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No. 20.

No. 17.

St. LUCIA.

MR. CHAMBERLAIN to GOVERNor Sir C. A. MOLONEY.

(No. 15.) SIR,

Downing Street, February 6, 1900. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the 30th of December, with one from the Administrator of St. Lucia, containing a report of a public meeting which has been held in that colony to express sympathy with, and render aid to the sick and wounded soldiers of Her Majesty in South Africa, and to the relatives of those who have been killed or may be permanently disabled in the war.

It has been very gratifying to me to receive this evidence of the loyal and patriotic feelings of the inhabitants of St. Lucin, and I would propose, if quite agreeable to the subscribers, to devote the substantial sun which they have already contributed, and any further sums which may be received, to the Fund which is being raised by the British Empire League, of which Her Majesty is Patron and the Duke of Devonshire President, for assisting the Widows and Orphans of men of the Colonial Forces taking part in the War, as well as such members of those Forces as may be incapacitated by wounds from resuming their occupations.

I shall be glad if you will inform me if what I suggest will be in accordance with the wishes of the subscribers.

SIR,

BRITISH HONDURAS.

GOVERNOR SIR D. WILSON to MR. CHAMBERLAIN.

(Received February 12, 1900.)

[Answered by No. 29.] —

Government House, Belize, January 25, 1900.

I HAVE the honour to inform you that in accordance with a very generally expressed wish on the part of the community, I recently appointed a Committee to raise and collect a sum of money in this Colony for the benefit of the wives and families of soldiers and sailors killed or wounded in the war in South Africa.

2. I have now to enclose for your information a copy of a letter which I have received from the members of that Committee, enclosing drafts to the value of £275, as the first contribution of the Colony to the

purpose mentioned.

3. The amount collected, though relatively small as compared with other and larger colonies of the Empire, has been readily raised, and is now handed to you for trans- mission to the Lord Mayor to dispose of in any of the methods which he may think best.

4. It has been impossible for this Colony for various reasons to offer material support, such as men, horses and warlike material; but I desire here to record the hearty manifestations of loyalty and affection for the Queen and the British Empire which have been evinced here since the outbreak of the war.

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I have, &c.,

J. CHAMBERLAIN.

I have, &c..

D. WILSON,

Governor.

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No. 18.

NEWFOUNDLAND.

GOVERNOR SIR H. E. MCCALLUM to MR. CHAMBERLAIN.

(Received 5.40 p.m., February 8, 1900.)

TELEGRAM.

[Answered by No. 23.]

At a large public meeting of ladies held on the 8th instant at Government House, Lady McCallum presiding, it was unanimously resolved that the women of Newfound- land would co-operate with their British sisters in sending supplies of warm clothing to the forces in South Africa, to be addressed to Governor of Cape of Good Hope, for distribution to the wounded or to such troops as may be mostly in need of such supply of necessaries. Kindly communicate to all concerned.

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SIR,

No. 19.

CEYLON.

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" DAILY MAIL" to COLONIAL OFFICE.

(Received February 10, 1900.)

[Answered by No. 21.]

"Daily Mail," Editorial Offices, 44, Harmsworth Buildings,

Tallis Street, E.C., February 9, 1900.

I HAVE pleasure in forwarding you, by direction of Mr. Harmsworth, the sum

of £250, a donation from the Kipling Poem Fund for the benefit of dependents of the Ceylon contingent in South Africa.

I shall be obliged to you if you will transmit the money to the Governor of Ceylon, and inform him that it is sent as a slight recognition of Ceylon's handsome response to the Mother Country's call to arms.

I have, &c.,

R. BALCH,

Manager, Kipling Poem.

Enclosure in No. 20.

BRITISH HONDURAS PATRIOTIC FEND COMMITTEE to His SIR,

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EXCELLENCY the GOVERNOR. Belize, January 25, 1900. WE, the Committee appointed by Your Excellency to raise and collect funds for the benefit of the wives and families of solliers and sailors killed or wounded in the war in South Africa, have the honour to report that the sums received by us for this purpose amount at this date to a total of $1380.37.

2. We now enclose drafts to the value of £275, which we request Your Excellency to be good enough to transmit, through the Secretary of State for the Colonies, to the Fund opened by the Lord Mayor of London, as the first contribution of the Colony of British Honduras, and as a testimony of its loyalty to the Sovereign and its devotion to Her cause.

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SIR,

No. 21.

CEYLON.

We have, etc.,

· COLONIAL OFFICE to "DAILY MAIL.”

F. J. NEWTON S. G. Woons.

E. C. CONNOR.

J. E. PLUMMER.

Downing Street, February 12, 1900.

I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 9th instant,* enclosing a cheque for £250, being a donation from the Kipling Poem Fund for the benefit of dependents of the contingent of the Ceylon Mounted Infantry now serving in South Africa.

2. Mr. Chamberlain desires me to thank Mr. Harmsworth, on behalf of the Government of Ceylon, for this generous contribution in recognition of the loyalty displayed by the Colony.

I am,

&c.,

C. P. LUCAS.

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