QUEEN'S STATUE FUND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10595, 9 November 1897, Page 5

QUEEN'S STATUE FUND.

i "■ v„ ;; - f ;,'i' ; ' .. : ! r 10 THE EDITOR. V , i. ' ' Sis,—lloeg to -acknowledge ' the following ' subscriptions herein amounting' to £2 >' 13s • which, added >to the amount) •; previously advertised, total £798 2s 2d.—l am, etc., 1 ■ John Abbott, Hon. Treasurer. i 1 ,; Auckland, November 8, 1897. • G. Winstone, per J. Abbott •. .£2 2v 0 Port Albert Public School . ... ' 0 G ,0 ; " A Friend," per A, J. Allora ,•'0 • 5 0 |: . Total *• £2 13 0 1 Received by hon. treasurer ...' 798 ,22 1 Received by the Herald /: ,v 296 9-8 Grand total . ... ... £1,094 11 10 ' , The Statue .Committee have received a communication from the .Agent-General (the Hon. W. P. Reeves), to the effect that he ie making full enquiries as to the cost-, etc., of the proposed statue of Her Majesty. 1 He has been in communication with the sculptor to the Queen, and will shortly forward full ' particulars to the Statue Committee, who will therefore take no further action until the receipt ,of the AgentGeneral's j letter. When this communication is received a meeting of the committee will be held, the final details in connection with the ordering of the statue arranged, and preparations made : for the carrying out of the proposed work as soon as possible. . ;, '* i;,. j' v '■