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Account of Typhoon Relief Fund.-Mo San Year (1908).
Receipts.
C.
Payments.
To Government Grant for typhoon relief for boat people and for those in Yaumati who suffered damage at the typhoon,......
By distribution to boat people,......
To Government Grant for collecting dead bodies drowned at the typhoon,
By distribution to sufferers in Yaumati,
By expenses for collecting dead bodies,
By Balance,
To Interest on Emergency Fund,
Total,
Total,
$6,595.00 $4,607.00 $3,046.96 $500.00 $3,046.96 $50.00 $2,538.00 $10,191.96 $10,191.96Appendix A.
REGISTRAR GENERAL'S OFFICE,
HONGKONG, 7th April, 1909,
SIR,- We have the honour to report on the Po Leung Kuk for the period 1st April, 1908, to 21st March, 1909, when the annual change of Directors took place.
The incoming Directors are:-
Ho Kom-tong,
Chu Sik-yue,
Sin Yuen-fai,
Chiu Chung-lau
Lai Chau-tam,
U Ting-sam,
Lo Kit-ping,
Chau Cheuk-fan,
Tsang Wai-him, Lai Shun-hing, Chan Tsz-tan, Ho Shing-chau.
During the period under review 499 women, girls and young children have been received into the Home, and have been dealt with as follows :-
Restored to parents, 218 19 through charitable institutions in China, Sent to the Eyre Diocesan Refuge, 16 11 School, 1 Italian Convent, 12 Adopted, 16 Married, 42 Released, 112 Died, 1 Balance, 70 499The balance sheet is attached. Including $3,790 brought forward from the previous year, the balance at Profit and Loss is $4,390, the actual difference between income and expenditure for the year under review being thus $600. Of the balance in hand $900 has been handed over to the Registrar General on account of the Eyre Refuge.
An outbreak of Beri-beri occurred in August.
There were four cases and one death. A portion of the Home was closed till October, and thoroughly disinfected.