SOCIETY OF ACCOUNTANTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3150, 31 July 1917, Page 3

SOCIETY OF ACCOUNTANTS

ANNUAL REPORT. Tin , annual report of the council of tho ftow Zealand Society or.' Accountants sUuws the number oi members un June, ill) to have been 17IJU, a decrease ior tho year of 35. Regret is expressed at the death in November last of Mr. Walter Kiitlierfurd, ot i'almcrstou. North, who had represented the Wellington North district on the council from the dato of its constitution as a separate district in 1911.

Curing the year s!>' more members of the society responded h> the Jiinpirc'3 cull, and joined the Expeditionary Forces, malting a total of l-W. Tlic council has been advised of tliu death on . uctive service of eight members. Tile subscriptions of all members un active service have been met by the society.

In addition to 500 guineas previously contribute! to ivar funds, tho society voted it furtlicr .£750, wiiich has been allocated by tho council us follows:— Upturned Soldiers' Tuitioi). Scheme, J"'2sO; Y.M.C.A. Nntional AV'ar Fund. J.'250; Eritish Eed Cross, 200; Salvation Army Wnr Jniml, ,i'sO. Tliu society's contributions to wi»r funds amount ( o J31275.

Members of the society throughout tho Dominion kavo during tho jxar rendered professional assistance to the Government in various ways, particularly in the auditing of patriotic and other ttrifunds.

The council inaugurated a benevolent fund in connection with the society. War bonds to the value of .SlOflfl veve purchased out o'f tho accumulated fui-d, iiiul transferred to tho credit of 1.110 benevolent fund capital account, and to this have been added individual contributions by members. The income and expenditure account of the society discloses a surplus for the year of JC3S2 Cs. 7d., am! the accumulated fund stands at £2159 03. Sd.