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in North-China.

famine in

2.

The Finance Committee, which consists of the whole Conneil with the exception of the Governor, at a meeting held immediately after the message was read, unanimously

voted, the sum

Mollars

of Ten thousand

$10000

for the relief of the

clief of the $core

sufferers; and as it was a

matter

importance that

the amount should reach

its destination before the Chinese New Year, I ventured

to

to anticipate Your Lordship's approval, and forwarded the amount to Her Majesty & Consul General at Shanghai, with the request that he

would in his discretion

distribute it

among

the

various relief-agencies, without

reference to denominational

views.

3.

I have

z nou

the

honour to request your. Lordships sanction for a

- prooceding which I trust

May