I will quote her exact words on this point.

The italics are mine.

'The demand for clothing is so huge that it is hopeless to think that the private charity of England and Colonial working parties combined can effectually cope with it.

_The Government recognise that they must provide necessary clothes,_ and I think we all agree that, having brought these people into this position, it is their duty to do so.

_It is, of course, a question for English folk to decide how long they like to go on making and sending clothes._ There is no doubt they are immensely appreciated; besides, they are mostly made up, which the Government clothing won't be.' Miss Hobhouse says that many of the women in the Camp at Aliwal North had brought their sewing machines.