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An expression of thanks is due to the other members of the Board for their valuable assistance and helpful advice which was so freely given and which was a very material factor in ensuring the successful operation of the scheme. During the war period the time devoted to meetings necessarily entailed considerable personal sacrifice by all. In particular, the -members of the Executive Committee were required to attend meetings twice each week for a long period for the purposes of considering the individual applications in detail. Finally, the Board desires to place on record its appreciation of the work of both the office and field staffs of the Corporation, who carried out the whole of the work of investigating and reporting on the 24,000-odd applications for assistance and the 25,000-odd subsequent reviews, as well as the large volume of work involved in making regular payments based on the Board's decisions. A. D. Park, Chairman.

Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given ; printing (780 copies, £52 10s.)

By Authority: E. V. Paul, Government Printer, Wellington. —1946.

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