Superintendent Kiss, of the United Hebrew Charities, in his report for April, states that there were 462 resident and transient applications for relief. Of these, 239 heads of families, embracing 999 persons, received assistance.

The nationality of the receipts are: Russian 202, German 18, Hungarian 8, Bohemian 5, Galician 3, American 3, From the Canal street district came 172 of the cases, including 19 of the 25 newcomers.