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2. The money has been forwarded to me under cover of a letter from the Dis- trict Commissioner, Kitui, of which I enclose a copy. I also enclose copy of the reply which I have caused to be sent to him.

3. The spontaneous liberality exhibited by the principal tribes of the Protec- torate, and their willingness to take a share in supporting the cause of the Govern- ment during the present crisis, is a source of keen satisfaction to myself, and will, I feel sure, be equally appreciated by Ilis Majesty's Government.

I have, &c.,

H. CONWAY BELFIELD,

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3. It is further desired that you will inform the contributors that their grace- ful act of liberality and charity will be brought to the notice of His Majesty's Prin- cipal Secretary of State for the Colonies.

4. His Excellency requests that you will convey to Mr. Gray his thanks for the part he has taken in collecting the contributions.

District Commissioner,

I have, &c.,

L. A. F. JONES,

Private Secretary.

Enclosure 1 in No. 103.

Governor.

Kitui.

29793

No. 104.

SIR,

District Commissioner's Office, Kitui, 14th May, 1915.

I HAVE the honour to forward herewith draft for Rs. 10,643.60 for His Excel- lency's War Fund. This sum is made up of cash and the proceeds of sale of 270 head of cattle and 390 sheep and goats, after deducting expenses, presented by the Akamba of Mumoni Location, Kitui District, to the above fund.

Mr. H. W. Gray, Assistant District Commissioner, was on safari in March last and mooted the idea of the subscription which was so well taken up; he in

says, his official report of the safari :—

"The idea met with prompt and generous support from each sub-location visited, and I was agreeably surprised when I returned to Mumoni to find, even among the small and scattered villages in the neighbourhood, which are poor in cattle, that they had actually met, discussed the matter, and decided what contribution they would make, without my having said anything to them on the subject-their gifts were brought into Mumoni.

I mention this as showing how entirely voluntarily these people have sub- scribed, and, indeed, would subscribe again if necessity arose.

I know nothing of the finances of His Excellency's War Fund, but I am sure that there can be no question that money subscribed will find endless deserving pur- poses to which to be applied, as, apart from Europeans, there must be numerous deserving cases of native sufferers from the war who would be relieved from moneys subscribed by the natives of the country, but apart from the urgency of the need of funds I certainly feel myself the richer for having learnt of a trait in the character of the Akamba previously unsuspected by me, namely, their responsiveness to an appeal touching their purses on behalf of the Government and country."

In informing His Excellency of this presentation, will you be so kind as to draw his attention to Mr. Gray's suggestion that the money be used to relieve distress among natives who have suffered through the war?

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This money has been subscribed by 800 persons, and as the Akamba have no real chief" perhaps His Excellency will personally acknowledge receipt to me, and I will be able to tell the people concerned that the letter is in the Kitui Office.

The Private Secretary

to His Excellency the Governor.

I have, &c.,

H. R. MONTGOMERY,

District Commissioner.

EAST AFRICA PROTECTORATE.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR.

(No. 481.)

Downing Street, 1st July, 1915.

SIR,

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the 25th of May, and to inform you that I have learned with much satisfaction of the gener- ous contribution of stock, realising the sum of Rs. 10,643.60, made to the Govern- ment House War Relief Fund by the Wakamba people of the Mumoni Location, in the district of Kitui.

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SIR,

NYASALAND.

No. 105.

NYASALAND.

I have, &c.,

A. BONAR LAW.

CROWN AGENTS to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received 2nd June, 1915.)

Whitehall Gardens, London, S.W., 1st June, 1915. WITH reference to our letter of the 8th January,† reporting the payment to the Prince of Wales's National Relief Fund of the sixth instalment of the contribu- tion of the Government of Nyasaland, I have the honour to inform you that, in accordance with instructions which we have received by telegraph from the Pro- tectorate Government, we are arranging to pay a further sum of £50 in respect of the seventh contribution to the fund.

I have, &c.,

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P. EZECHIEL,

for Crown Agents.

SIR,

Enclosure 2 in No. 103.

22nd May, 1915.

I AM directed by His Excellency the Governor to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of your letter of 14th May, enclosing a draft for Rs. 10,643.60, being the amount of a contribution made by the Wakamba of Mumoni Location to the Govern- ment House War Relief Fund.

2. I am to request you to express to the contributors the most grateful thanks of His Excellency and of the Committee of the fund for this munificent gift, and to assure them that the money shall be expended in rendering assistance to natives of the Protectorate who may have suffered by the war, and to relieve cases of distress among their families and dependents. I am to add that His Excellency observes with profound satisfaction this evidence of the determination of the Wakamba people to support the cause of the British Government.

SIR,

No. 106.

NYASALAND.

CROWN AGENTS to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received 1st July, 1915.)

Whitehall Gardens, London, S.W., 30th June, 1915. WITH reference to our letter of the 1st June, reporting the payment to the Prince of Wales's National Relief Fund of the seventh instalment of the contribu- tion of the Government of Nyasaland, I have the honour to inform you that, in accordance with instructions which we have received by telegraph from the Protec- torate Government, we are arranging to pay a further sum of £50 in respect of the eighth contribution to the fund.

I have, &c.,

P. EZECHIEL,

for Crown Agents.

* No. 103. † No. 202 in [Cd. 7875].

‡ No. 105.

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