As an example of the interest aroused by this campaign, the Military and Civil Governors of Chekiang have each become responsible for one team, and Ti Sion, the Buddist High Priest, interviewed at Hangchow a few days ago, willingly agreed to take a team and valse $40,000i from among the Buddists of this region.
The need of the sufferers in Chekiang has already been fully reported in the Press, but posters etc. will be exhibited in a few days time and while the campaign is on.
The Treasurer's for this campaign are Messrs: G. H. Stitt, H. Sung, S. A. Fu and N. Marshall and subscriptions will be received at the office of the Chinese-Foreign Famine Relief Committee No. 3 Hankow Road, and announced in the public press.
The distribution of funds will be in the hands of the Chinese-Foreign Famine Relief Committee, an international committee well know to the public over a period of years, and the affected areas in Chekiang are divided under the control of international committee at, Hangchow and Ningpo, who will administer the relief, which will be given, as far as possible, in grain, and for labour done. stethoscopes. According to Pliny, the ancient Romans were allowed. over 300 gallons per day per head, this, 1 think, would even worry the American engineer.
At the close Mr. Pitcairn was accorded a hearty vote of thanks for his paper.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.