NEW ZEALAND PATRIOTIC FUND.

Dunstan Times, Issue 2093, 3 September 1901, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND PATRIOTIC FUND.

The secretary of the Otago patriotic fund has received the following communication and enclosures from Mr James Mills : London, 17th July, 1901. The Secretary Otago Patriotic Fund, Dunedin. Dear Sir, —Following up my former communication, I enclose statement just received from the secretary of the Lord Mayor, showing the chief amounts received from New Zealand in connection with the Transvaal war fund, and.the separate funds to which they have been allocated. This return, if it has not already reached you from some other source, will be of great interest. You will note that the total remittances from Otago and Southland are stated to be as follows :

TRANSVAAL WAK FUND. Chief Accovnts Recbivkd from Nf.w Zf.a.aND.

Otago. Oamaru £1,200 Naseby 295 Milton 500 Dunedin 6,000 Southland. Invercargill £SOO Gore 500 Riverton 150 . 1,150 £9,145 The total remittances from New Zealand being stated as £23,947 18s, the contributions from Otago and Southland are a little over 38 per cent, of the whole, without taking into account the proportion of the contributions bv the Railway, Postal, and Police Departments, originating in Otago and Southland.—Yours truly, J. Mills.

Lord Widows and Sick and Disabled Wives and Mayor's Total. Orphans. Wounded. Soldiers. Children. Discretionary Account. Per Mayor Marton, Rangitikei £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. .£ s. d. £ s. d. 205 9 1 £ s. d. 205• 9 1 6S0 19 0 Thames Goldfield, Auckland .. 340 9 6 340 9 6 ■ • . 81 2 4 Fairlie Patriotic Fund 81 -! 4 Oamaru and surrounding districts, per Mayor 1200 12 4 1200 12 4 Officers and Men of N.Z. Go474 0 0 vernment Railways .. 237 0 0 237 0 0 Gisborne, per editor ' Poverty 50 0 0 Bay Herald' 16 13 i 16 13 4 16 13 4 150 0 0 150 0 0 Timaru and district, per Mayor 200 12 8 Borough of Brunnerton 20012 8 '• 500 0 0 500 0 0 Gore, per Mayor Districts Otago and Southland 1500' 0 0 1500' 0 0 1506' 0 0 1500* 0' 0 COOO 0 0 Southland, per Mayor Inver500 0 0 500 0 0 cargill *. 24 0 0 School children of Westland .. Auckland Wellington, per Mayor 24' 0 0 1259 4 5 559* i 5 559 4 6 2006' 0 0 75 0 0 625 0 0 3002 13 4 2000 0 0 1250 0 0 Christchurch, per Mayor 550 0 0 625 0 0 Hawke's Bay district, collected 180 1) 0 by Highland Society.. 180 0 0 Inhabitants Maniototo County 295 4 9 and Naseby Borough 147 12 4 147 12 5 Central Committee N.Z. Railways War Fund, per AgentGeneral 250 0 0 250 0 0 250 0 0 250 0 0 1000 0 0 573 9 0 Greymouth, per Mayor 573 0 0 Borough of Milton and Tokomairiro, and Lovell's Flat 500 0 0 500 0 0 district 150 0 0 Riverton and District .. ' 150* 0 0 100 0 0 Kaikoura district 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 Woodville, per Mayor 100 0 0 Westland district, per Bank of 150 0 0 N.Z., Hokitika 100 0 0 50 0 0 Post and Telegraph Depart2000 0 0 2000 0 0 ment, Wellington 24S 6 0 248 6 (J 561 members N.Z. Police Force Ashburton, per Union Bank of 1000 0 0 1000 0 (1 Australia 700 U 0 700 0 C Napier Per Bank of N.Z. 600 0 0 600 0 Children of State and Roman 31 9 C Catholic schools, Grey district 31 9 6 i'_ £5685 10 9 £2531 16 10 £3553 7 4 £3860 13 4 £8310 9 9 23,747 18 C The Otaijo Patriotic Fund Committee has been devoted to the relief of those who point out that, while £6,000 of the moneys have returned invalided from tne seat, 01 war, and the wisdom of that course has been amply justified by events. The fact that such a large proportion of those who returned by the Tagus were invalided proved a heavy' drain on that reserve fund. collected here was forwarded to the Lord Mayor, the sum of £5,000 was retained, being probably a larger proportion than anv other committee in the colony kept in" their own hands. This sum of £5,000