CHARITABLE AID.
WHAT IS SPENT IN NEW ZEALAND. Tb« official statistics regarding the payments on indoor and outdoor relief in "the Dominion during the year ending March 31st, make interesting reading. On indoor relief .£41,587 was spent; on outdoor £33.998; administration cost £l3, 273; and other expenses amounted to £15.558; making a total expenditure of £101.416. The cost in tbs principal centres was: Indoor Outdoor Relief. Relief. Otago 8070 5549 Wellington ‘VWTa.rapa ... 7378 4571 N. Canterbury-Ashburton ... 7247 48;6 Auckland 6476 3549 Hawke’s Bay-Waipawa ... 1741 763 Southland 1654 91J Wanganui-Patea ... ... 1208 432 Tbames-Coromandel ... ... 1042 853 S. Canterbury 914 1727 Taranaki 805 717 N. Auckland 779 1731 N. Otago 746 663 Nelson 739 2177 Grey 529 639 Cook ... 4;; 8 363 Waikato 426 249 Walrau 373 253 Westland ...' 209 623 Of the foregoing expenditure the Government contributed £48,862, local bodico £39.220. voluntary contributions £3972, bequests £I9G9, paymentb on account oi persons relieved £12,559, receipts from other sources £9624. The nationalities of persons in receipt of charitable aid were, principally:— No. English 744 New Zealanders 451 Irish 323 Scotch 150 Scandinavian 64 Australians 38 Germans 25 Welsh 23 American 11
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6622, 11 September 1908, Page 9
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187CHARITABLE AID. New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6622, 11 September 1908, Page 9
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