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Table V. —Showing Departmental Expenditure and Loans authorized (all Services) on Rehabilitation for Year ended 31st March, 1946, and to Date

Table VI.-Showing Rate of Demobilization of Ex-servicemen and Ex-servicewomen to 31st March, 1946

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Item. To 31st March, 1945, from Outset. Year ended 31st March, 1946. To Date from Outset. £ ' £ £ Administration expenses 268,057 294,571 562,628 Educational facilities, including books, tuition fees, and subsis31,924 88,779 120,703 tence allowances Farm training, including fees and subsistence allowances at 18,168 56,239 74.407 approved agricultural colleges and training farms and subsidies to approved employers Training of blinded servicemen 869 19,900 20,769 Grants to Disabled Servicemen's Re-establishment League .. 11,678 40,524 52,202 Land and building, Vocational Training Centres 70,207 19,355 89,562 Plant, machinery, and equipment 4,376 420 4,796 Purchase of artificial-limb factory 6,174 570 6,744 Special grants to ex-servicemen 10,155 7,679 17,834 Special grants to Returned Services' Association 18,341 18,341 Therapeutic employment for ex-servicemen 10,024 6,786 16,810 Trade training— Centres operated by Rehabilitation Department (includes 266,688 416,249 682,937 establishment and operational charges, trainees' wages, separation allowances and travelling-expenses, tools, plant, and equipment) Private firms and Disabled Servicemen's Re-establishment 88,744 145,584 234,328 League (includes subsidies to employers and separation allowances) Travelling-expenses of ex-servicemen, including fares, furniture 8,304 11,108 19,412 removals, and loss of earnings Miscellaneous 668 2,028 2,696 Rehabilitation allowances. 354,127 65,130 419,257 Loans (farms, business, housing, tools of trade, furniture, &c.) .. 6,507,574 11,786,592 18,294,166 Purchase of lands for settlement, development, and other 1,543,125 2,695,659 4,238,784 expenses in connection therewith Totals 9,200,862 15.675,514 24,87(5.376

Date. Ex-overseas. Ex Home Service. Total. To 31st July, 1940 29 s 29 31st December, 1940 112 112 31st March, 1941 .. 833 833 30th June, 1941 1,220 Figures 1,220 30th September, 1941 1,591 > not 1,591 31st December, 1941 2,565 1' available 2,565 31st March, 1942 .. 3,478 i 3,478 30th June, 1942 .. 4,536 1 4,536 30th September, 1942 5,167 J 5,167 31st December, 1942 6,246 9,223 15,469 31st March, 1943 .. 7,847 11,447 19,294 30th June, 1943 .. 9,093 13,513 22,606 30th September, 1943 11,866 15,790 27,656 31st December, 1943 17,173 17,470 34,643 31st March, 1944 .. 22,535 20,121 42,656 30th June, 1944 .. 25,364 21,762 47,126 30th September, 1944 29,986 23,943 53,929 31st December, 1944 35,079 25,468 60,547 31st March, 1945 .. 41,009 27,666 68,675 30th June, 1945 .. 49,273 29,112 78,385 30th September, 1945 63,971 34,686 98,657 31st December, 1945 84,697 41,399 126,096 31st March, 1946 .. 106,989 44.411 151.400