Encouraging Response te; Appeal for Funds, The five million dollar mark hay been exceeded in connection with the funds received by the Finance Committee of the National Famine mission, thanks to th been forthcoming from all seetions of the country. This sum, $5,037,764.00, together with 'Tis.' 147,199.76" and" $1,122,078.08 received by the, Chinese-Foreign Famine Relief Committee, brings the total received since the appeal was issued to more than six and quarter million dollars.
It is most, satisfactory to nots that Chinese have been contributing quite as freely as foreigners and that Chinese abroad, as far off a3 Australia, the United States and Venezuela, have boon loosing thole purse strings just as their corns Patriots at home,
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