4.
of
·as
then tendered his resignation Chairman with the view avoiding any further responsibility in the matter.
accepted aud
This was not a
he then appealed to me to accept his resignation which
I was unable to do as
the
Chairman and Committee
are elected by the Chinese
resident and not.
Government.
4
by the
I have already
explained how the Jung
Wa
Arpital Committee in a
praiseworthy and
philanthropic spicit undertook to raise subscriptions
for the sufferers by the great
inundations which took place
in the Quang Tung
las! year Province whereby
ROME
thnwands of people
que re
left
C
left
334
was
destitute. Money collected for this purpose by the Hospital Committee not only here but in slingapore,
Australia, and elsewhere,
were
and as the subscriptionis
liberal there appears to be
very
a balance
or
haud, after
relieving the distress, of about $31,000 thirty or
thirty one the This
thousand dollars.
eun the Provincial. Frecveurer wishes to get hold of, not for the purpose of. relieving any still existing distress, but of repairing Constructing
ot
embankments
ostensibly to prevent future inundations, and the Sing Na Hospital Committee most roperly object to part with tuoney so collected for any other purpose than that for
which it was raised.
5. The