The. London. qorresppndent.;of the Post i ( writing on 13th March) tells us that Mr Herbert Hoover, who has been- administering tho relief funds m -Belgiupi on, behalf of America, describes the American contributions as having been "pitifully inadequate." Ha, says the Unjteid States has made a clear profit of £6,000,000 '0ut of supplying food: etc.. f or .Belgium, bufcyhas subscribed oiilv £1,8801000 to the Relief Fund. The sultscriptions of the world amount to £50,000,000. of which £30,000,000 has been spent m the States. Tasmania has sent to Belgium 6.53 dollars per head of population, New Zealand 1.98 dollars, Australia 1.25 dollars, Canada 28 cents, Britain 18 cents, the United States under 9 cents 1 per head.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14285, 30 April 1917, Page 5
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