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new Zealand national patriotic fund board— continued Balance-sheet as at 30th September, 1945 Liabilities £ Assets £ Accumulated funds for all purposes— £ Convalescent homes and hospitals : Land, buildings, furniture, Balance, Ist October, 1944 665,069 and equipment . 50 707 Add surplus from Income and Expenditure Recreational huts in New Zealand (residual value) .. .. 18! 328 Account - 268,349 Launch: Rotorua .. .. .. .. .. 1738 Balance, 30th September, 1945 933,418 Furniture and equipmentSick and Wounded Reserve .. .. .. .. 400,000 Joint Council .... - 63? P Sa • Allied Services Club " 978 B.M.A. War Services Funds .. .. .. .. 2 ,496 Offices and stores .. .. .. .. .. 1289 Commercial Travellers and Warehousemen's Association Investments: Fixed deposits and New Zealand Government Un ~\ V. 9 > 281 " stock— JNlew Zealand Sheepowners Acknowledgment of Debt to General Fund .. .. .. .. .. 80 235 British Seamen .. .. 8,945 Held against Sick and Wounded Reserve .. .. 363! 015 Helenßoss (derasd) Estete 5,389 Held in trust 26 Nations Appea! .. .. .. .. 2 4,687 Helen Ross (deceased) Estate " 3,900 Pohsh Children s Camp Committee .. .. .. 35 Investments : First mortgage, Helen Ross (deceased) Estate.. 782 Miscellaneous deposits . . .. .. .. 577 Sundry debtorsSundry creditors, New Zealand and overseas .. .. 143,563 New Zealand and overseas .. .. .. .. 108 769 unexpended portion of New Zealand Government grant Provincial Patriotic Councils for quotas .. .. .. 35!216 towards expenditure on prisoners of war .. .. 701 Accrued interest .. .. .. 3 129 Stocks of comforts in hand or in transit .. .. .. 218, 166 Remittances in transit .. .. .. . . .. 15 5 885 Cash in hand and in bank, 30th September, 1945 . . .. 363,039 Cash in hands of agents, 30th September, 1945 .. .. 263,258 £1,529,092 £1,529,092 Contingent Assets : Salvage of buildings, furnishings, radios, &c., supplied to clubs and to Army, Navy, and Air Force units in New Zealand and overseas. Note.— Rent of premises and salaries of staff, of the National Patriotic Fund Board are met from the Public Account. A. H. Gibson, Acting Secretary and Treasurer. I hereby certify that the Receipts and Payments Account, Income and Expenditure Account, and Balance-sheet have been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly state the position as disclosed thereby.— J. P. Rutherford, Controller and Auditor-General. Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given ; printing (720 copies), £27 10s.

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