OP Y.
sir,
Hongkong, 121
95
C.O.
17744
MAY 1907.
I beg to inform you that the
Committee appointed by Your Excellency to collect funds
and to deal with cases of distress caused by the storm of
the 18th. September last have completed their work and I
have now the honour to enclose a copy of the accounts and
to make the following observations on the work done.
The total sum received amounted to
$279,902.96 of which the General Committee collected
$127,494.19 and the Chinese Committee acting through the
Tung Wa Hospital $152,408.77. The above sum included a
contribution of $1,000 received from the Municipal Com-
-mission Saigon while the Chinese contributions included a
sum of $10,000 which had been raised for the relief of
sufferers in the San Francisco Fire. With these exceptions
the money collected was contributed by residents in Hong-
-kong or by firms doing business with the Colony.
The Committee consider that they
should specially draw Your Excellency's attention to the
exceedingly generous spirit in which our friends of all
nationalities came to the assistance of the Colony with
whom they do business although they themselves are not
British subjects.
In accordance with the power
given them the General Committee very considerably added
to their numbers so as to include a number of Chinese
Gentlemen whose assistance was most useful. A list of the
full Committee is attached.
His Excellency
Sir Matthew Nathan, K.C.M.G.,
&C. - 1
B:C.,
80...
The
OP Y.
sir,
Hongkong, 121
95
C.0.
17744
MAY 1907.
I beg to inform you that the
Committee appointed by Your Excellency to collect funds
and to deal with cases of distress caused by the storm of
the 18th. September last have completed their work and I
have now the honour to enclose a copy of the accounts and
to make the following observations on the work done.
The total sum received amounted to
$279,902.96 of which the General Committee collected
$127,494.19 and the Chinese Committee acting through the
Tung Wa Hospital $152,408.77. The above sum included a
contribution of $1,000 received from the Municipal Com-
-mission Saigon while the Chinese contributions included a
sum of $10,000 which had been raised for the relief of
sufferers in the San Francisco Fire. With these exceptions
the money collected was contributed by residents in Hong-
-kong or by firms doing business with the Colony.
The Committee consider that they
should specially draw Your Excellency's attention to the
exceedingly generous spirit in which our friends of all
nationalities came to the assistance of the Colony with
whom they do business although they themselves are not
British subjects.
In accordance with the power
given them the General Committee very considerably added
to their numbers so as to include a number of Chinese
Gentlemen whose assistance was most useful. A list of the
full Committee is attached.
is Excellency
Sir Matthew Nathan, K.C.M.G.,
&C - 1
B:C.,
80...
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