New-York tribune., 1906-07-21
WILL OF ALFRED BELT
GREAT GIFTS TO CHARITY.
Sir Millions to DeUelop Communica-
tion in Africa-Other Bequests.

London. July 20.-owing to premature state
ments regarding the viii of Alfred Belt, the
South African financier who died here on July
10. the executors of Mr. Belts estate this even
ing gave out the terms OF the public bequests.
without. however, disclosing the amount of the
fortune left. which. it is believed. it will take
considerable time to estimate owing TO the fluc-
tuation in the price OF shares owned by Mr..
Belt. The document lacks little Of the remark
able character which gossip attributed to the be-
quests. The sums enumerated make the vast
total of S9675Oo0 not including the value of
the estate bequeathed TO his native city of Ham
burg. or the art treasure bestowed on the Ma
tional Gallery and the Museums of Berlin and
Hamburg It is believed that the aggregate will
be not far short of S12,5OOOO0 The most nota-
BILE provision is that by which a body OF trus-
tees gets control of S6OOOOOO to be used in the
development and construction of means of COM
munication In RhOdesia and along the Cape TO
Cairo railway, which with other bequests for
South Africa shows that Mr.. Belts interest in
the welfare of the country in which his fortune
was made was equal to that Of his old associate.
Cecil Rhodes
The VIII leaves the property known as BOrSt-
lers Jager, near Hamburg, to the city of Ham
burg, to be held for the people. If this is not
practicable, the city is authorized 70 realize on
the property twenty years after Mr.. Belts
death, and apply the proceeds TO charitable
purposes of the State OF Hamburg. the main
tenance of the property to be betrayed by the
revenue from the hotel on the property The
proceeds of the sale of the surplus timber is 70
be devoted to charitable or educational purposes.
The picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds Of Lady
Cockburn and her children is left to the British
National Gallery. and the portrait by the same
artist of Mistress Boone and her daughter and
9TH or+&r o11T Ham
burg The sum of S25o.O0O and one thousand
$12 90 shares in the De Beers company are be-
queathed to the College of Technology connect
ed with the London University.
The sum Of 81, 100000 is left to the University
of Johannesburg. to build and equip buildings
on the land previously given by him; S1.OOoOoO
is bequeathed for educational or charitable pur-
poses in Rhodesia and other territories within
the field of the British South Africa Company;
S125.OO0 to the research fund of the London
University; S125OOO to the Rhodes University.
Grahamstown. Cape Colony; $4,000 to the
Rhodes Memorial Fund. at Cape Town; $4,000
to the Union Jack Club of London: 100000 to
the Belt firm in South Africa for educational or
charitable purposes in the Transvaal; $4,000
for the same purposes to Kimberley; $4,000 TO
DR.. Jameson. now Premier of Cape Colony, and
Sir Lewis Michel. chairman of the De Beers
company and trustee of the Rhodes Fund. for
the same purposes in Cape Colony; 100000 is
left to the Kings Hospital. London, 100000 TO
Guys Hospital London, and 100000 is to be
distributed equally in London and Hamburg by
Mr.. Belts executors for educational and charit-
eble purposes.
The testatOr. continuing. says that, believing
that civilization can best be advanced in Africa
by the construction Of railways, telegraphs.
telephones and wireless telegraphs and knowing
how difficult it is to raise money for those pur-
poses he leaves. S6OOO.O00 in stocks and shares
to his partners TO constitute fund the income
Of which is to be devoted to the construction.
equipment or furtherance OF any such methods
Of communication or transportation in RhOdesia.
ortuguese South Africa the German posses
sions, and any parts of Africa which may be
traversed in establishing the Cape-to-Cairo
Railway, telegraph or telephone lines. The trUs-
tees have absolute discretion. and If two-thirds
of them decide that the fund is longer re-
quired for furthering the work of communica-
tion or transportation. they can apply the pro-
ceeds to educational, charitable or other public
purposes in Rhodesia.
Mr. Belt left large sums to relatives, numerous
Iegacies to friends and gifts to clerks and SER
wants The residue of his estate, real and per-
sonal, is bequeathed to his brother, Otto Belt,
absolutely.
The viii is dated April T. 1905.