HONGKONG.
REPORT OF THE TYPHOON RELIEF FUND COMMITTEE. .
No. 17
1907
Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.
HONGKONG, 12th April, 1907.
SIR,-I beg to inform you that the Committee appointed by Your Excellency to collect funds and to deal with cases of distress caused by the storm of the 18th September last have completed their work and I have now the honour to enclose a copy of the accounts and to make the following observations on the work done.
The total sum received amounted to $279,902.96 of which the General Committee collected $127,494.19 and the Chinese Committee acting through the Tung Wa Hospital $152,408.77. The above sum included a contribution of $1,000.00 received from the Municipal Commission Saigon while the Chinese contributions included a sum of $10,000.00 which had been raised for the relief of sufferers in the San Francisco Fire. With these exceptions the money collected was contributed by residents in Hongkong or by firms doing business with the Colony.
The Committee consider that they should specially draw your Excellency's attention to the exceedingly generous spirit in which our friends of all nationalities came to the assistance of the Colony with whom they do business although they themselves are not British subjects.
In accordance with the power given them the General Committee very considerably added to their numbers so as to include a number of Chinese Gentlemen whose assistance was most useful. A list of the Full Committee is attached.