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HONGKONG TYPHOON RELIEF FUND.

New Territories Expenditure.

1. (a.) Grants to inhabitants of Pengchau to build boats,

$1,000.00

1. (6.) Rice for Pengchau,

200.00

2.

Repair of embankments and compensation for loss of crops,

9,045.00

3.

Small grants principally to women (35),

449.00

+.

Grants to women who lost relatives (27),................

1,750.00

5.

Repair of damaged houses (3),

110.00

Total,........

.$12,554.00

HONGKONG TYPHOON RELIEF FUND.

RECEIPTS.

Statement of Receipts and Expenditure.

EXPENDITURE.

Expenditure by Sub-Committee. Grauts to buy, build or

repair boats

Relief to Widows and

*Orphans

Colleeted by Committee,...$127,494.19

Collected by Tung Wa

Hospital Authorities

152,408.77

Total Receipts as acknowledged in local

papers

279,902.96

Interest at 4% p. a. on account at Bank

to date.

Clerks Salaries

1,487.30

$

281,390.26

Cost of recovering and

burying corpses and

maintaining destitutes

..$198,002.00 !

.

16,128.45

17.985.30 577.16

232,692 91

Expenditure in New Territories.

Grants to inhabitants

of Peugchau to build boats...

Rice for Pengchau

Repair of embankments and compensation for loss of crops.....................

Small grants principally

to women.....................

Grants to women who

lost relatives

Repair of damaged houses

.$ 1,000.00 200.00

9,045.00

149.00

1,750.00

110.00

Expenditure by Hou. Treasurer ajc.

Relief.

Balance of current a/c. in Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation

12,554.00

887.93

35,255.42

281,390.26

Audited and found correct.

Hongkong, 11th April, 1907.

R. R. HYND, for Hon. Treasurer.

EDBERT A. HEWETT,

Hon. Secretary.