Of which the Committee allotted to: £ 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 ------- £26,832 _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. MAFEKING FUND, 1900. £ Collected by Lady Georgiana Curzon 24,000 Collected by Colonel Baden-Powell's school comrades at Charterhouse (in addition to gifts in kind) 1,150 Collected by Lady Snagge (£643) and _Birmingham Argus_ (£350) for sending nurses, women, and children, to seaside 993 The following sent over £100 each: Conservative Club, Liverpool. Melbourne Club. Luton. Mr. Butler, of Wellington, New Zealand. Tunbridge Wells Imperial Association. Right Hon. C.J. Rhodes. Swansea, Wales. Salisbury, Mashonaland. Mr. J. Garlick, of Cape Town. Mayor of Brighton. Raleigh Club, London. Ilfracombe. Mr. William Nicol. Sent by Lord Mayor of London from Mansion House Fund 200 Mr. Leonard Rayne, theatrical impresario, of South Africa, inaugurated the "Rayney Day Fund," with a view to ultimate calls for relief by members of the garrison in years to come. APPENDIX II IMPERIAL YEOMANRY HOSPITALS, 1900-1902. December 29, appeal signed by Lady Georgiana Curzon and Lady Chesham sent from Blenheim Palace. _President_: THE QUEEN. _Vice-Presidents_: THE PRINCESS OF WALES and DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT. _Chairman of Committee_: COUNTESS HOWE. _Vice-Chairmen of Committee_: COUNTESS OF WARWICK and VISCOUNTESS VALENTIA. _Hon. Secretary_: EARL HOWE. _Treasurer_: LUDWIG NEUMANN, ESQ. _Military Adviser_: MAJOR-GENERAL LORD CHEYLESMORE. _Hon. Civilian Director and Treasurer in South Africa_: J.G. HAMILTON, ESQ.