"Subscriptions will be received by Messrs. Hoare and Co.,
bankers, Fleet Street, E.C.
"I remain,
"Your obedient servant,
"GEORGIANA CURZON."
The fund had reached unhoped-for proportions. In our most optimistic
moments we did not expect to collect more than two or three thousand
pounds, but subscriptions had poured in from the very commencement, and
the grand amount of L29,267 was finally the total contributed. This sum
was ably administered by Colonel Vyvyan of the Buffs, who had been
Base-Commandant of Mafeking during the siege. He was assisted by a
committee, and the principal items allocated by these gentlemen were as
follows:
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Widows and orphans 6,536
Refugees 4,630
Town relief 3,741
Seaside fund 2,900
Churches, convent, schools, etc. 2,900
Wounded men 2,245
Small tradesmen 1,765
Hospital staff, nuns, etc. 1,115
Colonel Plumer's Rhodesian column, etc. 1,000
Lady Georgiana Curzon's eloquent appeal proved to be the salvation of
many a family in Mafeking.
The popularity of the fund was enormously helped by the interest of the
then Prince and Princess of Wales, now our King and Queen, in the town
and in the assistance of the same.
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