From the middle of April to the third week in May there was one or more rainy days each week—very unusual] weather at this season. Since then it has been dry most of the time and very hot the past few days, just suitable for the wheat, The people are now fully into the reaping of what seems a very bountiful harvest.
We dropped the large number of people we had been working for most of two months three days ago. We had as many as 1,100 working some days. Most of the work was done on a piece of land we have just acquired for our boys' indus. trial school, but we also had several thousand days' work done on public roads. These people seemed anxious to work for about enough to buy two catties of the cheapest flour per day.
We also distributed money to some persons, mainly widows with no one to depend on and many of them aged. After we had got held of all we could find, we called on the official to investigate very needy cases on a wider scale so that we could help them as we still had some money on hand. He was absent, but his deputy to whom I talked said they would certainly be glad to do that after asking if we meant for them to contribute money to which I said "no." I left word for the official to see me on his return or communicate his wish in the matter and I have heard not a word from him since!
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