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4.

of

·as

then tendered his resignation Chairman with the view avoiding any further responsibility in the matter.

accepted aud

This was not a

he then appealed to me to accept his resignation which

I was unable to do as

the

Chairman and Committee

are elected by the Chinese

resident and not.

Government.

4

by the

I have already

explained how the Jung

Wa

Arpital Committee in a

praiseworthy and

philanthropic spicit undertook to raise subscriptions

for the sufferers by the great

inundations which took place

in the Quang Tung

las! year Province whereby

ROME

thnwands of people

que re

left

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left

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was

destitute. Money collected for this purpose by the Hospital Committee not only here but in slingapore,

Australia, and elsewhere,

were

and as the subscriptionis

liberal there appears to be

very

a balance

or

haud, after

relieving the distress, of about $31,000 thirty or

thirty one the This

thousand dollars.

eun the Provincial. Frecveurer wishes to get hold of, not for the purpose of. relieving any still existing distress, but of repairing Constructing

ot

embankments

ostensibly to prevent future inundations, and the Sing Na Hospital Committee most roperly object to part with tuoney so collected for any other purpose than that for

which it was raised.

5. The