THE M'MASTER FUND.

Otago Witness, Issue 2722, 16 May 1906, Page 49

THE M'MASTER FUND.

Previously cknowledged, £108 2s id; B. Newman, 10s 6d; E. S., ss; R. D. M., £1; A Friend, 4s; 8.C., £5; R. W. (Pnrakanui), 2s 6d; per John K. Roy, JE3 14s; H. L., £1 ; R. a. M., ss; Two Schoolboys, 2s W; I. SjDe Beer, £2 2s; A Friend, £1; J. H. Matheeon (Middleinarch), ss. Mr Matheson, in sending his contribution, writes: — " I spent my holidays one year aroon^ the settlers a Kohuika, and I know their troubles when all the members of the family, aie in good health, and can imagine what the hardship must be when one of their number VI Called away." Mr John R. Roy, Wairuna, in forwarding hid > cheque for £3 Ms, spates that tho amount waa collected by two of his children (Jantea an& i Isa) while attending school, Isa, who is six ' years old, doing must of the collecting during dinner hour and before going home at night. The following arc the details of the collection : Inasmuch, £1; Help, 6s; John E. Eoy,-M. I. Roy, David Lindsay, W. W. Mackie, R. R. King, WillKra* Nelson, J. Garden, G. B. E, Mrs Grace Murray, Anonymous, Andrews, R. J. Dunn, 2a 6d each; Sympathy, G-. Roy, M. Thomson, G. Sheed, 2s each; C. M., M. Cock*burn, M. Moffat, A. C, James, A. Roy, M. Hay, J. Sangater, D. Wallace, Mrs Brownlie,,an<s Thomas Puttis, Is each; Isa, and Elli* Roy. €d each;— total, £3 Us.

—In Japan an iron coinage, begun About 1636, has existed up to the present day.' A curious coin made of a mixture of silver and copper was long in use in Japan.* It varied in size from a email pea to & . large bean. Lead corns were also used? there for five centuries. Glass was cmV ployed as a subertance- for coin for xnanyj centuries in Egypt, while wooden money* is mentioned in many of the Buddhistic! i writing!