PATRIOTIC BOARD

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 86, 2 July 1943, Page 2

PATRIOTIC BOARD

FIGURES FOR EIGHT MONTHS Payments by the National Patriotic Fund Board for the. first eight months of the board's current year totalled £810,054. Receipts during this period,, which ended on May HI, amounted to £7.1.').289. Cash balances at the end. of May were £.>;>,979 m the general account and £1,1 19 in the. imprest account. The payments comprised £508,837 for general purposes, £5:1,5-19 for sick and wounded., and £193,!>(>8 on behalf of prisoners of Avar. .Expenditure from the general account on comforts for trOops overseas included £1705 for men in Eng.and, £1.'3,059 for Egypt, and £20,195 for the. forces in the Pacific. In addition the following imprests for the purchase of comforts and amenities for New Zcalanders Avere remitted overseas: £50,000 to England £01,390 to Eg\'pt; £3359 to the Pacific; £283 to Canada; £190 to Ceylon and £175 to Australia. Ingredients purchased for the manufacture of ice cream for the New Zealanders in the Middle East cost. £2178. Contributions to the London distress fund and overseas organisations during the eight months totalled £39.352. The cost, of comforts for troops in New Zealand was £8839, and the value of stock purchased for issue as required,, including overseas, was £42,470. The sum of £1893 Avas spent on the war library service. Another big item Avas £21,288 for the provision of recreation huts, marquees, etc., in respect of Avhicli an additional £113 was spent for maintenance and repairs. Grants to agents of the board in New Zealand, included £7000 to the Catholic War Services Fund Board,, £32,000 to the. Church of England Military Affairs Committee, £29,000 to the Salvation Army and £105.000 to the Y.M.C.A. The Board's admin iv-'i ration expenses totalled £1,133 14s. 9(1.