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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 947, 30 April 1879, Page 2

Ir there is one thing tliat should be attended to with a greater amount of promptitmb than anv other, it is the acknowledgment oi the rccc'ipt of poMic. moneys. More •specially Is this the caae in regard to rabJu*h»* «U««d on behalf of panne ciun.;«. in the* casesj*•• K ?.°£ »:e ittda;sa to eontnoute iibcraL, b, the Micf that the tWw obtained are for the relief of urgent cases of distress, ami they naturally look for the money so collected being apP«" cd to <** P™P9««/ or which tbcv obtained with the least aelay possiblc "It therefore becomes the duty oi thos« entrusted with the forwarding of the subscriptions to head-quarters and thosa r- k >-mrig them to act promptly in the per--ortna&ea of their respective duties—the ivemer in transmitting the money, and the tattrr En acknowledging its receipt. Two wr , in whi'di these conditions have not !u bj» complied with lately have come under ciur nnii,w. both bavins reference to moneys ftttlt-Ktett for the Kaitansjata Kcliel" Fund. In the tir»t instance, an far 'Kick as March •i*.th. Use «trn of Ll# lls 'id, collected by Sir. Sviiw, fnoiii nvn in the locomotive de'«wrtni««« of the Oamani railways, was tWardrd by Mr. luring to the Treasurer i,.( th- fund tn KoittH'ctioii with the railway .b-tttrtment. in Duiirdiit. but its receipt has u«t yet he-w acfciiowkdgwl. This is scarcely «.a,twl!aßt..ty to the sttlbscrilicre. and those who twti the trouble to collect the money. The other case w one in which the public Bensratly arc more intimately connected, for it has rsf erenKc to the whole of the money Knltrrtf*! in Oamani and Waitaki County ! t.>w»ri.f* the' Relief Fund. This |am«nm>d to DVJ» IT* 3d, and was. in j mWtietice t--» a russolution of the t'omiinttec. ; ErvFi.-t.-tI h' tfiP '" tl,e Treasurer ot I tti»- «>j,nu»ru IWnevolent Society, with tiie i ondp**tau»l:n« that it should lw at oner 1 fwfwasded to the Trcaanrers of the I-uiid 1 m IhmmVm. It » nearly a fortnight isinw the money was han>lcil over, but, ! «m far. no acknowledgement of its rcccijjt I ha* fnf«oiii atven by the Ifcncvolent Society » ' Treasurer; and no intimation of any kind Ita-t i |.e«n furthcoming that tire sum hat for- ! warded to headftiiarters. Leaving out of the ! *|i«<-s«t«f» the unfairness to the anbwribers of I this pmccediiti*. the want of promptitude I displayed is a" serious matter, because the rrwirtt lontmittee: cannot lie expected to come 11»» any deewxon as to how the money shall be 1 applied for the relief of the unfortunate snfi forsr* until the whole of the lists have been ■ returned stud the total amount available asi sertamed. Rut the matter is rendered even rontP niotteeabte- by the fact that certain re■wlwtimtt* passed by the local Committee were .ntufcrsd t" be forwarded to the Dmicdin ifprnrnKtee-. and it is desirable that they I »Et»utd b* placed tjjifore the di»|icnsing lwnly ' (.rior t*> any final line of an.tiuis h';iug deter j nviuicd npon.