ALMOST £51,000,000

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 54, 16 July 1947, Page 6

ALMOST £51,000,000

MONEY AUTHORISED Rising by almost £2,000,000 during May, rehabilitation authorisations for all purposes reached £50,951,912 by the end of that month. The passing of the £50,000,000 was marked by a month in which loan authorisations to ex-servicemen for farms, houses, businesses, furniture, tools of trade and other miscellaneous purposes showed no signs of a declining demand, but on the contrary displayed an upward trend of more than £200,000 on the figure for April. Loan figures by the end of May were brought to £38,178,085. Moneys authorised for the purchase and development of land for the settlement of ex-servicemen rose noticeably by £340,000 to reach £6,443,159. Authorisations for the rehabilitation of .Maori ex-servicemen through the special finance committee increased from £389,650 to £415,037; but this does not include authorisations made for Maoris who have sought their rehabilitation 7 ' assistance through the ordinary channels open to Pakeha and Maori alike. The smallest increase, and one which was favourably commented upon at the monthly meeting of the Rehabilitation Board, was that in Rehabilitation allowances. This amounted to only £24 for the month and brought the total value of allowances so far authorised to £431,656.

Of the remainder of the £51,000,000,. there was £2,518,574 for trade training, centres, £1,217,657 for train-., ing ex-servicemen in trade on subsidy with private employers, and for training the disabled; £1,150,395 for educational assistance granted to aid ex-servicemen in their careers; £367,929 for training men in farming; £99,260 in grants and loans to the Disabled Servicemen’s Reestablishment League; £40,815 for the care and training of blinded exservicemen; £34,902 for the payment of travelling and' removal expenses to ex-servicemen; £24,944 for the care and training of ex-servicemen in light occupations; and £1458 for payment of exchange on overseas separation allowances.