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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XI, Issue 24, 5 October 1883, Page 3

The amount which the Irish people at home have subscribed to the Parnell Tribute offers eloquent testimony as to the appreciation in which the Irish leader is held by his fellow-countrymen. Despite the demands which have been made of late years upon their slender resources thsy have given so generously that the fund this week has reached the magnificent total of £20,000. On Saturday, at the usual weekly meeting of the Mansion House Committee, Mr. Cox, the secretary, was able to announce that the sum ftf £20,080 13a 4dthe been received up to that date, and since then the ' contributions have been steadily coming in, so that the Tribute is "now well on to £21,000. Mr. Cox also stated that from an analysis which he had made he found that little more than half the parishes in Ireland had as yet subscribed. Nnmbers of letters were, however, coming to hand, stating either that the collections weie in actual progress or that the people were only waiting for the first approach of harvest to take up the movement warmly. In America, also, the work of helping on the Tribute is progressing most satisfactorily. Although it is not the best time of the year for collecting moneys in the States, much has been done. There are at present in the hands of Mr. Denis O'Connor, of Chicago, over 7,000 dollars, and Father Conaty reports having received 4,200 dollars. Beyond these amounts there are additional sums in the hands of other persons in America and Canada. It must be remembered, also, that nothing has as yet been received from Australia, which has guaranteed to send at least £1,000. —Nation, August 4,