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Islands Protectorate has forwarded a demand order on the Crown Agents for the Colonies for £84, being the fourth contribution subscribed by residents in the Pro- tectorate for the Prince of Wales's National Relief Fund.
2. I have to request that you will cause a suitable acknowledgment of this further contribution to be conveyed to the subscribers.
3. Having regard, however, to the circumstances referred to in the third para- graph of my despatch of 23rd March last,* no instructions as to the payment of the amount can yet be given to the Crown Agents.
I have, &c.,
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GILBERT
No. 128.
A. BONAR LAW.
ISLANDS.
SIR,
AND ELLICE
THE HIGH COMMISSIONER to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
(No. 242.)
(Received 21st June, 1915.)
[Answered by No. 129.]
Office of the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific,
Suva, Fiji, 17th May, 1915. WITH reference to my letter of the 21st ultimo,† I have the honour to forward the following letter from the Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, and to ask that the Crown Agents may be instructed to pay from Protec- torate funds to the Treasurer in London of the Prince of Wales's National Relief Fund the further sum of £130 4s. 6d. which has been collected at Butaritari, Tarawa, Ocean Island, and in the Ellice Islands.
I have, &c.,
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PRINCE OF WALES'S NATIonal Relief FUND.
GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS PROTECTORATE, Amounts previously received and credited, as advised by the Resident Commissioner to High Commis- sioner, No. 43 of 23rd February, 1915* Natives of Ocean Island (from Banaban Trust Fund) By cash remitted to Suva by Mr. Smith Rewse, being
contributions from Ellice Islands... Now received and advised
viz. :-
Further subscriptions from natives of
Butaritari
Mr. Peter Grant, Tarawa...
Morning Star, Ocean Island
Officials of Ocean Island (March)
Further subscriptions from Ellice Group
Total
Total to date
No. 129.
£
8. d. 740 18 6 1,000 0
0
282 10
130 4
06
£
s. d.
102 13
0
0 10 0
1 1
0
3 10 0
22 10 6
130 4 6
2,153 13
422
Enclosure in No. 128.
BICKHAM ESCOTT,
High Commissioner.
Gilbert and Ellice Islands Protectorate,
Office of the Resident Commissioner, Ocean Island,
13th April, 1915.
SIR,
REFERRING to my letter dated 23rd February last, on the subject of the Prince of Wales's National Relief Fund, I have the honour to advise Your Excel- lency that further subscriptions have been received and brought to account, amount- Will ing to £130 4s. 6d., particulars of which are shown on attached statement. Your Excellency be pleased to advise the Secretary of State that this further sum should now be paid out from the Protectorate funds in the hands of the Crown Agents?
2. In the attached statement I have included the sum of £1,000 from the Banaban Fund, the acceptance of which has been notified by the Secretary of State, and also the sum of £282 10s. Od. from the Ellice Islands, which I understand has been received in cash by Your Excellency from Mr. Smith Rewse.
3.
I trust that further subscriptions will be forthcoming at an early date.
His Excellency
the High Commissioner
for the Western Pacific,
Suva, Fiji.
I have, &c.,
E. C. ELIOT, Resident Commissioner.
SIR,
GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE HIGH COMMISSIONER.
Downing Street, 29th June, 1915.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 242, of the 17th May, and to inform you that the Crown Agents for the Colonies have been instructed to pay to the National Relief Fund, from the funds of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Protectorate, the sum of £130 4s. 6d., which has been collected at Butaritari, Tarawa, Ocean Island, and in the Ellice Islands.
2. I shall be glad if the thanks of His Majesty's Government for this further contribution may be conveyed to the subscribers.
I have, &c.,
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SIR,
No. 130.
NEW HEBRIDES.
A. BONAR LAW.
THE RESIDENT COMMISSIONER to THE HIGH COMMISSIONER. (Received in Colonial Office, 9th July, 1915.) (No. 160.)
British Residency, Vila, 20th May, 1915. WITH reference to my despatch of the 12th of January last, I have the honour to state that a sum of £22 158. 6d. has been forwarded to me by the Rev. F. G. Bowie, of the Presbyterian Mission stationed on the Island of Tangoa, South Santo, which money, the reverend gentleman states, has been subscribed " very largely by the students in the institution, and by the people of Tangoa and of three Santo villages," whose names he does not mention. Mr. Bowie adds that the subscribers wish the money to be given to "the Belgian Fund," but he does not specify whether it is intended for the relief of the population remaining in Belgium or for the refugees in Great Britain and other countries.
* Not printed.
+ 24418: not printed.
‡ No. 128.
* No. 129.
† No. 128.
No. 227 in [Cd. 7875].
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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