China's national famine relief campaign now approaching its final Stage is proving in cold figures the willingness and eagerness of the people to unite in a common cause.
The fund to-day totals $3,275,000 and in that fund all the people from President Hsu Shih-ch'ang who was honorary patron, to tie plainest of workers, are represented. The generous personal gifts, the notes and silver coins and the mountain of coppers, combine to show-the real popularity of the Movement to stifle the famine.
Gifts from the Ministry of Interior and Tsing Hua College bring the Peking total to more than $850,000. Canton has wired that $70,000 has already been raised there and 317,000 has already been remitted to the Peking Committee. Shanghai which has set its goal $1,000,000 is continuing its campaign to the end of March, the total now exceeding $800,000. The 5,000. students who conducted a tag day, raised $18,000, and vho women in their house to house caavass raised $41,000.
Following the compilation of figures yesterday, Mr. J. L. Childs, secretary of the Peking Committee said he was confident the fund would exceed $2,500,000 and that there was a chance that it would each the $3,000,000 mark.
Success in a large measure was due to Mr. Sun Pao-chi, chairman of the campaign and the committee chairman who formed his staff. The unquestioned character of Mr. Sun inspired confidence throughout the republic. He not only gave his own service and a generous donation but detailed his able staff to the work of the campaign.
Deraits or COLLECTIONS.
The following tables show the amounts raised in the various owners to date and also the amounts collected by the several Peking banks.
Received by Bank of Communications, Peking 086,00 Bank of China, Peking 71,083.04 Exchange Bank of China, "Peking 4,154.68 SinoItalian Bank, Peking 1,647.71 Chinese American Bank of Commerce, Peking 64.99 Hongkong '& Shanghai Bank, Peking 26,873.19 Bannue Industrielle de Chine, Poking 859.43 Banque de P'Indo-China, Peking 8859 Tnternational Banking
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