THE PRO-BLACKS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13723, 13 April 1908, Page 7

THE PRO-BLACKS.

BALANCE SHEET OF THE TOUR ACTUAL PROFIT, £6279. [FROM OUR OWjf CIJItRBSroSDEST.] ' London; March : 6. <■' '• It was not. intended Hint the balance-slit# of the New Zoalanders' recent football tour, should become public property, but it, ha*,, nevertheless found its way into print, and > its tails make interesting rending.. Here-., are tho figures an given : — RECEIPTS. £ ». a. ~ Gate receipts— Sydney ... ... 437 11 }< Ceylon y) (I (1 England and Wales ... 8,838 J: "4 Acrobat 4 (I 0 Fines from members 32 CI 0 Interest on, unpaid contributions tii capital account ... ... ... 114 0, 0 38a\jk interest, less charges ... 27 16 10 , £9,493 10 • &' EXPENSES. Ocean travelling ... 1,125 4 7 Hallway travelling 429 ,'l 0 Hotel exponnes 1,371 M 0 Gratuities 63 !) 3 Uniform {fears. etc 64 8-1 Medical attendance 74 7 , l Organising expenses 40 I) 0 Cables, postage, etc 36 4 3 Sundry payments 5 17 6 Auditors fees ... 4 4 0 Weekly allowance to members '22 weeks at £29 per week 638 "0 0 Divisible jfirotlt 5,641 4 6 £9,493 10 i It was arranged that during tho tour the, members should draw £1 per week for ax- . penned* That for 22 weeks n mounted to £638. Afterward tliero was £5641 loft for division. Tlio actual profit on the tour,* : therefore, up to the time of leaving England v was £6279. This means that each member of the touring party received £194, which, with tho £22 already drawn, made his share into £216. The " interest" on unpaid contributions to capital account" is explained by the fact that the whole of the 29 who constituted tho party were auppoawi to contribute £50 each toward the capital account, those who were short of that amount w«re charged interest on the difference. . Commenting on the subject, "Old Khor." of tho Yorkshire Post, observe*: "I funcy this is the last balance-sheet of the kind wr shall see. Any future tour, f»i?her of New;. Xo»landers or Australians. ought certainly, to bo under the control of a properly eonstitted authority."