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2. I shall be obliged, therefore, if you will make such inquiries as may be necessary and pay over the sum mentioned accordingly as a charge against St. Vincent in your account current.

The Crown Agents for the Colonies,

Whitehall Gardens,

London, S.W.

I have, &c.,

R. POPHAM LOBB,

Administrator.

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LEEWARD ISLANDS.

No. 59.

ST. KITTS-NEVIS.

THE Crown Agents for the Colonies report the following additional gifts from the people of the Presidency of St. Kitts-Nevis :-

£16 138. 2d. to the Belgian Relief Fund. £12 to the British Red Cross Society.

Colonial Office,

12th April, 1915.

(Extract.)

SIR,

Whitehall Gardens, London, S.W, 16th July, 1915. I HAVE the honour to enclose herewith copies of two letters which we have received from the Government of St. Vincent, and to inform you that, in accordance with the instructions contained therein, we are paying the amounts mentioned to the Secretary of the British Red Cross Society from the funds of the Colony.

2. In the case of the amount raised by the sale of roses, etc., on Alexandra Rose Day, we are, as requested, asking the Secretary to pay over the sum to that branch of the British Red Cross Fund which stands most in need of help.

GENTLEMEN,

I have, &c.,

P. EZECHIEL,

for Crown Agents.

Enclosure 1 in No. 58.

Government Office, St. Vincent, West Indies, 26th June, 1915.

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No. 60.

ST. KITTS-NEVIS. MEMORANDUM.

THE Crown Agents for the Colonies report the following additional gifts from the people of the Presidency of St. Kitts-Nevis :-

£20 188. 9d. to the Belgian Relief Fund. £12 to the British Red Cross Society.

Colonial Office,

6th July, 1915.

TRINIDAD.

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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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I HAVE the honour to request you to be good enough to pay to the Red Cross Fand and charge to this Colony in your accounts the sum of two pounds ten shillings (£2 108. Od.).

2. This sum is contributed by the Reverend W. M. Richards of this Colony, and is derived from an entertainment recently got up by that gentleman.

The Crown Agents for the Colonies,

Whitehall Gardens,

London, S.W.

I have, &c.,

R. POPHAM LOBB,

Administrator.

GENTLEMEN,

Enclosure 2 in No. 58.

Government Office, St. Vincent, West Indies, 26th June, 1915.

I HAVE the honour to inform you that a sum of twenty-one pounds (£21), being the proceeds of the sale of roses, etc., in this Colony on Alexandra Rose Day, has been handed to me by the local organizers of the charity with the request that the money should be paid to that branch of the British Red Cross Fund which stands most in need of help.

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SIR,

No. 61.

TRINIDAD.

CROWN AGENTS to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received 29th March, 1915.)

Whitehall Gardens, London, S.W., 27th March, 1915. WITH reference to our letter of the 26th of February,* regarding a payment to the British Red Cross Society on account of the Government of Trinidad, have

the honour to inform you that we have now been requested by the Government of that Colony to pay the Society a further sum of £400 in respect of the amount deposited on the 8th of March with the Colonial Treasurer by the local branch of the Society, and we are making payment accordingly.

I have, &c.,

*No. 124 in [Cd. 7875].

H. MARTIN,

for Crown Agents.

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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

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