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WAI CHIAO PU TO HIS MAJESTY'S MINISTER.
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July 23rd 1915.
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I am in receipt of a telegram from the Military
Governor of Canton, Lung Chi-kuang, stating that Canton
merchants in Hongkong have reported to him by telegraph
that the Government of Hongkong have voted a sum of
$50,000 to relieve distress caused by the terrible disasters
in Canton Province and have also handed over the surplus
of last year's Relief Funds, amounting to $68,000 to the
gentry of Hongkong for the relief of the devastated districts;
and have further lent four steam launches to proceed to
Canton and render assistance, in the hope that transport
may thereby be facilitated.
The disasters in Canton Provinces are of a severity
such as has not been seen for many decades and it is
impossible to say how large is the number of people in
distress. My Government is most deeply grateful to the
Government of Hongkong for the contribution of Relief
Funds and for the loan of the steam launches for
transport