FAMINE IN CHINA.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1037, 28 January 1911, Page 13

FAMINE IN CHINA.

'AID FOR SUFFERERS. DISPOSAL OF CONTRIBUTIONS. A meeting of the, subscribers to the. fund, for,the. relief of sufferers by famine, in the Chinese provinces of Kiangsu and Anhiu, by which two and a half millions of people have been reduced to a state of , terrible destitution, was held at the Chinese Consulate, Burnell Avenue, last evening. The Bishop of Wellington (Dr. Wallis) presided. The' Chinese Consul stated' that £214 Bs. ■ had been received to date from the whole of New Zealand. The greater part of the. sum had been received* from Wellington donors. It' was resolved to cable at once the sum of £200, to the. Ho'ng-kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, to be hanqed to tho Central China Farnino Relief Committee for distribution. Tho meeting regretted that.there had not: bee* a better responso to the appeal, and expressed a nopo that Now Zealanders would yet realise tho terriblo suffering of the starving millions and send in subscriptions without delay. Tho Chinese Consul,; ■■ Mr. ;■ Yung Liang Hwang, will recoivo and acknowledge all . subscriptions and remit same to the Hong-kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation -from time to time. Of the sum of £214 Bs., acknowledged below, the Chinese havo subscribed • £147 lis. and Europeans a total amount of £66 17s. Following is a list of contributions :—Amount previously acknowledged, £108 12s. 6d.; Mr. Chong Hang, Wanganui, £1 Is.; total collected by Mr. Chong Hang from Chineso in Wanganui, £9 125.; Mr. John MacAulay, Lepperton. 10s.; Messrs. Ching Keb, and Co., Now Plymouth, £3; total collected by Messrs. Ching' Keo and Co., from Chinoso in. New.Plymouth,: £8; Miss .P. ,L., Carter,. Waikato,, Purekahe,- 55.: "In Mcraoriam,':'. Otaki, 10s.; Messrs. Levin and Co., Wellington, £5 55.; Dr. A: W.'M'Arthur, ' S.M., Wellington, £1 Is.; Mr. A: H. Miles, Consul for Brazil; Wellington, £3 35.; total collected by Mr.~ Wong Too from Chinese iri'Petono, £2-6s. -6d.; Mr. J W. Howell, Otaki, 55.; Mr. ,H. F. Eagar, Otaki,-2s. 6d:; Mr. 0. Johnson, Otaki, 2s. 6t1.; Mr. Liang King, Otaki, £1 Is.; total collected by My., Liang King, from Chinese in Otaki, £13 Ds. 6(1.; Messrs. Yeo Chong, Wing Co., Wellington, £2; Mr. Joe Kwong Lee, Wellington, £2;- Mr. Joe Song Chao, Wellington,: £2; Messrs. ,Kwong Tai Chong and-'Co,. Wellington,' £1. 10s.; total' collected by' Mr. Yee Hong, of Chineso Association, from'.Chinese in Wellington,'£22 18s.;; aa unknown European friend, Wellington, 25.; aii. unknown English . friend, forwarded by Rev. D. Ballachey, Wellington,2s.;" total collected,.by Rev. Mr. T. F. Loie, from Chinese . ir Auckland,-. ,55.; total collected ,hy Mr. William Ah Cheo from Chineso in Auckland,-£6 45.; total, £1,99 7s. ,6d:oxpenses,'£l.l3s. 6(1.,;. net; total, £197 145.;, : •;..:.;-•';.. ."-' : ;:•': .-'.' v '■■••.■. . Note.—The sum of £15 os. 6d. has. been;, received since tho abovo list, wat, oqmpiled. •.■■■!■■: ;■;<•., ■