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Wilson, Sarah Isabella Augusta, 1865-1929

"Sporting from Diaries Written at the Time"


[51] A kind of pheasant.


APPENDIX I
MAFEKING RELIEF FUND

_Distribution Committee_.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL C.B. VYVYAN, Commandant of Mafeking.
MR. C.G. BELL, Resident Magistrate.
MR. A.H. FREND, Mayor.

Total amount made available for distribution L29,267
Of which the Committee allotted to: L
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
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L26,832
_June_ 6, 1909.
The "Rainy Day Fund," formed from the balance of the Relief Fund, still
exists, and though the amount now in it is small, it is sufficient to
enable the Trustees (Mayor of Mafeking and Civil Commissioner) to make
occasional grants in cases of distress among those who suffered during
the siege, or who have fallen on evil days since.


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