CO129-129 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [1-3] — Page 220

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

the present state of our Orphans

had, and still continue to have

claims

upon

we

have

many

us than previously

and this not withstanding the utmost

Jeconomy of the

and care on our

Young

Orphans who

~ part. Many

were

enabled

to aid themselves and the others by their

Ineedle work have entered into situations

for married

those we are too

during the past year;

have,

young

Lowm

Support.

and

more than 120 in number,

to do much towards their

Loven those who can do

needle work have been almost without

in this respect,

prstance in this

as a

very

small

quantity has been sent to us

last twelvemonths.

during the

As the Coment is used exclusively for

>

work's

of bharity, and the Sisters

218

are

here

purpose,

purely and solely for this venture to hope that Your Excellency

whose kindness and charity

we

we

have

H

already experienced, will grant our petition,.,

namely, not to

require of us to pay

ground rent, which taxe

мо

comes

a

heavily upon.

and must be paid at the cast of

some hoor abandoned creatures whose maintenance would become imposible to

us in the mesent trying circumstances.

The relief afforded during the previous

years

greatly

to

our poor unfortunates has been

diminished

on account

of the

pecuniary losses so many have sustained.

May we then

we then beg this faver which

to continue to afford

will enable us

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