Criticism is a weapon easily used, but it would be
difficult to find fault with the expenses and upkeep of
a missionary hospital. The late Dr. Hearn of Hazari-
bagh, North India, published the details of such ex-
penditure a few years ago, and it was found that the



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food for one day for thirteen persons cost is. 6|d.,
with 2^d. extra for fuel. When a new patient comes
to the hospital in Hazaribagh he is supplied with a
set of four cooking vessels, an earthen pot or harrhia
in which rice is boiled, a drinking vessel or chakka, a
dabri or plate, and a vessel for holding charcoal called
a patila. Thus the support of a patient, exclusive of
medicine, comes to about £$ 10s. a year, a sum that
can hardly be called excessive. In Corea the salary
allowed to each European worker is only £80 a year,
and yet we hear of them discussing economy and re-
trenchment with the greatest anxiety. It ought not
to be so, men and means should be forthcoming ; but
we need the spirit of the good Samaritan if the work
is to be placed on a surer footing, a spirit which not
only generously gives money for immediate need but
which is also ready to take future responsibility and
to repay gladly any debt incurred in ministering to
the sick.
IX.
AN APPEAL.
