At a meeting of subscribers to this fund, held at Southampton last week, the Mayor (Mr. W.H. Davis) reported that Pounds 3,657 16s. 5d. had been contributed, which was deposited in the banks at interest. Properly attested claims had been sent in from six widows, eight children, one imbecile sister, and four mothers who had been in the habit of receiving assistance from relatives, who were lost in the Douro. He had paid Pounds 5 to each of the widows, and in one case of great need a further sum of Pounds 3. A committee was appointed, including the Mayor, Captain Bevis and Mr. J. Bowers (general and engineering superintendents of the Royal Mail Company), and a few other gentlemen, for the future administration and permanent appropriation of the fund.

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