Further duties connected with the relief of the refugees will shortly be taken over by the Urban Union, when it is proposed to open small hospitals and dispensaries in all refugee settlements. It is estimated that between 11,000 and 12,000 refugees have returned to the valley of Alashkerd and to the Vilayet of Van, and that from 2,000 to 3,000 refugees belonging to the middle classes have settled in the Governments of Tiflis and Bakou. The cost to the Union of feeding the refugees is estimated at between 18 and 19 copecks (4d.) per head per day. The following are the rations issued to the refugees:— Bread, 108 lbs. Rs. 7·20 } Meat, 20 lbs. ” 3·00 } Rice, 10 lbs. ” 1·20 } Potatoes, onions, salt, pepper ” 0·60 } Rs. 18·08 per 100 Fuel (wood, peat or coal) ” 1·70 } refugees per diem, Tea, ⅛ lb. ” 0·25 } or 18·08 copecks Sugar, 4½ lbs. ” 1·13 } per head. Rental for accommodation ” 1·00 } Administrative expenses ” 2·00 } The Government ration is 1½ lbs. per person per day, or an allowance in cash, in lieu of rations, at the rate of 15 copecks a day or Rs. 4·50 per month. The Government method of sending provisions to points of distribution is, however, very erratic. Owing to the lack of railway facilities and to delays in remitting moneys by the Principal Committee, the refugees dependent on relief from this source have frequently to go without their bread for days and at times for weeks. The following is a list of other organisations engaged in relief work in this country:— The Etchmiadzin Brotherhood; The Tiflis Armenian Central Committee; The Moscow Armenian Red Cross Committee; The Russian Red Cross Society; and The Communes of the various villages in which the refugees have settled.