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3. I informed the Bishop that I would do everything in my power to meet his wishes; I mentioned, however, that I thought such services should not be limited to the Church of England, but that the heads of the other religious persuasions should be invited to do in their churches what the Bishop proposed to do in his.
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4. To this suggestion the Bishop at once acceded. I thereupon communicated with the heads of the other religions in the. Island and requested that every facility should be given to those engaged in the Public Departments to attend such services as might take place.
5. Services were held accordingly on the day in question, and collections were made for the gufferers from the war.
6. The extreme poverty now existing in this Colony has prevented a larger amount than I am able to enclose being forwarded, but I venture to think that the attendance of the people at the different services held, and their contributing as much as they could to the collections which were made, are proofs of loyalty to the Queen and sympathy for their country in the trials through which it is passing,
7. The sums collected in the several churches amounted to £21 3s. Od., which I have been requested to forward to you to be placed to the Mansion House or such other fund as may exist for the object specified. The above includes some small sums which have been received from Nevis, Montserrat and Barbuda.
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alleviate the sufferings and to supply the needs of the bereaved widows and orphans of the brave soldiers who have sacrificed, and are sacrificing, their lives for the Queen and their country.
We lay at Your Excellency's fect the enclosed draft for £100, and earnestly pray Her Majesty's acceptance of the same, not for its intrinsic worth, but as a small token of the loyalty and devotion of those who feel their great indebtedness to her benign rule and protection.
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That the God of Heaven may in His infinite mercy bring to a speely and satisfactory issue this war, which is raging to the destruction of many homes and the breaking of many hearts, and grant to our beloved Queen perfect rest and quietude in her remaining days.
We remain, &c.,
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J. W. SEY, President.
A. MORGAN WRIGHT, Secretary.
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SIR,
No. 14.
GOLD COAST.
I have, &c.,
F. FLEMING.
GOVERNOR SIR F. M. HODGSON to MR. CHAMBERLAIN.
(No. 16.)
(Received February 2, 1900.)
[Answered by No. 56.]
Government House, Acera, January 8, 1900.
I HAVE the honour to transmit to you a copy of a letter, which has been addressed to me by Mr. Jacob Sey, the President of the Gold Coast Aborigines Rights Protection Society, forwarding on behalf of certain Kings and Chiefs of the Gold Coast a draft for £100 towards one of the funds which have been started in England for the relief of the widows and orphans of soldiers killed in the Transvaal War.
2. You will, I am sure, be glad to note the expressions of loyalty and devotion to the throne which the letter contains.
3. I may state that subscription lists were last month opened at all the principal towns of the Gold Coast in aid of the fund started by the Lord Mayor of London, and that a concert was held in Accra for the same purpose, at which a sum of £35 was. obtained.
4. I would suggest that the amount of the accompanying draft be paid to the credit of the Lord Mayor's fund.
(No. 56.)
SIR,
No. 15.
MONTSERRAT.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN to GOVERNOR SIR F. FLEMING.
Downing Street, February 6, 1900. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the 13th ult.,” with one from the Commissioner of Montserrat enclosing a Resolution of the Legislative Council of that Presidency expressing their unswerving loyalty to the Queen, their admiration of Her Majesty's soldiers and sailors now fighting in South Africa, and sympathy with the sufferers in the war.
2. The Resolution has been laid at the foot of the Throne, and the Queen commands me to express her thanks to the Legislative Council of Montserrat for their loyal and dutiful address.
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SIR,
No. 16.
ANTIGUA.
1 have, &c.,,
J. CHAMBERLAIN.
I have, &c.,
F. M. HODGSON,
Governor.
Enclosure in No. 14.
MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY,
Cape Coast Castlė, January 4, 1900.
WE, the Executive Committee of the Cape Coast section of the Gold Coast Aborigines Rights Protection Society as representing the Kings and Chiefs of the Gold Coast Protectorate, fully alive to the great blessings accruing from the protection accorded us by Her Britannic Majesty, have been watching with intense pain the struggle that is at present going on between Her Majesty's Government and the Government of the Transvaal.
We feel it our duty to express in a substantial manner our loyalty to and our sympathy with the great and noble Queen, and we think we cannot more fitly do so than by contributing our small share towards the effort that is being put forth to
MR. CHAMBERLAIN to GOVERNOR SIR F. FLEMING.
Downing Street, February 6, 1900.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the 16th ultimo, enclosing a cheque for £21 3s., being a contribution to the fund for the relief of sufferers from the War in South Africa, and representing, with the exception of some small sume received from Nevis, Montserrat, and Barbuda, collections made in the various churches in Antigua at special services of intercession held on the 4th of January. A copy of your despatch, together with the cheque enclosed therein, has been forwarded to the Lord Mayor of London, with a request that he will assign the contribution to such division of the Mansion House Fund as he may think best; and in acknowledging its receipt I desire to express my warm appreciation of this practical evidence of the patriotic feelings of the people of Antigua, and the more so as I am well aware of the distress which has for some time existed in the island.
I have, &c.,
J. CHAMBERLAIN.
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