THE terrible famine in India is placing a very severe strain upon the resources of the Leper Refuges and Homes, towards the support of which so many children and friends, both in the United States, in Canada, and in England, have contributed through our pages.
Besides the immediate need of money to relieve actual suffering and prevent death from starvation, it must be borne in mind that the expense at the various institutions is greatly increased owing to the very high price of grain.
Rev. A. Muller, Ellichpore, says: —"I am getting a number of starving children for our orphanage, as people are dying here in numbers.”
Mrs. M 'Comb, Ambala City: — "Poor starving lepers are coming to us to be fed for a few days and then to die.”
Miss Mary Reed, Chandag, Pithora: —"Prices of grain of all kinds continue to rise.”
Rev. A. Cullen, C.M.S., Bhagulpore: —"We are face to face with a famine, with all its horrors.”
Mr. Uffmann, Purulia, says: —"We have secured the forest for the new asylum, a splendid site, but we have no tanks and no wells for water for the inmates. Two new wells must be excavated, both for lepers and for our own use for buildings.”