| Piasters. | |
| Credit by balance brought forward July 26 | 142,163.05 |
| Cash received per C. A. Wilson, Alexandria | 13,962.25 |
| Cash received from Isper Bayoud, Amatour | 160.00 |
| Cash received from N. Berouti, Jaffa | 217.20 |
| Total | 156,502.50 |
| Debtor to— | |
| T. L. 300, transferred to Dr. Balph for purchase of wheat and storage of same | 37,387.20 |
| Telegram to Dr. Balph | 22.10 |
| 225 pieces kham for Kessab | 9,344.00 |
| 600 blankets, tinware, etc., for Kessab | 9,263.30 |
| 40 dozen each of crockery plates and bowls | 1,203.20 |
| Medical supplies for Kessab | 1,436.10 |
| Cost of packing bales for Kessab | 23.05 |
| Cost of sending cash to Dr. Balph | 30.20 |
| Miscellaneous shipping, telegram fees, etc. | 118.30 |
| Total | 58,829.25 |
| Balance, approximately, T. L. 783 | 97,673.25 |
Turkey-Armenian Relief Fund.
| RECEIPTS. | |
| Advanced from General Emergency Fund | $12,500.00 |
| Contributions, Christian Herald (New York) | 12,500.00 |
| Contributions, Armenian Relief Committee (New York) | 3,500.00 |
| Contributions, miscellaneous | 1,187.01 |
| Total receipts | 29,687.01 |
| DISBURSEMENTS. | |
| By cable to the American Ambassador, Constantinople | $28,000.00 |
| Repayment to General Emergency Fund | 1,500.00 |
| Total disbursements | 29,500.00 |
| Balance September 1, 1909 | 187.01 |
Note.—The Red Cross wishes to invite the attention of its members and friends to the amount contributed by the Christian Herald for this fund. Our readers will remember the large amounts contributed by this paper in the past to various Red Cross Relief Funds, especially the following: Japanese Famine Fund, $200,000; Chinese Famine Fund, $250,000 in money and a Government transport load of food supplies, and to the Italian Earthquake Fund, $55,000.—Editor.
ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF
From Mr. Lloyd Griscom and Lieutenant-Commander Belknap final reports have been received of the American Red Cross Relief work in Italy. A printed report of Mr. Griscom’s American Relief Committee in Rome, together with all the vouchers and correspondence of this Committee, have been sent to the American Red Cross at Washington for permanent filing in its archives. The vouchers for all expenditures have been revised and certified to by the Banca Commerciale Italiana at Rome. The vouchers for all the expenditures connected with the American Red Cross Relief Ship Bayern are already on file at Washington.
SUMMARY OF CONSTRUCTIVE WORK TO JUNE 11.
| Messina. | |
| Cottages of standard type, built 16×20×9 feet | 1,039 |
| Grand Hotel Regina Elena, 75 bedrooms, two stories and partial third story; 100 feet central part with two wings, each 132 feet long, all finished except plaster, plumbing, lighting, Eternit roofing, and inside paint; material used equivalent to | 178 |
| Building suitable for church, material used equivalent to | 24 |
| Building attached to church, material used equivalent to | 15 |
| Laboratorio, material used equivalent to | 12 |
| Two school buildings, together equivalent in material to | 12 |
| Total buildings at Messina, equivalent in material to | 1,280 |
| Material remaining at Messina for continuing construction of houses | 350 |
| Reggio-Calabria. | |
| Cottages of standard type | 500 |
| Villagio Regina Elena. | |
| Cottages of semidetached type, each 16×20 | 75 |
| Hospital Elizabeth Griscom, equivalent in material used to 30 houses; plumbing, lighting, and furnishing done by Her Majesty’s staff | 30 |
| Palmi and District. | |
| Cottage of special smaller type built, 13×16×10, as a model, complete, and frame for a second built | 1 |
| Material sent to this district for other such houses | 500 |
| Ali and Surrounding District. | |
| Portable houses erected | 49 |
| Houses of Palmi type built as models | 5 |
| Roccalumera 3, Santa Teresa Riva 2, Nizza-Sicilia 2 (models of Palmi type built) | 7 |
| Material sent to this district for houses of this type | 300 |
| Total built by American construction party | 1,898 |
| Total number of houses furnished | 3,097 |