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ST. LUCIA.
GOVERNOR SIR C. A. MOLONEY to MR. CHAMBERLAIN.
(No. 284.)
(Received January 18, 1900.) [Answered by No. 17.]
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Grenada, December 30, 1899. * IT-affords me sincere pleasure to forward this despatch as a practical proof of the loyalty and generosity of the people of St. Lucia.
ALFRED MOLONEY,
SIR,
Governor.
The ADMINISTRATOR, St. Lucia, to the GOVERNOR, Grenada.
Government House, Saint Lucia, December 21, 1899.
I HAVE the honour to inform your Excellency that I presided at a public meeting, which I called together in Castries on the 19th instant, for the purpose of giving prac tical and substantial expression to the sympathy felt in St. Lucia for the sick and wounded among our Forces in South Africa, and also for the relatives of those who are killed, or who may be permanently disabled during the war.
2. The meeting was well attended, the Court House in which it was held being crowded. Speeches were delivered by Mr. Bennett, Mr. Garraway, Father Tapon and Mr. McHugh, and were all received with loyal and enthusiastic applause. Subscription lists were opened in the hall and a sum of £192 12s. 7. was collected. Subscriptions in sympathy with the object of the meeting are also being received from those in the town who were unable to attend, and froin inany in the country districts; and hope by the next mail to remit a substantial amount to your Excellency to place in the hands of the Secretary of State for the Colonies. The community here are, I think, generally agreed that Mr. Chamberlain will best be able to ascertain the direction in which the contributions from this Colony can be most profitably expended.
3. I am making an official report of this public meeting, and of the generous response made to the appeals on behalf of the sufferers from the war, because in the past many aspersions have been cast on the loyalty of St. Lucia, and I would be glad to have this gratifying evidence of the enthusiasm of all the most prominent people here for the cause of our Queen and country noted by the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
4. I enclose the usual number of copies of the local newspaper, in which a fairly St. Lucia," accurate account* of the meeting is recorded.
December
21, 1899.
His Excellency
Sir Alfred Moloney, K.C.M.G.,
&c., &c., &c.,
Grenada.
SIR,
(No. 53.)
No. 12. MONTSERRAT.
GOVERNOR SIR F. FLEMING to MR. CHAMBERLAIN.
(Received February 1, 1900.)
[Answered by No. 15.]
Government House, Antigua, January 13, 1900. I HAVE the honour to transmit the duplicate of a despatch from the Commissioner of Montserrat enclosing a resolution, unanimously agreed to in the Legislative Council of that Presidency, expressive of sympathy and admiration with the British Forces now engaged in South Africa and of loyalty to Her Majesty the Queen.
I have, &c.,
SIR,
Enclosure in No. 12.
F. FLEMING.
COMMISSIONER, Montserrat, to ACTING COLONIAL Secretary.
Commissioner's Office, January 9, 1900.
I HAVE the honour to enclose a resolution, passed unanimously in the Legislative Council held to-day, expressive of sympathy and admiration with the British Forces now engaged in South Africa, and of loyalty to Her Majesty the Queen, I have, &c.,
The Honourable,
The Acting Colonial Secretary, &c., &c., &c.
MONTSERRAT.
F. H. WATKINS,
Commissioner.
Legislative Council. Resolved-That this Council desires to express its admiration of Her Majesty's gallant soldiers and sailors now fighting in South Africa, its deep sympathy with the sufferers in that terrible war, and the unswerving and unabated loyalty of the inhabitants of this island to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen.
F. H. WATKINS,
Passed the Legislative Council the 9th January, 1900.
I have, &c.,
C. A. KING HARMAN,
Administrator.
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HENRY DYETT,
Clerk.
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No. 13.
ANTIGUA.
No. 11.
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.
Downing Street, January 19, 1900.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN to ACTING Governor Sir J. A. SWETTENHAM. (No. 33.) SIR,
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the 21st December last, forwarding copy of correspondence, and other papers, relating to the vote by the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements of the sum of $50,000 for the relief of those connected with Her Majesty's Expeditionary Forces in South Africa.
2. I have already expressed in my telegram of the 20th ultimo‡ and my despatch of the 4th instant my appreciation of this generous contribution on the part of the Colonial Government.
I have, &c.,
• Not 'reprinted.
† No. 9.
J. CHAMBERLAIN.
‡ Not printed.
SIR,
(No. 63.)
GOVERNOR SIR F. FLEMING to MR. CHAMBERLAIN.
(Received February 1, 1900.)
[Answered by No, 16.]
Government House, Antigua, January 16, 1900.
I HAVE the honour to inform you that I received a letter from the Bishop of Antigua during the course of last month, in which he stated that, on the suggestion of several influential members of the Church of England, he proposed to observe the 4th instant as a day of special prayer for the preservation of the soldiers and sailors now fighting in South Africa, as well as for a favourable termination of the war in which England was engaged.
2. The Bishop added that he intended to hold a special service in the Cathedral of St. Jolm's and in the other Parish Churches of the Island, and requested me to authorize such public servants as belonged to the Church of England to attend such services.
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