PATRIOTIC BOARD

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 78, 25 June 1943, Page 4

PATRIOTIC BOARD

FIGURES FOR EIGHT MONTHS Payments by the National Patriotic Fund Board for the first eight months of the board’s current year totalled £816,054. Receipts during this period, which ended on 31st May, amounted to £755,289. Cash balances at the end of May were £55,979 in the general account and £1149 in the imprest account. The payments comprised £568.837 for general purposes, £53,549 for sick and wounded, and £193,668 on behalf of prisoners of war. Expenditure from the general account on comforts for troops overseas included £4705 lor men in England, £13.059 for Egypt and £20,195 for the forces in the Pacific. In addition the following imprests for the purchase of comforts and amenities for New Zealanders were remitted overseas—£so,ooo to England, £61,390 to Egypt, £3359 to the Pacific, £283 to Canada. £l9O to Ceylon, and £175 to Australia. Ingredients purchased for the manufacture of ice cream for the New Zealanders in the Middle East cost £2478. Contributions to the London distress fund and overseas organisations during the eight months totalled £39,352 The cost of comforts for troops in New Zealand was £8839. and the value of stock purchased for issue as required, including overseas, was £42.476. The sum of £1893 was spent on the war library service. Another big item was £24.288 for the provision of recreation huts, marquees, etc., in respect of which an additional £143 was spent for maintenance and repairs. Grants to agents of the board in New Zealand included £7OOO to the Catholic War Services Fund Board, £32,000 to the Church of England Military Affairs Committee. £29.000 to the Salvation Army, and £105,000 to the Y.M.C.A The board’s administration expense* totalled £1133 14 s 9d.