Messrs. Puddington, Cochran, Maher and Holly.
A very efficient ladies' committee was promptly organized, and through their noble efforts a vast deal of suffering was prevented, Mrs. Simon Baizley, Mrs. Barnhill, Mrs. D. B. Roberts, Mrs. Thomas Hilyard, Mrs. Teed, Mrs. Almon and others comprised this committee.
Up to November 28th, 1877, the following donations have been received in aid of the people who were burnt out:—
CASH.
| St. John Relief Committee | $5,000 00 |
| Hon. Isaac Burpee | 100 00 |
| Rev. Wm. Armstrong | 25 00 |
| Rev. Geo. Armstrong | 20 00 |
| George A. Schofield | 10 00 |
| A. Cochran, Halifax, N. S. | 1 00 |
| Mrs. Parnther | 5 00 |
| Rev. T. Partridge, collection taken at Rothsay | 50 |
| G. Sidney Smith, Esq | 10 00 |
| Draft from Wheelright, Anderson & Co. Boston, Mass., $50 American currency | 48 50 |
| Norman Robertson | 10 00 |
| Wm. Wright, Esq., Liverpool, England, £100 stg. | 479 32 |
| Wm. Shives Fisher | 4 00 |
| Proceeds of entertainment at Fairville | 50 70 |
| Proceeds lectures by Bishop Fallowes of the Reformed Episcopal Church | 45 00 |
| Collection from St. Jude's Church, S. S. Thanksgiving Day | 12 75 |
| George W. Roberts, Liverpool | 100 00 |
SUPPLIES.
P. Nase & Son, twenty barrels potatoes, one chest tea.
Vroom & Arnold, thirty barrels potatoes.
James J. Follows, two barrels cabbages.
Chas., Fawcett, (Sackville, N. B.) four stoves.