CARNIVAL FIGURES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2500, 29 June 1915, Page 2

CARNIVAL FIGURES

IN HAND AT PRESENT £61,254

Mr. James M'lntosh is to the Patriotic Society a treasure of a treasurer 1 ester<lav when asked for further'detailed figures in connection with the Carnival generally, he handed over a statement accounting for all moneys he had recenea up till Saturday, Juno 2f> (including tne receipts at the Park, Bazaar,,anu Uuuivaf Contest), and also an interesting statement of the moneys paid m to the credit of Queen candidates on June .1, £5 and 26—the last throe days of the memorable contest. The statement is as follows:— , £ S. d. Amount previously acknov- _ 1 edged (Park, Bazaar, etc.) .. lo.lGfi i ' Proceeds concert at Kniwarra 3 19 0 Proceeds sale of sheep presented by K. Kirkcaldie, H. F,. G'orinze, and the late J. K. M'Douald Estate I! Per Chinese Consul c j> 2 6 Collection loses ' S Mrs. D. H. Guthrie 6i 1 6 Sale of bannerettes, etc 1_ 5 6 Babv Coronation 1" 5 0 C. 6. Morison (for binoculars) 20 0 0 Vote tickets 1256 5 2 Mrs. Swell's Stall 0 10 < Miss Auty's raffle "1 3 S Miss Aiitv s cigarette stall ... 10 2 o Mrs. M'Gill • 1 6 3 Mrs. Sininis, Tea Kiosk 191 3 2 Chinese Stall, Newtown Park 75 la 0 Gate money • 20 19 G Opera House (auction money) 4 0 0 Sale Boom, No. 1 21 18 2 II6M 18 1 .£ s. (I. Amount received by the Treasurer through candidates on June 24, 25, and 26:— 1. Mrs. Algar Williams 915 17 11 2. Miss Low 2527 1 U 3. Mrs. W. E. Smith 36 0 0 •1. Miss Jessie Lewis D 3 10 10 5. Mrs. S. Ilempton 100 S 0 6. Mrs. A. M'Vicar Nil 7. Miss Teresa M'Enroo SSS 1 0 8. Miss K. Doughty 11,615 0 0 9. Nurse Everitt 791 7 1 10. Dr. Plaits-Hills 1122 5 5 11. Miss M'Kegg 2396 7 6 12. Miss M. 35. lioseingrave .. 65 15 11 13. Miss A. M. Palmer 2579 7 7 R Miss A. M. Senior 2950 9 6 10. Miss Doris M'Cormack 12,206 311 Total JMUSI 16 1 Grand total JJ55.339 M 2 HOW THE CONTEST MONEY WAS MADE UP, The money taken in connection with the Queen Carnival is represented by the treasurer as having been made up as follows £ s. d. Scrip : 52,794 10 7 Vote tickets 1,434 5 2 Scrip (money banked direct by Mayor) 7,025 11 3 Total 61,251 7 0

It will ba seen, however, that the total money realised by means of the Quee.ii election was .£63,658 9s. 6d. (representing 7,639,017 twopenny votes), leaving a difference of i2!oi 7s. Uf that amount over JjIOOO was represented in cash (tickets for which had been put ia in time, but though the money had been counted by an official, ho personally had not so far had time to count it). The money was still in a leather tag in the treasurer's office yesterday afternoon, awaiting tho count. The balance had either to bo accounted for in cash or vote tickets. Mr. M'lntosh states that later on he hopes to be able to give a detailed statement setting out the receipts and expenditure in every stall that did business at the carnival held in the Park and in the bazaar. The head gatekeeper (Mr. G. AY. F. Rouse) had handed in A perfect balancesheet of receipts at each gate in the Park. In all, about ,£llOO was taken. A shortage of 365. is shown on tha number of tickets sold, an amount "hat balances perfectly with the shortages and surpluses acknowledged and signed for by the various ticket-sellers. _ Mr. House is deserving of every credit for tho statement he has submitted.

A GENEROUS ACTION. The thoroughbred hunter Loch Erin, presented by Mr. John O'Keefe, Lower Hutt, to the West Coasters' Associations candidate for disposal by art unioii, was won by Mr. J. E. Henrys, the wellknown handicapper. Mr. Henrys has generously presented his prize to the military authorities. miscellaneous items. a,*oiic of the money that is being raised by tlie trannvay men. by means oi the gold nugget art union was credited to Dr. i J liUis-ilills'ij candidature. The tramwaymen nope to realise a substantial amount for the fund by memus of this raffle. Mr. S. Ui'orjje Nathan couducted a patriotic sale ot donated goods in the Patriotic Society's depot in Willis Street yesterday afternoon. Goods oi all classes, from imitation engravings to a pianola, from toys to a bull terrier, were submitted, and fair prices were realised, lhe man who purchased the bull terrier is requested to call at the auction 100111 unj time between !) a.m. and 6 p.m. to-day. The .£IOOO interest in the \V aikato land syndicate, presented by Mr. Hugh M Master of Carterton, to the Patriotic Society to'be disposed of tot the Wounded Soldiers' Fund, is to be.raflled throughout Australasia at ss. a ticket. just outside Hamilton, and the £1000 interesfc is said to be worth uloib than that figure at the prwent tims. Through the efforts of Mr, E. L. Jones, arrangements have been made with Colonel Potter, Camp Commandant, for a squad of men from Trentham to give a descriptive rendering of the patriotic lone. "The Soldier," at the lown Hall during the coronation ceremony to-nior-row and on Saturday. ( • Instating in yesterdays issue the amounts of the final cheques handed m at the Queen Carnival ballot on Saturday evening, the sum of M was credited as the amount of the second cheque for the St.. John Ambulance candidate. inis should have been .£3O. A complete schedule of results of art unions drawn by the Special Committee of the New Zealand Patriotic. Society b<> tween Jnno 35 and June 26, is advertised In this issue.