Stevenson Club has accepted an offer from the Administrator of Western Samoa to make the Club gr ima is now official custodians of Stevenson's
Government House, and on taking up residence there Major-General Sir George S, Richardson, Administrator of Western Samoa, found that nobody was officially respon. sible for the care of the grave of "RIS." and his wife or for the upkeep of the track leading up to it on the summit of Mount Vaea. The cost of that was not great, and Major-General Sir George Richard. son had been defraying it privately, and will continue to do so during the term of office. He felt, however, that such a casual things finitely. Vailima might not always remain the official residence of the Administrator, and Sir George Richardson had been anxious that something should be done before it was too late to give Stevenson's Birthplace the official and inalienable right to the custody of the resting-place of her distinguished ton. He therefore proposed that if. the Stevenson Club forwarded annually the small sum of money required he will undertake that and his successors in office will regard the club as the responsible official custodian tors, and send a suitably inscribed plate. As stated above, the club has accepted Fesponsibility as custodians of the grave and the pathway leading to
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