To the Editor of the Sin—Will you allow me to attempt some reply to the recent correspondence in sour columns re-distress due to a head office Peking and there are committees many of the provinces of <x, is in close touch wish uke provincial committees and also maintains a very efficient enzinecring department, the services of this department being at the disposal of the provincial _committees. Field operations are undertaken by the engineers, and comprise making and repairing dykes, finding employment for thousands Jof famine-stricken people on these works and roads, the policy of the Commission being to distribute relief through employment on cone structive works of public benefit, There are cases where free relief is given, or seed grain may be issued, but generally works of public' benefit which tend to prevent the recurrence of famine, are undertaken and the Inbourers paid grain for food.
Some rather extensive works have been accomplished in several parts of China where land reel fed in a famine area is now yielding millions of dollars of produce per annum, Space will not allow of a full description of the Commission's activities but literature can supplied on application to 6, Tsai Chang Hutung, Peking.
The fact that the American Red Cross has sent large contributions to the Commission, that the Chinese Government Famine Relief Surtaxes are largely administered" by the Commission and its committees, that the Commission has been re:
Jcognized by the International Lea-rue of Red Cross Societies, should remove any doubt which' might Tinger in your contributors! minds, The Executive Committees in Peand provincial capitals are composed of well-known missionary 1nd' business men who offer their services voluntarily. And all ac-\counts are audited by a well-known firm of chartered accountants and accounts published annually, Inquiry is always welcome and the Commission is not averse to inquiries. The mistake, if any, in sending out scanty information with the Anti-Famine Seals is due 10 the fact that it was imagined that cur work is better known than it seems to be.
Tam, ete,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.