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foreign residents and some assistance from the Governor's charitable allowance suggested by one of them in the interview fund: whilst, as regards the great mass of the community, the Directors of the Jung Weh Hospital are good enough to act as a sort of Charity Organization Society. These gentlemen provide relief for the deserving Chinese who need it and they had, on the 19th August, 1880, an alms house in connection with the Jung Wah Hospital where aged Chinese, who had worked in Hongkong for ten or twenty years and had no relatives to support them, might be received.
They also pay out of their own pockets for the cost of sending other destitute Chinese to their native places in China in addition to other mendicants deported by the Magistrates.
5. Beyond the very useful work those gentlemen perform, I do not know that anything else is needed except the sort of Chinese alms-house. For building such an addition to the Hospital, I venture to ask Your Lordship for a grant of twenty thousand dollars from the Special Fund. The Chinese residents in the colony are willing to subscribe amongst themselves for its maintenance, and, by leaving its management in their hands, there can be little doubt
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foreign
residents and some assistance
from the Governor's charitable allowance
suggested by one of them in the
interview
fund: whilst,
as regards
the great
mass
of
of the community, the Directors of the
Jung Weh Bospital are good enough
act
as a
to
sort of Charity Organization Sosiety. These gentlemen provide relief for
the deserving Chinese who need it and
they
had with
one on.
the 19th
[ August, 1880, an alms house connection with the Jung Wah
where
in
in
Wah Hospital
aged Chinese, who had worked twenty years.
Hongkong for ten or
and had no
relatives to support them
might be received.
·
they
- also pay out of
out of their
owne
pockets for
6.
the cost of sending other destitute Chinese
to their native places in China in addition to other mendicants deported by the Magistrates.
5.
Beyond the
very useful
work those gentlemen perform, I do not
Know that
anythingelse
is needed
except the sort of Chinese alms-house
For building such an
addition to the Hospital, I venture to
the
ask Your Lordship for a grant of stwenty
thousand dollars from Ispecial Fund. The Chinese residents in
the bolony are willing to subscribe ___ amongst themselves for its maintenance, and, by leaving its management
in
their hands, there can be little doubt
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