FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14480, 15 December 1917, Page 8

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

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3441 GRANTS TOTALLING £117,578 A YEAR. * ' ■' * ' '•'" ■•"■''.■• ''■ ■!'>.-■ ..'■ "

The progress report of the Soldiers' Financial Assistance -Board- (PV vthe :■ period concluding November 30ttf lastj shows that during; the past month 531 applications, ihcl'uflin^-. 109 reconsidered ca^es, were dealt with. Of these,"249 were withdrawn or '.,»dec]ined, ' 19, were deferred for further! ihidrnktion irom the, : applicants, 663 grants ( <iy,ere made. Of the 1912 applications received during the month, 223 were not.sub- ' mitted to the board owing to lack of information! Twenty-one; meetings^f <the boar' 3 we're "held m November, and to date the board has h<jld 162' meetings m all, and has considered 6004-"appilcatibhs, including 795, re-considered cases. The actual number of jieW cases submitted is 5209. Of s the,, cases m connection ■with^ which a > grant "Kas^been made are 'awaiting verification of the applications, and when certified-they will - be .. jpasspd for payment. ; tfha. 32 cases by.jjth^ bpard>io'r ftirther information . -wiijiw be re-sis>mitted bii . jeceip.^l^;- the: teqMi&d paittciil^ra.., ;, ":.>-t;o- "■'\n''-- ,' .Tho\, MVni4ter , for §>r . Janlei : Allfenj ,' approved' of grants m 782. "cases m . Novfemb'ei', the total an- ; njual value.- represented b^ing £27,289, includinß. 35 additional- grants to £807 ananually. This makes across [total to date of 3441 grants;'representing ran expenditure of £117i573 a year.