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£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