STATE SUBSIDY
TOTAL SUM OF £150,000 ALLOCATION ANNOUNCED NELSON TO RECEIVE £3164 ONE POUND FOR THREE POUNDS i United Press Association) WELLINGTON. Bth December. The sum of £150,000 made available by the Government by a subsidy of £1 for £3 on money contributed locally for the cost of approved provincial, district and local memorials and celebrations is to be allocated to the various provincial areas on a population basis. Following the adoption of a recommendation on these lines by the National Centennial Council in Wellington to-day, the Under-Secretary of Internal Affairs, Mr J. W. Heenan, reported that if this proposal were adopted the allocation w'ould be as follows:—
Totals 1.587.211 £150.000 The Taranaki proposal and the basis of allocation were approved No centennial project which is to be financed by the raising of a loan will be eligible for the subsidy.
District Population Allocation Auckland 520.340 £49.178 East Coast 35,130 3.320 Hawkes Bav . 77.000 7.333 Taranaki 78.400 7.409 Wellington 319.800 30.223 Marlborough 19.700 1.803 Nelson 33.500 3.168 Westland 40.600 3.836 Canterbury 230.535 22.543 Otago 150.700 14.242 Southland 72.900 0.889
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 10 December 1938, Page 8
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