LIBERTY LOAN

Grey River Argus, 25 November 1942, Page 1

LIBERTY LOAN

ANALYSIS OF FIGURES WELLINGTON. Nov. 24. Within the' last few days the Reserve Bank has received a number of additional Liberty Loan applications which were posted to receiving offices on the closing date of the loan. The figures are now l 25,025 applications for £10,416,790. These may be taken as the final results, although it is possible that there may still be a few applications of which the Reserve Bank has had no advice.

The average amount of each application was £416, compared with £5BO ?n the first Liberty Loan, which was issued in June last. Therefore, relatively speaking the Second Liberty Loan was more widely supported. The money was obtained from the various districts as follows, the number of applications and the amount subscribed being shown in that order:

Total 25,025 £10,416,790 The national institutions which contributed include large concerns whose ramifications extend over the whole of the Dominion and whose contribiß tions cannot for that reason be allocated to any particular district.

Auckland 4011 £1,985,935 Wellington 4114 £1,545,370 Christchurch 3545 £711,350 Dunedin 1596 £785,170 Invercargill 1874 £363,690 Palmerston North 1787 £267,615 Napier 1113 £221,455 New Plymouth 994 £212,795 Hamilton 1422 £210,095 Timaru 859 £180,640 Gisborne 526 £173,230 Wanganui Nelson 930 613 £171'065 £99,450 Thames 554 £88,035 Greymouth Blenheim 344 361 £56,650 £51,590 Oamaru 274 £47,050 Westport 60 National Institutions 48 £5,605 £3,240,000