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Show of war and floods, the income from the County Grants had ceased, patients were few, so on October 15th the Executive Committee were forced to cut all salaries to a bare living wage, six dollars per month; in spite of that Dr. Feng, Miss Sun, the nurse helpers, and the servants remained faithfully at work. The earnest spirit of Christian service of these members of the Staff and especially of the Executive Committee is to be greatly praised and appreciated, as they carried heavy responsibility and made tremendous decisions under the strain of these anxious, uncertain, dangerous days. Two minor disasters occurred to the Hospital during the last month of the year. A thief, in making away with $130 stolen from the wall safe (?), started a fire in the third floor of the Administration Building in order to cover his tracks. Fortunately it was soon discovered, so little damage was done. Later $90 of the stolen sum found its way back to the accountant's ofiice. At Christmas time, when the Compound was full of refugees, thirty or so bandits broke in and looted all the houses and even some of the refugees. As a result of the war and floods, banditry has broken out every- |