PATRIOTIC FUNDS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2454, 6 May 1915, Page 3

PATRIOTIC FUNDS

* : TREASURY RECEIPTS TOTAL TO MARCH 31 £237,267 * Below ,is given an official statement of the amounts received by the Treasury from August, 1914, to March 31, 1915, for the various funds, also the amounts receivad during last month:— BELGIUM RELIEF FUND. Value Amount of goods' in cash, in kind. £ £ Auckland (including donations from Plunket Nurses and Victoria League)... 41,723 31,000 Dunedin 18,763 6,950 Southland 6,000 1,000 The Mayor of Wellington ....: 700 — The Mayor of Christchurch 840 — Wellington and Canterbury • (including Marlborough, Westland, Hawke's Bay, Taranaki, and Gisborne districts) ... 37,35S , 26,000 Belgian Consul, Wellington 24,350 — •Belgian Consul, Christchurch 5,236 50 •Total 132,972 65,000 UNITED KINGDOM. . Value of goods Cash., inkind. £ £ Auckland 3,600 — Dunedin 5,053 — Southland 1,000 1,000 Wellington aiid Canterbury 28,642 —

38,295 1,000 Grand total, £237,267. SUMMARY OF APRIL CONTRIBUTIONS. £ Serbian Relief Fund 104 4 9 Belgian Relief Fund 19,083 16 6 Montenegrin and' Serbian Relief Funds (jointly.... 1,510 0 0 Belgian Refugees' ■ Food Fund 100 0 0 N.Z. Expeditionary Forces' Red Cross Fund 7 0 0 Allies' Motor Ambulance Fund 165 9 7 Allies' Relief Fund 250 0 0 Red Cross Fund 37 7 7 .Widows' and Orphans' in England Fund 21 8 0 Relief of Belgians in England Fund 115 0 0 "Beehive" Fund 25 0 0 British Food Fund 403 2 8 Total/ £21,822 9 1 The contributions received by the Order of St. John in New Zealand from August, 1914, to March 31", 1915, totalled £4925,. of which £2909 was in cash and £2043 in kind. Collected by Her Excellency the Countess:, of Liverpool from .the. women of New Zealand, in response to Her Majesty the Queen's appeal:—7l36 pairs of socks and 4448 belts. RELIEF OF POOR IN BELGIUM.. The following sums were received by the Government during the month of April :— £ 8. d. Auckland Province ' 19-17 10 11 Taranaki 1509 0 0 Hawke's Bay 252 0 0 Wellington (towards which Wanganui contributed ' £2006 lis. 7d.) 4128 19 6 Marlborough 82 5 8 Nelson 239 0 0 Westland '. 230 19 2 Canterbury 666 7 6 Otago 8762 11 5 Southland 794 0 0 Chatham Islands 117 2 4 Samoa 300 0 0 Total 19,083 16 6 Servian Relief Fund. —Manaia Gun Club, £5 ss. 6d.; Wanganui British Food Fund, £98 19s. 3d.; total, £104 4s. 9d. Montenegrin and Servian Relief Funds (jointly).—Miss N. Johnston, Fcatherston, £10; Wairarapa Branch, Poor of Great Britain, Ireland, • and Belgium Relief Fund Committee, £1500; total £1510.

Belgian Refugees Food Fund.—Wairarapa Branch, Poor of Great Britain, Ireland, and Belgium Relief Fund Committee, £100.

N.Z. Expeditionary Forces Red Cross Fund.—Sir. W. H. Field, M.P. (on behalf of fivo little girls at Te Horo), £7. . Allies' Motor Ambulance FundSouthland League, £165 9s. 7d. Allies' Relief Fund. —N.Z. Farmers' Union (Southland Provincial Branch), £250. Red Cross Fund.—Te Kuiti Patriotic Fund, £37 7s. 7d. Widows' and Orphans' in England Fund.—Te Kuiti Patriotic Fund, £21 Bs. Relief of Belgians in England Fund.— "Evening Star," Dunedin, -collection, £115. "Beehive" Fund.—"Evening Star," Duuedin, collections, £25. British Food Fund.—Wanganui Brit, ish Food Fund, £403 2s. Bd. MAYOR'S WAR DISTRESS FUND. £ s. d. Amount previously acknowledged :.. 3567 9 7 "A.M." 0 10 0 "A.V.H." 0 10 0 ' £3568 9 7 MAYOR'S (NEW) BELGIAN FUND. £ s. d. Amount previously acknowledged 1954 15 9 F. W. Rowley 7 0 0 Trentliam Canteen Proprietor (Mr. Casey) and Staff, also J. Fowler and J. Lyle 9 0 0 Per Levin Ladies' Committee: Military Sports Proceeds (including donation from officers and men of 6th Regiment) ; . 37 17 6 Football Match, 6th Regiment v. Levin 10 0 0 Collection at Intercession Service, Levin Park ... 6 811 Mrs. Jorgensen (monthly instalment) 1 0 0 Wellington Freezing Works Employees' Industrial Union ....;; .25 0 0 Telegraph Workshop, P. and T. Stores (4th instalment) 2 2 0 £2053 i 2 "THE DOMINION" LIST. £ s. d. Previously acknowledged 24,824 2 10 G.P.R., Masterton 2 0 0 Employees Te Aro House, Drapery Co. (7th donation) 17 0 W. Remlap (further donation) 10 0 Total 24,828 9 10 A MONTHLY DONATION. (By TeleeraDh.—l-resp Association.) Dannevirke, May 5. The County Council has rlrcidcd to make a monthly donation of £L'o to the TVS r rnlipf funds.