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The prompt and generous action of the Hongkong Goverment in contributing consignments of rice and foodstuffs for the relief of destitute sufferers is to be gratefully recorded,
and has evoked gemine feelings of gratitude and appreciation
among the local Chinese community.
The rise is consigned to me, and I have arranged, through
the Chinese officials, for its proper distribution by the
Typhoon Relief Committee, a body consisting of Chinese official and prominent mercantile representatives, with
foreign supervision over the actual delivery of the rice, as required by the Committee, from the Customs Examination Shed,
where it is stored for the present.
In response to my suggestion as to the advisability of
having a warship in port, H.M.8. "Magnolia" has been sent up
here, and arrived on the 7th instant. Though her principal
object will be to protect the stranded British ships "Shantung"
and "Tingshing", her wireless installation will be extremely
useful in maintaining uninterrupted telegraphic communication
with Hongkong.
As news comes in from the surrounding districts, the
magnitude of the disaster becomes more apparent. The loss
of life has been very great. Goa Bua (9) 2} }, Ching Hai (4), Nam Io (4), Teng Ling (##), and other
places in the delta and in the vicinity of the sea, suffered
terribly. Over 10,000 people are said to have perished in
Goa Bua, and some 7,000 in Nam Ie. Fight members of the Magistrate's family were amongst the thousands of drowned at
Ühinghai.
An alarmist rumour was ourrent in the city yesterday to
the effect that a band of 2,000 brigands was on its way to
Bwatow to loot the place. Nobody seemed to know whence they
were coming, and, as they have not yet put in an
appearance,
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