The Mansion House Fund was a charitable organisation started by the Lord Mayor of London in 1899,
soon after the onset of the South African War.
Its purpose was to bring financial relief to the Uitlander refugees who had become destitute as a result
of the war. Its distributional headquarters was in Cape Town.
Contributions in excess of £200,000 were raised in Britain and South Africa, with disbursement of
the funds left in the hands of a Central Committee in Cape Town, the Governor acting as chairperson.
The money was thereupon distributed through local committees in the various towns. At East London
almost 4,000 people received aid at various times.
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Charitable aid spent by the Mansion House Fund in South Africa
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CITY
EXPENDITURE
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Durban
£58 270 0s 0d
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Port Elizabeth
£51 450 0s 0d
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Pietermaritzburg
£42 200 0s 0d
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East London
£37 407 8s 0d
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Cape Town
£31 634 0s 0d
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Lorenzo Marques
£11 217 11s 8d
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Grahamstown
£6 500 0s 0d
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King Williams Town
£3 900 0s 0d
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Johannesburg
£3 150 4s 9d
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Queenstown
£950 0s 0d
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Basutoland
£832 16s 2d
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Port Alfred
£810 0s 0d
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Oudtshoorn
£525 0s 0d
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Pretoria
£500 0s 0d
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Graaf Reinet
£220 0s 0d
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Cradock
£200 0s 0d
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Aliwal North
£200 0s 0d
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Hopetown
£180 3s 9d
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Beira
£175 6s 0d
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Herschel
£135 0s 0d
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Middelburg
£100 0s 0d
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Uitenhage
£100 0s 0d
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Fort Beaufort
£86 0s 0d
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Somerset East
£30 0s 0d
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Beaufort West
£25 0s 0d
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Adelaide
£13 11s 6d
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Kokstad
£10 0s 0d
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Bulawayo
£5 8s 10d
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Source: CA, BWR 17. Report of the Mansion House Fund, 1902, p 8.
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