The following table, in showing the amounts of charitable aid spent by the Mansion House Fund at each centre, is a probable reflection of the comparative importance of the various towns as places of refuge.

CITY	EXPENDITURE
Durban	£58 270 0s 0d
Port Elizabeth	£51 450 0s 0d
Pietermaritzburg	£42 200 0s 0d
East London	£37 407 8s 0d
Cape Town	£31 634 0s 0d
Lorenzo Marques	£11 217 11s 8d
Grahamstown	£6 500 0s 0d
King Williams Town	£3 900 0s 0d
Johannesburg	£3 150 4s 9d
Queenstown	£950 0s 0d
Basutoland	£832 16s 2d
Port Alfred	£810 0s 0d
Oudtshoorn	£525 0s 0d
Pretoria	£500 0s 0d
Graaf Reinet	£220 0s 0d
Cradock	£200 0s 0d
Aliwal North	£200 0s 0d
Hopetown	£180 3s 9d
Beira	£175 6s 0d
Herschel	£135 0s 0d
Middelburg	£100 0s 0d
Uitenhage	£100 0s 0d
Fort Beaufort	£86 0s 0d
Somerset East	£30 0s 0d
Beaufort West	£25 0s 0d
Adelaide	£13 11s 6d
Kokstad	£10 0s 0d
Bulawayo	£5 8s 10d
Source: CA, BWR 17. Report of the Mansion House Fund, 1902, p 8.

Dr Keith Tankard