It was recently announced in Hongkong that the British War Organization Fund had made its first remittance home of £10,000, and that represents a truly fine effort on the part of the inhabitants of the Colony. Against that sum the £7,000 which has been already sent home by the Central British War Fund in Shanghai compares most favourably, for with yesterday's totals of $351,350. 55 and £4,367:5:0 accumulated since the fund was first started an excellent showing has been secured. As it_stands, over £11,000 has been raised locally already, while, if the Shanghai rate of exchange had been the same as that for the Hongkong dollar, the sterling value of the three-and-a-half lakhs of dollars would have been in the neighbourhood of £22,000. Comparisons are odious in such matters, but the subject is mentioned not only as emphasizing the splendid response which Shanghai Britons are making to the appeal, but also to point out that despite the low rate of exchange even the smallest sum in dollars can be an important contribution to the success of
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