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No. 22,

BAHAMAS.

GOVERNOR SIR G. T. CARTER to MR. CHAMBERLAIN..

(Received 6.50 p.m., February 15, 1900.)

TELEGRAM.

[Answered by No. 24.]

House of Assembly has voted for Lord Mayor's fund set aside for widows and orphans £1,000. If approved please give instructions accordingly to Crown Agents for the Colonies.

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No. 23. NEWFOUNDLAND.

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

(Sent 4.5 p.m., February 16, 1900.)

TELEGRAM.

I have had much pleasure in communicating your telegram of 8th February* to Secretary of State for War, High Commissioner for South Africa, and Press.

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No. 24. BAHAMAS.

MR. CHAMBERLAIN to GOVERNOR SIR G. T. CARTER. (Sent 7.6 p.m., February 16, 1900.) TELEGRAM.

Loyal and generous votet of House of Assembly source of much gratification. Crown Agents will be instructed as desired.

5405.

No. 26.

ST. LUCIA.

GOVERNOR SIR C. A. MOLONEY to MR. CHAMBERLAIN.

(No. 21.) SIR,

(Received February 17, 1900.)

[Answered by No. 33.] –

Grenada, January 27, 1900. IN continuation of my despatch, St. Lucia, of the 30th ultimo, I have the honour to transmit Administrator King-Harman's despatch of the 19th instant, covering a Colonial Bank draft for £300 as a first instalment from St. Lucia in aid of the sufferers from the war in South Africa. In reference to Grenada help I hope to address you soon,

I have, &c.,

ALFRED MOLONEY,

SIR,

Enclosure in No. 26.

ADMINISTRATOR to GOVERNOR.

Governor.

Government House, St. Lucia,

January 19, 1900.

WITH reference to my despatch of the 21st December, 1899, in which I reported the result of a public inceting held in Castries for the purpose of enlisting the sympathy of the people of St. Lucia in behalf of the sufferers from the war in South Africa, I have the honour to forward to Your Excellency, for transmission to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, a Colonial Bank draft for £300, a first instalment of the subscription from this colony,

His Excellency

Sir Alfred Moloney, K.C.M.G., &c., &c., &c., Grenada.

No. 27.

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I have, &c..

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C. A. KING-HARMAN,

Administrator.

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SIR,

No. 25.

CEYLON.

MR. CHAMBERLAIN to GOVERNOR SIR J, WEST RIDGEWAY. (No. 69.)

[See No. 61.]

Downing Street, February 16, 1900.

I HAD the honour to inform you by telegram on the 12th instant that I had received a donation of £250 from the "Daily Mail Kipling Poem Fund" for the benefit of the dependents of the contingent of the Ceylon Mounted Infantry on service in South Africa, which sum had been paid to the Crown Agents for the Colonies, to be placed to the credit of your Government.

2. I leave to your discretion the decision as to how this money may best be applied.

3. I have thanked Mr. Harmsworth on behalf of the Government of Ceylon for this generous contribution in recognition of the loyalty displayed by the Colony.

I have, &c.,

J. CHAMBERLAIN.

(No. 93.)

JIR,

ST. KITTS-NEVIS.

GOVERNOR SIR F. FLEMING to MR. CHAMBERLAIN. (Received February 17, 1900.)

[Inswered by No. 32.]

Government House, St. Kitts, January 29, 1900. In connection with my despatch of 16th of January I have the honour to transmit the duplicate of a despatch from the Administrator of this Presidency, informing me that special services were held on the 10th instant in the different churches of the island for the preservation of British arms and the successful termination of the struggle in which we are now engaged in South Africa, and that all such services were well

attended.

I have, &c.,

F. FLEMING.

Enclosure in No. 27.

ADMINISTRATOR, St. Kitts-Nevis, to Governor.

Springfield House, St. Kitts, W.I., January 22, 1900.

I HAVE the honour to report to Your Excellency that on Friday the 19th instant special services of prayer were held in all the places of worship in this island for the pre- servation of the British arms and the successful termination of the struggle in which they

SIR,

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• No. 10.

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