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beg to move that a subscription be raised to relieve the distress prevailing in Ireland.-- (Applause.)
Mr. MEHTA seconded the resolution. Mr. F. H. ARJANEE, in supporting the reso- lati, said I beg to express, on behalf of the Indian residents in this colony, the deep sym pathy we feel for the people of Ireland in the distress which has unfortunately overtaken thea. No Indian, I feel sure, will refrain from subscribing his mite, however small it may be. towards the relief of the sufferers. Only a short time age we read here with very great satisfac- tion how the people of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, by their generons as- į sistance to India during the late famine in that country, saved millions of lives. It is doubly
our duty, therefore on the score of gratitude and for the sake of our common humanity, to doj what lies in our power for our fellow subjects in Ireland.(Applause.) I am glad to see that the people of Bombay and other great Indian cities
are actively and promptly responding to the ap- peal on behalf of Ireland, and I trust that the Indians of Hongkong will not prove behindhand,
in the same good cause.--(Applause.)
The resolution was carried by acclamation, and His Excellency called upon the Hon. P. Ryrie to move the next resolution.
Hon. P. RYKIE-Your Excellency, ladies and gentlemen the resolution which has boo71 pat in my bands is purely a business matter. There is no necessity for many words from me in proposing it. You are well aware that subscriptions are proposed and every one is willing to give, but an active working committee is required to carry the thing out. I have now ladies and gentlemen, to propose to you a nuta- ber of names to form that committee. I am perfectly certain that when you hear the names you will all assent. In electing these gentlemen you elect not only a representative body of gostlemen, but gentlemen who will really carry out the object for which we are inet to-day, aud that is, the collecting of subscriptions for the relief of the distress in Ireland, remitting the money bome, and other matters that come within the scope of a committee's duty. I will now with your permission read out the Names --His Ex- cellency the Governor, His Excellency Adiniral Conte, His Excellency Geueral Donovan, His Honour the Chief Justics, Sir John Swale; Ron. Ng Choy, Jameel Bag Iddamalikadapan şakay Esq.; F. D. Sassoon, Esq.; E. R. Belilios, Esq.; H. Hoppins, Esq.; Adolph André, Esq.; denného ikawaagadambanyang; H. M. Mehta. Esq.; J. Toureiro. Esq. Consul General for Portugal; Leong Ou, Esq. R. A. O'Brien, M.D., Esq. Atwell Coxon, Esq.; and myself. The two ex-officio members, ou whom the bulk of the work will fall, are R. D. Starkey, Esq., Hon. Secretary; and T. Jackson, Esq., ilon. Treasurer. -Loud applause.) I think, ladies and goutte. Laen, the selection is one that will meet with the approval of you all. I will, therefore, with the permission of His Excellency, propose that these gentlemen be elected as the committee.
The COLONIAL-SECRETARY said he bad great pleasure in seconding the resolution, and he thought the names must meet with general approval.
The resolution was carried nem, con.
The BISHOP-Ladies and gentlemen, I beg to propose a vote of thanks to His Excellency for initiating this movement amongst us. There is a naturalness in its coming from His Excellency, as the country we are interested in at this mo- ment is his own, but in the mattor of benevolence I am happy to say, and I think this meeting as a representative meeting sufficiently shows it, that we know neither country, nor seat, nor creed.(Applause.) I LEO very sure that His Excellency would have been equally forward to initiate a similar movement had it been for any other country, for instance, my own poor country of Scotland, which, as we all know, is vory pro- ductive of roc ́s, but is happily not subject to fanines. (Applause.)
His EXCELLENCY-Ladies and gentlemen. I thank His Lordship the Bishop for the proposal he has made, and I thank you all most sincerely for the kind way in which yon have received it.
The meeting then terminated.
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