Results of the £5OOO alluvial gold art unions held during the year ended March 31 last, are given in the annual report of the Department of Internal Affairs presented to Parliament. They are as follow: Gross sales, £251,675: .commissions on sales, £37,751/5/-; expenses, £30,854/3/1; prizes, £60,000; net proceeds, £123.069/11/11; lottery duty, £25,167 10/-; net profit, £97,902/1/11. Of the net profit, £27.370 was distributed to the various mayoral and other recognised central relief of distress funds, £20,340 to charitable and philanthropic organisations, £15,580/7/5 to patriotic funds, and £10,354/2/6 to children’s health camps.
Children’s Aprons in. floral prints with contrasting bindings. Sizes 18in to 33in, priced from 2/9.— C. Smith Ltd.—Advt.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 14 September 1944, Page 3
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