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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 38

Distribution of Funds

Distribution of Funds.

The distribution of these funds has been entirely through the agency of Local, which are generally Parochial, Committees. These include, in almost every instance, Catholic and Protestant clergymen, medical practitioners, and such prominent laymen of the various denominations as could be found to co-operate. So far the Committee has had every reason to be satisfied with the work of these organisations; and abundant testimony has been borne, notably by the entire body of the Catholic Hierarchy of Ireland, by His Grace the Protestant Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Rev. Dr. Trench, and also by many eminent persons, private and official, to the enormous amount of suffering averted and good accomplished.

On the last day of February, there were 631 Local Committees, working in connection with this Committee, to which grants amounting to £45,049 have been made, leaving, after deducting expenses, the balance now in hands, £38,936.

From the 17th to the 28th February, the number of these Committees increased by 106,—a striking testimony to the growth of the destitution and the augmented demand upon the resources of this Committee.

The grants hitherto made by this Committee have been at the rate of £8,000 per week on an average. There is no prospect of a decrease in demands upon our resources; for it is found that while labourers can be now to some extent omitted from the relief lists, their places are very much more than supplied by small farmers, to whom, while working on their own land, food must be given.