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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1518, 4 April 1901, Page 56

The Chinese of Wellington responded PberaJly to an appeal made to them at the Fruit Market on the 27th instant on behalf of the Queen’s Statue Fund.. Mr F. Townsend asked for subscriptions, and in half an hour tho following amounts were collected : —Joe Chong Wing, £5 ss; Sing Kee and Co., £1 Is; Wall Kee Bros., £1 Is. The following also contributed. £1 Is each: —Wong She, Yee Lee, Sing On Tie., Ah Pat, Wong Sow, Long Kee. The following subscribed 10s each —Ah Sung, Jang War, Nan Wong. Wong Kee, Hop Tai, Joe'Kee,-Wong Koon, Kee Kee, Mon Lee, Wong Too, Wong Kee, Louis Kitt, Kee Chong, Sing On Kee, Sun Kwong Lee, Duck King and Wong Hung. Subscriptions of 5s each were received from the following: —■ Chong Kee, Joe Kwang Lee, Nan Kee, Charlie Ah Quay, and Jim, Pat. Messrs Townsend and Paul gave a subscription of. £2 2s. The total amount now collected for the fund in Wellington is £1407 13s 4d. p With reference to the recent discussion on the subject of white pine timber,' it may be pointed out that a company not long since purchased the right to cut a large quantity of that timber in the Kaipara district. The company has not yet cut any of the timber. One of the reasons for the increase in the quantity of white pine milled during the last few years on ihe West Coast of the South Island is said to be the reduction which was made, m the royalty payable in that portion the colony.