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HONGKONG TYPHOON RELIEF FUND. STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE BY SUB-COMMITTEE.

I.

Grants made up to the 7th March towards procuring new boats or repairing damaged boats.

Class of Boats.

No. of Cases,

Amount of Relief,

Chinese.

ZADAR2

Cargo Boats,

637

B

Sampans and Rowing Boats,

290

Fishing Sampans,

323

$ 90,785.00 17,503.00 21,676.00

Other Boats,

£

1,138.00

E

Fishing Junks,

143

28,110.00

F

Junks (Miscellaneous),

203

32,290.00

1,600

197,802.00

European,

1

200.00

1,601

$198,002.00

Chinese, European,

II.

Gifts made to Widows and Orphans and others who suffered loss up to the 7th March.

No. of Cases.

III.

Amount of Relief,

201

4

12,265.00 3,863.45

205

$ 16,128.45.

Paid on account to the Tung Wa Hospital to defray cost of recovering

and burying corpses and of maintaining destitutes,...

Clerks Salaries,

IV.

Total Expenditure.

I. Grants to buy, build or repair boats,

II. Relief to Widows and Orphans,

III. Cost of recovering and burying corpses and maintaining

destitutes,

IV. Clerks' Salaries,

Total,

.... 17,985.30

.$198,002.00 16,128.45

17,985.30

577.16

.$232,692.91

577.16