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UGANDA.

No. 107.

UGANDA.

THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

(Received 29th March, 1915.)

[Answered by No. 108.]

Government House, Uganda, 22nd February, 1915.

I HAVE the honour to confirm my telegram of the 10th February, 1915,* and, at the request of the Chairman of the Uganda War Relief Fund, to transmit, for your information, the attached copy of a letter giving information regarding the objects of the fuud.

2. As regards paragraph 7 of the enclosure, I would point out that the coffee is in parchment and that it will require to be hulled and roasted before being distributed.

I have,- &c.,

F. J. JACKSON,

Governor.

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No. 108.

UGANDA.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR.

Downing Street, 23rd April, 1915.

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the 22nd February, and to express my appreciation of the generous gift of coffee which has been subscribed by the Uganda War Relief Fund for my disposal.

2. I have decided that one half of the gift shall be forwarded to the War Office for the use of the Army, and the other half to the National Food Fund for the benefit of Belgian refugees in this country.

3. I would explain that no portion of the gift is being given for the use of the Navy as, on consulting the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, I was informed that while their lordships much appreciate the offer of a part of the coffee they consider that, as the requirements of the Navy in this respect are com- paratively small, the gift of the subscribers would be utilized to greater advantage if that portion which it was proposed to allot to the Navy Service were applied to the purposes of the National Food Fund.

I have, &c.,

L. HARCOURT.

ST. HELENA.

SIR,

Enclosure in No. 107.

Entebbe, Uganda, 19th February, 1915. On behalf of the Committee for the Uganda War Relief Fund, I have the honour to request you to forward a copy of this letter to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, for his information, in connexion with the above fund.

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2. When the fund was inaugurated it was decided that subscribers might earmark their contributions either for local

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use, and that if this were not done one half of each contribution would be retained for the present in Uganda for any local relief which might be required as a result of the war, and the other half would be available for home relief, and that any balance of the first- mentioned half not required for local relief would become available for home relief.

3. It was decided that the fund available for home relief should be expended on the purchase of coffee locally.

4. It was further decided that the coffee sent home should be at the disposal of the Secretary of State for relief in connexion with the Army and Navy, or such purposes of general relief as the Secretary of State might deem fit.

5. It is intended that it should be left to the Secretary of State to decide whether the contribution should be used for the above purposes, wholly or partly, as coffee, or whether the coffee should be sold and the proceeds devoted to such purposes.

6. The wish of the subscribers is that the coffee should be either distributed as a luxury among the soldiers and sailors or used as a means of relieving distress among their dependents or others, or partly in one way and partly in the other.

7. It is hoped that the first consignment will be ready for despatch from Uganda within two or three weeks, and the amount is estimated at between 35,000 and 40,000 pounds of coffee in parchment.

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8. This represents the bulk of the subscriptions to date which are available

home " use.

The Chief Secretary

to the Government,

Entebbe.

I have, &c.,

WM. MORRIS CARTER, Chairman, Uganda War Relief Fund.

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No. 109.

ST. HELENA.

THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 15th May, 1915.)

The Castle, St. Helena, 6th April, 1915.

SIR,

I HAVE the honour to transmit the accompanying copy of a letter from the Sheriff of this Colony informing me that a sum of £138 has been subscribed by the inhabitants of St. Helena as a contribution to the Prince of Wales's Fund for the Relief of National Distress arising out of the war.

2. I desire to point out that the above sum is made up almost entirely of small contributions which have been voluntarily made by all classes of the community according to their means, even the poorest having contributed their mites. It is hoped, therefore, that the value of the gift will be estimated by the loyal and self- denying spirit in which it has been given.

I have, &c.,

YOUR EXCELLENCY,

H. E. S. CORDEAUX, Governor and Commander-in-Chief,

Enclosure in No. 109.

Sheriff's Office, St. Helena, 30th March, 1915. WITH the closing of the collecting lists for a War Relief Fund, in which I have been indebted to many for invaluable assistance, I have much pleasure in announcing that the total of £138 has been reached, and, further, to express the opinion that the inhabitants of St. Helena would derive great pleasure if it could be so utilised that some tangible expression of their loyal sympathy could be attained thereby, such as the purchase of beds in a hospital for wounded Colonials from the front. I should be glad, therefore, if Your Excellency, through the Right Honour- able the Secretary of State for the Colonies, would see how far some such object might be achieved, preferably to adding this contribution to the millions of pounds already subscribed to the Prince of Wales's Fund.

I have, &c.,

To His Excellency

Governor Cordeaux.

E. J. WARREN,

Sheriff, J.P.

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