PATRIOTIC FUNDS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25827, 24 April 1945, Page 8

PATRIOTIC FUNDS

THIS YEAR'S REQUIREMENTS HOW THE MONEY IS SPENT The amount required by the Otago Provincial Patriotic Council for all patriotic purposes up to September 30 of this year is £75,000. This sum includes Otago’s percentage of the Dominion total of £573,400 required by the National Patriotic Fund Board, plus the Otago Provincial Patriotic Council’s direct expenditure requirements of £24,139. The requirements have been calculated as follows: — Expenditure by National Patriotic Fund Board on General Patriotic Purposes: On troops overseas—- £ United Kingdom 30,000 Middle East 75,000 Pacific 70,000 Canada .. .. 1 300 India 5,000 Australia 5,000 Sundry units 3,000 Reinforcements .. .. .... 3,000 Naval units and overseas seamen 2,000 Repatriated prisoners of war 50,000 Per expending agents— Air Force Relations 1,000 Catholic War Services .. .. 2,000 Church Army 3,000 Salvation Army 2,000 Y.M.C.A .. .. 15,000 N.Z. Lady Galway Guild .. 100 Troops in New Zealand .. .. 30,000 .Wool for knitting into comforts 7,500 Administration expenses .. .. 2,500 Expenses of appeals 4,000 Contingencies 100,000 Relief of distress overseas .. .. 100,000 Amount to be Paid Over to Joint Council , of St. John and Red Cross £ For expenditure on sick and wounded — In hospitals overseas, in hosSitals in New Zealand, in ospltal ships, in convalescent depots 00,000 For prisoners of war purposes— Tobacco for prisoners of war 50,000 Prisoner-of-war books, inquiry . bureau, and sundries .. ~ 20,000 640,400 Less estimated credits and realisations 67,000 Total requirement for expenditure by National Patriotic Fund Board and Joint Council of St. John Ambulance Association and New Zealand Red Cross Society £573,400 Otago’s Proportion £ Otago Province’s proportion of total 50,861 Otago Patriotic Council’s estimated requirements for direct expenditure— Gift parcels (less sales tax refunds) 10,250 Wool and other items for comforts and Incidental expenses 250 Services’ clubs, amenities, reception and hospitality to servicemen and merchant navy -• ">s°o Operational expenses, including zbne imprest accounts and administration .. .. 1,500 Addition to Services and Dependents’ Relief and Postwar Welfare Fund .... .. 9,639 Amount required from Otago Province before September 30, 1945 £75,000 Zone Quotas The collection of the £75,000 required by the Otago Provincial Patriotic Council has been apportioned, in accordance with an agreed to percentage, to the various zones and sub-zones of the province as follows: Metropolitan Zone .. .. 47,984 North O f ago Zone .. . 9-575 South Otago Zone .. .. 7,500 Tuapeka Zone 3,442 Vincent Zone ■ 2 >°7“ Manlctoto Zone 1-920 Lake Zone 1-907 £75,000 The Metropolitan Sub-zone allocations are as follows:—Dunedin-St. Kllda £38,000, Talerl £3530, Waikoualti £1917, Palmerston £1125, Port Chalmers £995, Green Island £917, West Harbour £750, Peninsula £7so;—total, £47,984.