PATRIOTIC FUNDS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3184, 7 September 1917, Page 5

PATRIOTIC FUNDS

« COUNTRY'S GOOD RECORD A PARLIAMENTARY PAPER "A magnificent record, and one of the country might be justifiably proud." These words were used by the Hon. G. W. Russell, in presenting to J. arlmiuent yesterday afternoon a paper showing the amounts collected, disbursed, and Jiuld by the patriotic societies of i\ew Zealand. The collections and donations (including interest), and tho balance in hand at March 31, 1917, for U)e vari- ■ pus provincial districts are given as follows :— Collections. Balance. j> -P Auckland ..; 600,825 406,851 Hawke's Bay 166,261 112,453 £aranaki 73,439 43,372 Wellington 637,944 330,771 Marlborough 44,721; 25,107. Nelson 47,370 34,143 Wetland 25,274 8,368 Canterbury '..... 486,728 253,297 ' ' Otago ; 305,820 137,750' Southland 89,086 ;2,637. ' Defunct societies .. 25,715 3fi Total 2,509,15S 1,474,785 The expenditure figures show that .£113,726 has been spent in giving direct relief to soldiers and their dependants; X'7fi,99B on equipment, farowelle, aad presentations; ,£292,680 on comforts for troops andEed Cross, including St. John, Ambulance, Lady Liverpool, and Victoria Leagues; .£318,785 in Belgian relief; .£70.883 on other Allies; w6105,2.i7 on Navy relief; .£50,074 on administrative expenses. In addition to the amount collected by societies there have been large sums sent in to the Government from private donors and from the result of special collections, so that the actual cash collections recorded to March 31, 1917, were as follows :— ■£ Collected by societies 2,509,188 Eeceived by the Department of Internal Affairs for transmission abroad, hospital ships. New Zealand sick and wounded, and other special purposes (over and above amounts forwarded by patriotic societies) ~..w 2»,3W Donated at'the outbreak of the war to the New Zealand Government towards war expenses and special objects 159,137 Donated to the National War Funds Council 15,330 Dominion schools contribution to Belgian Children's Pond ... !8,36i Total amount of moneys collected 2,942,338 Value of contributions of goods, i stock, produce, etc., of which • the Department of Internal Af- :■. fairs had been notified 298,335 ''■:■ Government contribution and subsidy to Belgian relief_ _2-5,1<15 Total contribution _ in money and goeds notified to Department .•„.. Moneys and goods contributed by pri- ~ v vate individuals or institutions and forw&rsed direct are not ascertainiible. The contributions per head of population have been worked out as follows (not being part of the Parliamentary Paper):- £ s. d. Hawke's Bay '3 4 8 Wellington .2 19 2 Marlborough , SUU Canterbury 214 9 | t)tago 2 6 4 j Auckland 2 lit ■ ] Westland 112 5 Soutnlana 110 1 : ,1 Taranaki 19 7 ;; i Nelson 10 3 j • ■■]