The annual report of the Industrial Orphanage at Chinkiang which has just been issued shows an urgent need of funds, It points out that in 1921 the "Christian Herald" Famine Relief Committee made it possible to rescue several hundred children and care for them in the famine. district until the worst of the famine was over. Thereafter the children were sent to various orphanages, 150 coming to this institution in Chin-Kiang. The Tientsin and Shanghai Famine Relief Committees made grants pending the time until permanent support could be secured. This permanent support has' not been forthcoming as was hoped, and while for the past nine months the average monthly expenditure has been $505 the monthly receipts have been only $246.
The report points out that since 1914 six orphanages in the province have closed their doors, and this is the only one left. The position seems to be that in spite of the financial difficulties encountered it is impossible to close now, as there are so many small helpless children to be cared for. At the same time the plight of the orphanage may be realized from the fact that work has had to be stopped for several days now owing to the lack of material. The hope of the Orphanage is that it will be possible to secure patrons for the different children. For the smaller children G,. $30 per. annum would suffice, while for the older ones it is believed that G._ $15 would be sufficient. It is hoped that an appeal made on these lines will be successful, and at the same time it is also hoped that - additional money will be forthcoming for the renovation of buildings.
Contributions may be sent to the Treasurer, the Rey.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.