CO129-340 - Governor Nathan Acting Governor May - 1907 [4-6]

Hongkong Typhoon Relief Fund.

Statement of Receipts and Expenditure.

Expenditure.

Expenditure by Sub-Committee:-

$ 112 Grants to buy, build or repair boats 198,002.00 Relief to Widows and Orphans 16,128.45 Cost of recovering and burying 279,902.96 corpses and maintaining destitutes Clerks' salaries 17,985.30 577.16 232,892.91 1,487.30 $281,390.26

Expenditure in New Territory:-

Grants to inhabitants of Pengchau to build boats 1,000.00 Bice for Pengchau 200.00 Repair of embankments and compensation for loss of crops 9,045.00 Small Grants principally to women 449.00 Grants to women who lost relatives 1,750.00 Repair of damaged houses 110.00 12,554.00

Receipts.

Collected by Committee.. $ 127,494.19 Collected by Tung Wa Hospital Authorities... 152,408.77 Total Receipts as acknowledged in local papers....... Interest at 4% p.a. on account at Bank to date... 887.93 35,355.42 $281,890.26

Expenditure by Hon. Treasurer a/c Relief

Balance of current a/c in H. & S. Bkg. Cor.

AJR. R. Hand,

for Hon. Treasurer.

Hongkong, 11th April ...