June 1.
To-day the—"North-China Daily News" publishes the first list of subscriptions received to the Poseidon Relief Fund. Tt seems that the idea of making the Fund a means of expressing gratitude to the Royal Navy fox its unceasing vigilance in the interests of British commeres and British lives in China has caught the imagination of the community, This first list may, be taken therefore as the fore= runner of a series of com prehensive contributions from business houses and private individuals who have realized the
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