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DONATIONS AND LOANS.
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to control the working of the fund and which was divided into two
Sub-Committees, one for Agra and the other for Oudh. The actual
work of collecting funds was carried out by District Sub-Committees
which were formed through the aid of District Officers. The
methods of collection were left entirely in the hands of the District
Sub-Committees, with the proviso that, while official co-operation with
the movement was both desirable and necessary, any form of official
pressure was to be deprecated.
'fhe response to the appeal far exceeded the most sanguine
expectations, and the total collected came to Rs. 33,48,713-5-4, out
of which sum the Agra districts contributed Rs. 25,06,084-12-6 and
the districts in Oudh Rs. 8,42,628-8-10.
The largest individual contributor was H. H. the Maharaja of
Nabha, who gave the munificent sum of Rs. 2,25,000. Other generous
donations were those of the Woollen Mills, Cawnpore, Rs. 51,300 ;
the Hon’ble the Raja of Jehangirabad, Rs. 30,000; H. H. the Nawab
of Rampur and H. H. the Maharaja of Benares, Rs. 25,000 each;
Messrs. Cooper Allen & Co., Cawnpore, Rs. 22,500, and Seth Lachhmi
Chand of Dehra Dun, Rs. 20,000.
Many other gentlemen gave handsome donations to the Imperial
War Fund, but in order to preserve the continuity of this account of
the U. P. Special War Fund, we have found it necessary to mention
their contributions, as also their war service, in another chapter on
Personal Services. For the same purpose we have published the
names of all those who so ably assisted in the collection of that fund
in Appendix A of this chapter.
The expenditure of the sum collected for the. U. P. Special War
Fund was as follows :—
£
First convoy of 50 ambulance cars for France with
endowment ... ... ... 35,000
Second convoy of 50 ambulance cars for France with
endowment ... ... ... 35,000
Ten motor launches for Mesopotamia ... ... 10,000
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to control the working of the fund and which was divided into two
Sub-Committees, one for Agra and the other for Oudh. The actual
work of collecting funds was carried out by District Sub-Committees
which were formed through the aid of District Officers. The
methods of collection were left entirely in the hands of the District
Sub-Committees, with the proviso that, while official co-operation with
the movement was both desirable and necessary, any form of official
pressure was to be deprecated.
'fhe response to the appeal far exceeded the most sanguine
expectations, and the total collected came to Rs. 33,48,713-5-4, out
of which sum the Agra districts contributed Rs. 25,06,084-12-6 and
the districts in Oudh Rs. 8,42,628-8-10.
The largest individual contributor was H. H. the Maharaja of
Nabha, who gave the munificent sum of Rs. 2,25,000. Other generous
donations were those of the Woollen Mills, Cawnpore, Rs. 51,300 ;
the Hon’ble the Raja of Jehangirabad, Rs. 30,000; H. H. the Nawab
of Rampur and H. H. the Maharaja of Benares, Rs. 25,000 each;
Messrs. Cooper Allen & Co., Cawnpore, Rs. 22,500, and Seth Lachhmi
Chand of Dehra Dun, Rs. 20,000.
Many other gentlemen gave handsome donations to the Imperial
War Fund, but in order to preserve the continuity of this account of
the U. P. Special War Fund, we have found it necessary to mention
their contributions, as also their war service, in another chapter on
Personal Services. For the same purpose we have published the
names of all those who so ably assisted in the collection of that fund
in Appendix A of this chapter.
The expenditure of the sum collected for the. U. P. Special War
Fund was as follows :—
£
First convoy of 50 ambulance cars for France with
endowment ... ... ... 35,000
Second convoy of 50 ambulance cars for France with
endowment ... ... ... 35,000
Ten motor launches for Mesopotamia ... ... 10,000