The total numbers evacuated from Shanghai must exceed half a million, possibly by a very substantial margin. Probably not less than half of these, however, were evacuated to Ningpo at the expense of the Ningpo Guild, and. other interested parties, who did not require assistance from this Committee.
Large numbers also were evacuated to interior points in Kiangsi and Chekiang by the Soochow Creek and railway during the days when these exits were available. Naturally it fell to the lot of the Committee to assist more particularly with those refugees desiring repatriation to more distant, points, Foochow, Amoy, Swatow, Canton and further points, Tientsin, etc. and the number evacuated under the direct auspices of the Committee was 39,217.
The only other points calling for mention are that before the exchange fell, the Committee transferred its funds into gold currency, with the result that it is better equipped to continue its work than it otherwise would have been. All work inconnection with the Committee has been done in an honorary capacity, no wages of any kind having been paid, while the total expenses of postage, stationery, petty, etc. aggregate, under $270.00.
The work of the Committee continues and refugees are evacuated as opportunity offers and although for obvious reasons the numbers now moving are less than formerly, it is felt that the whole of the Committee's funds will eventually be required for evacuation purposes.
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