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2. The amounts shown on the statement do not include many other cash contributions which have been distributed other than through the High Commissioner, nor do they include the value of gifts in kind. I have, &c, LIVERPOOL The Right Hon. A. Bonar Law, P.G., &c, Governor. Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Enclosure. List of Nf.w Zealand Contmbi tions to War Funds fob June, 1015. To the National Committee for Relief in Belgium— i; a . d. Monthly contribution from Mew Zealand Government ... ... 15,000 0 0 From Otago ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4,000 0 0 From Wairarapa ... ... ... ... ... . .. ... 400 0 (\ From Westland Belgian .Relief Committee ... ... ... ... 5,000 (I 0 From Christchurch Branch, Poor of Great Britain, Ireland, and Belgian Relief Fund ... ... ... ... ... 5,000 0 0 To the Minister of Serbia and Montenegro jointly : From Wairarapa Committee... 500 0 0 To the Minister of Serbia : From various contributors throughout the Dominion... 407 II '~ To the Minister of Montenegro : From various contributors throughout the Dominion ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 8 0 For comforts for New Zealand wounded soldiers— From Wairarapa Committee ... ... ... ... ... 65 0 0 From Otago Daily Time* ... ... ... ... ... ... 2,478 12 6 From various contributors throughout the Dominion ... ... ... 192 17 0 For comforts for New Zealand wounded soldiers at the Dardanelles ; From Kin Toa Hockey Club, Dannerirke ... ... ... ... ... 120 loo For comforts for New Zealand wounded soldiers in Egypt : From A. W. FullertonSmith, Marton ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 20 0 0 For comforts for New Zealand wounded soldiers in Egypt and Malta : From Lawrence Patriotic Committee ... ... ... ... ... 14 10 6 For cigarettes and tobacco for New Zealand wounded : From Wanganui Citizens' Committee ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 00 0 0 For relief of our Allies, at discretion of High Commissioner : From Southland Farmers' Union ... ... ... ... ... ... 200 0 0 To Widows and. Orphans in England Fund : From Te Kuiti Patriotic League ... 21 8 0 For relief of Belgians in England : From Keening Star, Dunedin ... ... 147 0 0 For Belgian orphaned ohildren in England : From Evening Star, Dunedin ... •'! 0 0 For British and Belgian relief. From various contributors throughout the Dominion ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .'!2 17 0 For the Prince of Wales's Fund— From Patea Patriotic League ... ... ... ... ... (,4,'i' (i .'i From various contributors throughout the Dominion ... ... ... 205 I o For British Wounded Fund : From Wanganui British Food Fund ... ... 6 10 0 For British Food Fund : From Wanganui British Food Fund ... ... 103 2 8 For Polish Relief Fund: From Lawrence Patriotic Committee ... ... 2 (i (i For British Trawlers Relief Fund: From Wanganui British Food Fund ... 3 0 0 For Queen Mary's Fund: From Wanganui British Food Fund ... ... 2 2 (i For payment to Headquarters, Red Cross Society. London — From Fairlie-Mackenzie County ... ... ... ... ... 220 o o From Ashburton Borough Council ... ... ... ... ... 25 o o For payment to British Red Cross Fund for Wounded Soldiers and Sailors : From Tariki Horticultural Society ... ... ... ... ... 7:! 12 1(1 For King Albert's Orphan Fund : From Auckland Belgian Relief Association ... 5,000 0 0 Total ... ... ... £40.:i12 17 0

No. 17. New Zealand, No. 155. Sir, — Government House, Wellington, 18th August, 1915. With reference to previous correspondence on the subject of the importation into the United States of America of meat and meat products from this Dominion, I have the honour to state that T am informed by my Prime Minister