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gathering should be collected. Any collections thus made shall be expen-
ded exclusively for supplying food.
If the sums thus realised are not sufficient to meet current expenses
for the maintenance of orphans and the poor, subscriptions should be
collected from Amirs and Sahukars.
So "stands" the appeal made by the public spirited Rajah on behalf of the neglected portion of humanity in these parts. And it is impossible not to recognise the disinterestedness and kindheartedness that every line of it speaks volumes of I am told that some bigwigs are not kindly disposed and will come in the way of the Government showing practical sympathy with the Rajah's noble and laudable object. I fervently hope that this is not true-that influential men will not prove to be so heartless as to stay the hand raised to mitigate the miseries of suffering humanity-and that His Highness's Government will ere long do the needful to bring the Raja Murli Manohur Bahadur's proposal within measurable distance of success I need hardly say that I wish the Rajah all success in his efforts.
