THE SPRINGBOKS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 28 April 1922, Page 2

THE SPRINGBOKS

BALANCE SHEET OF TOUR.

WELLINGTON, April 27. lne long-expected balance sheet of the Springbok tour of New Zealand was presented to the annual meeting of the **. i\ew Zealand Rugby Football Union to-night. It shows, briefly, a net profit ot £7170. The gross gate receipts amounted to some £25,000 and the net gate receipts to £17,196. Other expenses were some £10,000, leaving a net profit as stated above. In addition a sum of £500 is expected from the New South Wales Union lhe union's liabilities are £8208, and the gain for the year is £8246. Assets ""§ cash at bank, etc,, amount to £12,000, and district union's mortgages to £3775.