THE VETERANS' HOME.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 657, 6 November 1909, Page 14

THE VETERANS' HOME.

1 The .Board of <3overnors of the Veterans' Home, Aucldand, : 'hcdd their , annual meeting it . Government House yesterdays his Excellency the Govornor (Lord Plunket)-presiding. There TOre alstrpreseni—Sir "Joseph Ward,'; Colonel K.-J. Collins, the,'Hon..E. Mitchelson, Mr. H-. C:' Tewsley, and' Sir rWiltiam Bu6seU (Secretary). ' ; :. ; ;Acodrdrng ',to lV tne. annual report, the. annual cost" per, Jiead.por week - for..'upkeep is .128, 3}d„' as ; against 12b. ,U. - last year. ./.The; aun v 'of.. the'; •institution make the -.home'-a?: n&rly ,'6elf-1 -asi'p'ossible,''Vand,;theiinmates', are. expec'teifto' .contribute.. .The;highest: conoiW-!fira-ainbMted/ito:l2s. .per, week, l andithelwest' •to. ss.' ■- The .committers Km .great • hopes that a 'sum .of.' r ißsP.O "as'. Government subsidy' . will: be, placed ,on; the' Estimates this /year. 'i, . .'.•. ,There are at prcseirt.43 .inniaios.in tho home,! their, ,ages .ranging [hem, 63* to r.9i' : years. / They aire, classified (by their .' medals)' ,as':i follows Siege/of .Acre,; 18-iQ, . 2 .weimrs';:''Criiriean, -s;' tonoto,' seryicO/i'2 /-''long serviio' and/ good' con-. ilact, ;4; Indian Mutiny, 10 j and. Ashanti,' Baliio,-.Afghani. .Egypt' aid .Star,- .one'' representative' each;' V V.';--.' '. : ; ;. The.; ba^ance-sliset' for .'.the,.; year ended June; SO - last; snbwa a. debit l balance of ilsl' 105.:.5 d. t A^ts : -,i£15,208; 3s;, as against- X 14,378 -last year. .'A?6Um '.o£ -27300 .is represented,by. ;New :■ Zealand/securities.. Landiandbuildingaroeet down;-at i;GGo2ll.s. Gd., ar.d furniture and,fittings at\£92l. : ' Under th'o heading revenue account;, disburseme'n'ts . : aro -"gi,ven. at .'i 1939 Is.' 9d., as agains£;v6lß62'last .year.,- In: addition- to the ,£7BOO invested'.funds,, a .sum of' .£SOO donated by a'- lady supporter : ig /invested- m. the. names M , i'Hoh.';E.,'Mitchelsonv.and ■Mr.' .E./B.i Russell; as',trustees,'; ; The in'como, derived-from this has,';by;:.deed;of ; trust, ••t<j , ..the' credit..ofthe hoirte'so-doiig''na.it 'oc)iitinneß to exist; ,Of..the,.'above .sum' X3oo* bears interest at the rale ;of 5i vper cent; ; and i2DO at ~4 -per cent. ~,,, Since - the- Jaat . balance-shoot-..0f --1808 was issued, J2500 was bequeathed to the home by the; latoyMr.sKno.v, Auckland Gas Company's shares, to the valna of<£2o2, have boeo recervod since June 30,;. 1909; and; gas, Bhares. to the value of will be handed. over ,by the Knox, trusteos'iii'July, lflio. . . ; The , adoption , ofthe report and balancesheet'was agreed:'to, and nis Excolloncy the Governor was elootcd president for the ensuing year- .