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PATRIOTIC SOCIETY FUNDS. AMOUNTS COLLECTED, DISBURSED, AND HELD BY SOCIETIES AT 31st MARCH, 1917, AND STATEMENT RESPECTING ADMINISTRATION; TOGETHER WITH STATEMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS IN MONEY AND GOODS FORWARDED THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT.

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Summary. War Funds collected by the Patriotic Societies of New Zealand up to the 31st March, 1917, the Amounts disbursed, and the Funds held by Societies at that Date for Future Disbursement and Administration, compiled from Returns furnished by Societies to the War Funds Office of the Internal Affairs Department under the Provisions of the War Funds Act, 1915.

In addition to the amount collected by societies as shown in the summary, there have been large sums sent in to the Government from private donors and from the result of special collections, so that the actual cash collections recorded to the 31st March, 1917, were as follows :— £ Collected by societies as per summary ... ... ... ... 2,509,188 Eeceived by the Department of Internal Affairs for transmission abroad, hospital ships, New Zealand sick and wounded, and other special purposes (over and above amounts forwarded by Patriotic Societies) ... ... ... ... ..". 240,319 Donated at the outbreak of the war to the New Zealand Government towards war expenses and special objects ... ... 159,137 Donated to the National War Funds Council ... ... ... 15,330 Dominion schools contribution to Belgian Children's Fund ... 18,3(54 Total amount of moneys collected... ... ... 2,942,338 Value of contributions of goods, stock, produce, &c, of which the Department of Internal Affairs had been notified .. ... 298,335 Government contribution and subsidy to Belgian relief ... ... 228,145 Total contribution in money and goods notified to Department ... ... ... ... £3,468,818 NOTE.— Slonejs and goods contributed by private individuals or institutions and forward, d direct are not ascertainable. 30th August, 1917. J. HISLOP, Under-Secretary of Internal Affairs. Approximate. Cost of I'ttper. Preparation, not given; printing {1,1150 copies), £-J.

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Provincial District. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Marlborough Nelson .. Wesiland Canterbury Otago Southland Defunct societies H ' O t Sis "»45 ~ o 5, £ o " oQ.2 -HtnQ o D £ £ .. 600,825 33,460 166,261 3,714 79,439 2,218 .. 637,944 20,713 44,726 ■ 981 j 47,370 1,301 25,274 404 486,728 19,451 .. 305,820 29,948 89,086 1,454 25,715 16 H,-a!g o'-'agOH! a_.s s«s»Sg B !o £ £ 20,186 40,297 18,623 ! 13,415 5,018 7,897 11.988 113,765 771 7,821 5,189 3,721 3,971 2,443 1,059 47,313 0,914 19,450 2,052 4,324 628 2,234 £ 54,709 5,052 14,158 32,751 0,909 1,200 7,702 109,898 79,529 8,768 2,449 H a | H £ 11,159 1,150 2,980 15,955 161 499 CO 9 < u « 6 £ 26,575 9,576 2,399 10,539 2,605 463 1,019 30,108 15,679 1,012 5,282 I £ 7,582 1,072 1,397 21,462 371 794 1,308 9,879 3", 555 1,277 777 ri B 01 .s« * s .2 ft a 1 ■a din fl <g o « « £ 400,851 112,453 43,372 380,771 •.'5,107 34,148 8,368 253,297 137,750 72,637 36 15,123 12,995 2,562 14,293 Total .. .. 2,509,188 113,726 76,998 292,680 1318,785 76,883 105,257 50,074 1,474,785 I