G. And E. Gifts To War
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Funds
THE war funds subscribed by the little Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony are now over £l3.ooo—a remarkable achievement by so small a communitv.
The following are the details: Gift by the Banaban community to wards War funds £12,500.
Donations towards British Red Cross Society £845.
Donations towards Australian Red Cross Society.
Donations towards Australian War Comforts Fund £53.
The Banabans are natives of Ocean Is land, who, as the original owners, receive a fixed percentage of the money received from the sale of Ocean Island phosphate.
They now have large accumulated funds, from which they have given generously to British war funds.