THE BULGARIAN RELIEF FUND.

Evening Star, Issue 4312, 21 December 1876, Page 1

THE BULGARIAN RELIEF FUND.

The committee 'yesterdafibmitfde* ' a remittance for LISO and the following letter to the hon. secretary tf the Mansion House Fund : Sir,—Enclosed please find a bank draft payable to the order of the Right Hon. W. 3T.R Cotton, MP., Lord Mayor otfrndom, for the sum of LIBO, being the amount rf money contributed by a number of charones, friendly and other societies, and indiTidaal subscribers m the Province of Otago, New Zealand towards, the relief-sucHre the terms of the resolution of the publio meeting in which the movement originated—" of j&« - famishing sufferers in Bulgaria." He rt- * port of the public meeting just- mentioned. sent herewith, will show that the feeling o€ the subscribers will be best coiisuited*bT applying the enclosed amount as .strictly ti the object named as possible. As far wi we can learn, the enclosed is the only public [ subscription from the Australian Colonies towards the relief of the sufferers :in the Christian Provinces of Turkey; but, judgin* from the cordiality and promptness bfthe response from every town and village i» that part of New Zealand of which this city is the centre, we are sure that the feelini to which we now give substantial expressi. ft is deep and universal. It may serve to show —if indeed any such additional proof were necessary-how strong is the feeling of our regret evoked by Turkish atrocity-that the shudder of Bulgarian horrors has reached the very ends of the earth. Our contribution comes late, but it is in fact B»nt by the earliest opportunity that offered after the news of the Bulgarian outrages reached U j\- ott doubtless feel that it will give additional value to the relief when actually distributed, to let the sufferers know frpm how remote a region it has come, arid, for a similar reason, it might be well perhaps t« give the contributions some special publicity in the English Press. ■ A-small balance in hand, with some subscriptions which came to hand at the last moment, will enable the treasurer by next mail to raise the grosi sum sent to about L2OO. The amount actually contributed up to was about L 215. "