the purchase of grain in Manchuria, and the Tientsin Famine Relief Society is handling this for it. Most of this grain is being sent to badly affected districts such as Hokienfu, Tsangchow, Siao-chang, Wuting, Chiaoho, Paotingfu, Chengtingfu, ete., in. all,2,800 tons of grain, this in addition to a, first $100,000 spent on the purchase of seed and grain and now disbursed under the care of the Tientsin Distribution Board of which the Rev. F. B. Turner is chairman.
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