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Assistance authorized — £ s. d. Year ended 31st March, 1941 .. .. 43,092 6 9 Year ended 31st March, 1942 .. .. 149,081 16 10 Year ended 31st March, 1943 .. .. 350,204 3 7 Year ended 31st March, 1944 .. .. 197,778 14 0 Year ended 31st March, 1945 .. ... 127,505 18 0 Year ended 31st March, 1946 .. .. 62,557 1 9 £930,220 0 11 Actual amount paid over— £ s. d. Year ended 31st March, 1941 .. .. 20,243 1 0 Year ended 31st March, 1942 .. .. 58,941 13 2 Year ended 31st March, 1943 .. .. 270,072 10 3 Year ended 31st March, 1944 .. .. 212,668 16 0 Year ended 31st March, 1945 .. .. 131,936 17 11 Year ended 31st March, 1946 .. .. 69,736 7 0 £763,599 5 4 Applications other than new applications submitted for review or reconsideration on account of changes in circumstances : Year ended 31st March, 1941 .. .. .. 497 Year ended 31st March, 1942 .. .. .. 1,772 Year ended 31st March, 1943 .. .. .. 6,4.79 Year ended 31st March, 1944 .. .. .. 8,639 Year ended 31st March, 1945 .. .. .. 5,108 Year ended 31st March, 1946 .. .. .. 2,697 25,192 Management Expenses As will be indicated from the summary given in the preceding portion of this report, the work involved in the initial investigation and review of applications assumed very considerable proportions, the volume of correspondence alone being particularly heavy, and had it not been for the fact that full use was made of the organization and facilities of the State Advances Corporation the management expenses connected with the operation of the Board during its six years of activity would have been considerably more than was actually the case. The figures year by year are as follows : £ s. d. Year ended 31st March, 1941 . . .. 5,145 19 4 Year ended 31st March, 1942 .. .. 10,437 6 5 Year ended 31st March, 1943 .. .. 30,700 9 1 Year ended 31st March, 1944 .. .. 18,345 110 Year ended 31st March, 1945 .. .. 11,735 16 0 Year ended 31st March, 1946 .. .. 7,080 0 0 £83,444 12 8

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