VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE STATE
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Your issue of August 8th last has just reached this far distant outpost of Empire, and we have noted with much interest Mr. Edward Jacomb's admirable suggestion that voluntary contributions be handed to the Crown, either in cash or kind, as a means whereby our indebtedness to America may be liquidated easily, rapidly, and without undue hardship to anyone. Any method calculated to relieve us of this intoler: able incubus should, and doubtlesS will, be certain of the wholehearted support of Britons at home and abroad, and we of Papua may be relied upon to provide our quota if called upon.
To amplify Mr. Jacomb's scheme, perhaps he will allow me to suggest that our clergy throughout the world might be persuaded to devote the collections of say one service every three or six months to the suggested purpose, and use as their sermon subject thereat the words " Render unto Caesar."—
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