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in North-China.
famine in
2.
The Finance Committee, which consists of the whole Conneil with the exception of the Governor, at a meeting held immediately after the message was read, unanimously
voted, the sum
Mollars
of Ten thousand
$10000
for the relief of the
clief of the $core
sufferers; and as it was a
matter
importance that
the amount should reach
its destination before the Chinese New Year, I ventured
to
to anticipate Your Lordship's approval, and forwarded the amount to Her Majesty & Consul General at Shanghai, with the request that he
would in his discretion
distribute it
among
the
various relief-agencies, without
reference to denominational
views.
3.
I have
z nou
the
honour to request your. Lordships sanction for a
- prooceding which I trust
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