Ningpo, Nov. 13.
The Citizens' Famine Relief Committee ended its first campaign this week and reports a net amount over and above the expenses of the campaign of $121. 404. This does not include many subscriptions which have already been sent through business firms, the Customs, and through the local official of the city; also there have been many individuals and schools which have sent their subscriptions through friends in Shanghai or in the north, thus raising the total from Ningpo very much above the amount obtained through the loca! Committee's campaign. There are also many organizations yet to ko heard from, churches throughout the country districts, local clubs, ete.
This afternoon in the large theatre near the railway station the Woman's Benefit Club of the North Bank gave a benefit entertainment which was unique in its character, and probably the first its kind to be presented to a Ningpo audience. The programme consisted of drills and_ exercises and songs by the Baptist Girls' School, the Presbyterian Girls' School, three different kindergartens in the city, and songs by a chorus of young men and women. The amount from this entertainment has not yet been reported but it is hoped that it will be about $500.
At a meeting of the Famine Relief Committee yesterday it was decided that six-tenths of the funds. raised should go to the sufferers in the north and four-tenths to those around Ningpo and in Chekiang province. It was also decided to reduce the number of the Committeee to seven, the large committee to meet about once a month as long as the need exists.
Tue students of Soochow University, which gave $1,000 to the Famine Relief Fund, have entered into an agreement to pay in cash $1 each and to abstain from meat for two mooths, and the University refunded some $200 en that" account to be applied to Famine Relief.
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