資料：1936年11月5日《Hong Kong Daily Press》第7頁
BOY SCOUTS
APPEAL FOR FUNDS
(The Editor, The Hong Kong Daily Press)
Dear Sir,- In the early part of 1936, at the Annual General Meeting of the Hong Kong Branch of the Boy Scouts Association, I took it on myself to appeal for more support from the public, reminding them that if every Scout performed one good deed a day, as a Scout’s duty, the sum total for Hong Kong per annum of these good deeds would be about one quarter of a million. During the past year the total of the public subscriptions amounted to about $400.00, a Scout’s good deed in the tangible valuation of the public appears, therefore, to be one sixth of one cent!
I believe that the Scouts in Hong Kong are as well led as those in any other part of the world, and that this great organisation is disseminating principles which are bound to make themselves more and more felt for good as time goes on.
The Association is badly in need of funds and in a real spirit of self help has prepared a Camp Fire Display on the Hong Kong Cricket Club Ground on Saturday next from 6.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. With diffidence, knowing the many calls made on individuals, I voice the Association’s earnest appeal to the public to make this Camp Fire a success.
Only a small sum is required to enable the Association to enter into the coming year’s activities free of debt, but this sum is desperately needed. I beg for interest and support for the loyal and painstaking Commissioner and his Officers at Saturday’s Camp Fire so that, with the money raised, Scouting in Hong Kong may yet have a hope of gaining the great position it so surely deserves.
Yours faithfully,
E.COCK
翻譯：
童子軍
呼籲捐款
(孖剌西報讀者來函)
編輯先生，於1936年初，在香港童子軍總會周年大會上，我曾呼籲公眾對本會作出更多支持，並告知各位如他們皆成為童軍並日行一善，香港每年的善事數字將達25萬之多。過去一年之公眾善款為400港元，由此可見，童軍善行在公眾眼中，只值1/6仙！
我相信香港童軍與世界各地的童軍一樣接受良好的訓練，相信隨着時間的推移，這個偉大組織之理念相信會得到越來越多人的認受。
本會現正急需經費，在自食其力之原則下，本會將於下星期六下午6時30分至8時30分，在香港木球會舉行一場營火大會。比起每人作出的微小呼籲，我現代表總會，邀請各位出席活動，一同讓營火會舉行得更為盛大。
只需小量捐助，就可大大減輕本會的開支，然而這筆捐款是本會之迫切所需。我希望總監及各領袖辛勤籌備之週六營火會，可引起大家之關注及支持，透過所得善款，香港童軍將可望更進一步，達致偉大之水平。
此致，
谷克(E.Cock)