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1943 NEW ZEALAND

KING GEORGE THE FIFTH MEMORIAL FUND BOARD (ANNUAL REPORT AND STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS OF THE KING GEORGE THE FIFTH MEMORIAL FUND BOARD) FOR THE PERIOD 1st APRIL., 1942, TO 31st MARCH, 1943

Presented in -pursuance of Section 19 of the King George the Fifth Memorial Fund Act, 1938

During the year the Board held meetings in Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, and visited the permanent and secondary camps in the South Island where the Fund has borne the cost of erecting buildings or making alterations to existing buildings. The Board found the buildings and equipment well cared for by the-executives vested with the control and management, and as a result of a representation from the Roxburgh Management Committee authorized expenditure for ground improvements to provide a suitable setting for the buildings. A further demand for war purposes was made in respect ol the Board s property at Gisborne, and by handing over this property the Wellington district was left without a camp. Satisfactory arrangements were made with the Education Department for the use of the Department's property at Hokio Beach, Levin, to provide a summer camp for children requiring urgent treatment. Owing to the urgency of the national emergency defence building programme, the Building Controller declined the Board's application for authority to proceed with the building of camps at Auckland and Taupo. The Board regrets to record the death of Mr. C. J. Talbot, a valuable and sympathetic member since the inception of the Board. The Receipts and Payments Account, Income and Expenditure Account, and Balance-sheet as at the 31st March, 1943, are annexed hereto. A. H. Nordmeyer, Chairman. E. A. Dobbie, Secretary. sth August, 1943.