கூைறல்லண்ை SuHu h 智 distress has been correctly estimated; but for the present I can only inform them that relieving stations have been established at the following places throughout the district; and that to check imposition the amount of relief given was limited by the Local Station Committee to the number mentioned:— At Hissar, food to be given to ... ... 600 IIansee, Jy 顧 蠟 ■ ... ... 300 Futteeabad, ,, 畿 * @ . . . . . . 200 Runneeah, y 9 . . . . . . . . . . 60 Berwalla, and Tohana, ... ... ... 200 Bhewanee, 2 y - * * «.. ... l00 They found that the various public works set on foot afforded sufficient employment for the bulk of the needy population, and that relief within the above limits was apparently all that was required. Now however these works have been unavoidably stopped for want of funds, and a very large number of persons have in consequence come to the various stations beggars for relief. In Hissar for instance, where the limit. of 500 had been found enough, 1500 were col lected on the day of my visit. These were almost all able bodied, who ought io work for their daily food, but until work is sanctioned, they must be fed. If this be not soon given I fear that a much larger number of persons will absolutely require help than the revenues of the Fund could possible supply, and l hope therefore that no time will be lost in setting new works into operation. The great want of the district seems to be the making of a good pucka road throughout, if possible from Sirsa to Rohtuck and the Commissioner finds; no difficulty in employing all in this work, although in other more distressed districts it is confessedly too hard for the bulk of the half starved labourers. Upon the whole, from the most recent reports from the various relieving stations, the Secretary of the Local Relief Fund has given me the following estimate of the lowest amount at which the required relief can be calculatod:— for Hissar 1200persons daily to be fed, ,, Hansee, 700 ,, Futteeabad, д 400 , Runneeah, 150 ( or 3,350 persons , BenerallaandTohanah, 800 J for whom a daily , Toshan, 300 expenditure will ,, Sewanee, 200 be required of , Babul, 100 ) about Rs. 950 per . . . ..., - week, To meet this * I explenditure thay have collected within the district a total sum of Rs. 6,888, which with the oros * - க வன்கன் తా _ J Government equivelent, and the money received from our Committee, will leave them a available balance at the end of the present month of about Rs. 7,000—that about Rs. 1,400 a month for the uext five months. Their assumed expenditure will be about Rs.4000 a month, Bo they will require not less than Rs. 2500 to meet their estimated wants. Irecommend the Committee to remit to them the above sum at least for the prsent. I hope it will prove sufficient if the works above wentioned are at once undertaken and the Committee must be guided by the future reports of the Local Committee, although 1 believe they may assume the above sun as coming very near the probable resuirements of the district for the next five months. t I am, Sir, Your obdt. servt., C. SJAO(#(; ETT.
- —Lahore Chronicle, March 3,
CHRISTIANITY lN DAN (;T.R. f from THE SPECIAL cokstEsron prix" or THF. ENGLISIMAN.
- 4/h kfαν h, The Bishops are Still raving wildly against the “Essays and Reviews." The Upper Ilouse of Coiivocation has anathematised the sopitia, ron/ra Cária/um, as a cler igal idiot, has heron pleased to call seven learned clergymen whose fault it is that they have got an inkling of Common sense before their follows. Dr. "I'emple's essay, however, one would suppose to be harmless enough, and yet Rugby is suffering severely from his venturing to express himself like a man and not like a church parrot. Mr. Pattison's essay, again, is very learned, but it neither attacks, nor sheers at, what the narrow-minded choose to designate as doctrines necessary unto salvation. Mr. Goodwin nevor was a clergyman, having declinel to accept holy orders when he found that he was expected to turn into a machine. As to Badei, Powell, one of the most scientific men of his day, he was, indeed, nominally a clergyman, but virtually he was a man of bold experiment, determined to seek the truth for himself and in his own way. Whether or not he caught any glimpses of the truth I cannot say, but he certainly came in for a goodly share of clerical abuse. In any case he is as far beyond the
