Members of the local branch of the Royal Society of St. George should receive today an appeal from the Committee asking for support of a scheme whereby the Society will be in receipt of a monthly sum to meet the growing calls which are being made upon its resources. At the present time the charity committee of the Society is taking care of a substantial number of cases which are carefully investigated before they are assisted out of the Society's funds. It is to be expected that the future will see an increase of such cases rather than a diminution, and it is to meet that contingency that it is desirable that the Society should be equipped with a moderate monthly sum with which to face new demands. An appeal is, therefore, being made to members to subscribe sums not exceeding $5 per mensem. The limit has been put very low, and it is emphasized that subscriptions each month of any amount less than that sum will be very welcome indeed. Arrangements have been made whereby members can sion bankers' orders for the monthly remittances, and the banks have very kindly indeed offered to handle such small amounts in that manner. With the support of the majority of the members resident in Shanghai it is calculated that an income sufficiently large to meet present and anticipated demands will be assured, and that the Committee responsible for administering it will be well equipped to deal with the many appeals which from time to time are made upon the Society. The amounts required from individual members are not large; a dollar will be just as welcome as $5, but, if everyone puts his back into the matter to an extent proportionate to his means, the result should prove eminently satisfactory, and relieve the committee ofa certain degree of anxiety, The Society's charity is most carefully administered, apd contributors may rest assured that the expenditure of every cent they give is very rigidly scrutinized.
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