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No. 119.

FIJI.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR. (No. 232.) SIB,

Downing Street, 31st July, 1915. WITH reference to your despatch No. 203, of the 15th of June,* I have the honour to inform you that I caused the sum of £140 contributed by the Belgian Relief Committee in Suva to be forwarded to the National Committee for Relief in Belgium, who desire to express their gratitude for this generous support.

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I have, &c.,

A. BONAR LAW.

WESTERN PACIFIC HIGH COMMISSION.

No. 120.

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No. 122.

BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC.

(Solomon Islands. No. 101.)

(Extract.)

Downing Street, 16th April, 1915.

SIR,

I HAVE the honour to inform you that the Acting Resident Commissioner of the Solomon Islands Protectorate has forwarded a demand order on the Crown Agents for the Colonies for £142, and has requested that the amount, being the third donation subscribed by residents of the Protectorate for the Prince of Wales's National Relief Fund, may be paid to the Treasurer of the fund.

2. I have to request that you will cause a grateful acknowledgment of this contribution to be conveyed to the subscribers.

I have, &c,

L. HARCOURT.

سالسا

TIT

SIB,

TONGAN ISLANDS PROTECTORATE.

THE HIGH COMMISSIONER to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

(No. 101.)

(Received 31st March, 1915.)

Office of the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific,

Suva, Fiji, 25th February, 1915. WITH reference to my despatch of the 28th ultimo, I have the honour to forward a further letter from the Agent and Consul, Tonga, enclosing, with lists of subscribers, cheques for £69 178. Od., being the total of the additional amounts received from the natives and residents of Nukualofa and Haapai, as contributions to the Prince of Wales's National Relief Fund.

2. I have requested Mr. Grant to cause all subscribers to the fund to be informed how highly His Majesty's Government appreciate this further proof of the generosity and loyalty of the people of Tonga.

3.

The sum of £69 17s. Od. will be transmitted in due course, through the usual channel, to the Treasurer in London of the National Relief Fund.

4. The request made by Mr. Chatfield, who has been instrumental in collect- ing subscriptions in Haapai, will be complied with.

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I have, &c.,

BICKHAM ESCOTT,

High Commissioner.

BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS.

THE ACTING RESIDENT COMMISSIONER to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

(Received 9th April, 1915.) [See No. 122.]

British Solomon Islands Protectorate,

Tulagi, 12th February, 1915.

SIB,

I HAVE the honour to forward a further amount, being the third donation subscribed by residents of the Protectorate for the National War Relief Fund, and will be pleased if you will hand the amount to the Treasurer of the fund.

I enclose a demand order on the Crown Agents for £142.

I have, &c.,

F. J. BARNETT, Acting Resident Commissioner.

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No. 123.

GILBERT AND ELLICE

ISLANDS.

THE RESIDENT COMMISSIONER to THE HIGH COMMISSIONER. (Received in Colonial Office, 19th April, 1915.)

[Answered by No. 124.]

(Secretary of State. No. 7/15.) (No. 43 of 1915.)

Gilbert and Ellice Islands Protectorate,

Office of the Resident Commissioner,

Ocean Island, 23rd February, 1915.

SIR,

REFERRING to my letter dated 18th ultimo,* on the subject of the Prince of Wales's National Relief Fund, I have the honour to advise Your Excellency that I have received and brought to account further subscriptions amounting to £399 9s., particulars of which are shown on attached statement.

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2. This, and previous sums advised, have been credited in this office to the 'Prince of Wales's Deposit Account" and should be paid to the Secretary of State

by the Crown Agents from Protectorate funds. I advised Your Excellency in error

in my previous letters that these sums had been credited to the current account of the High Commissioner.

3. A draft from Protectorate funds of £2,500 has been forwarded to the Crown Agents by this mail in order that there may be sufficient funds to meet the payments.

4. A copy of this letter is being sent direct to the Secretary of State.

His Excellency

The High Commissioner

for the Western Pacific,

Suva, Fiji.

I have, &c.,

* No. 219 in [Ca. 7875]. ·

E. C. ELIOT,

Resident Commissioner.

* No. 116.

No. 225 in [Cd. 7875).

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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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Enclosure in No. 123.

PRINCE OF WALES'S NATIONAL RELIEF FUND.

£2 0 ง 85 19 0 10 10 0

AMOUNTS previously received and credited as advised by Resident Commissioner to High Commissioner, dated respectively 27th November, 1914, and 18th January, 1915

Now received and credited:-

Native pastor, Solomon Subscriptions from Tarawa to date G. M. Murdoch, Esquire (personal) Further subscriptions from Gilbert and Ellice labourers on Ocean Island Monthly subscriptions from Ocean Island European Government officials, January and February...

293 10 0

Ocean Island,

23rd February, 1915.

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