WELLINGTON NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 118, 29 May 1901, Page 2

WELLINGTON NEWS.

CHARITABLE AID. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Wellington, last night. The annual report of the Wellington Benevolent Trustees shows that the expenditure during the year was £5741, divided as follows : Indoor relief, £1403 ; outdoor relief, £4337. The total number of rations issued was 77,069, distributed amougst 612 persons. The orphans and deserted children boarded out in the institution and with private families numbered 55 at the beginning of the year. This number has since been reduced to 33. This gives a total of one person in every fifty-six of the population of the city receiving charitable aid. For every person in receipt of indoor relief there are seven receiving outdoor relief. The Trustees state that if a careful analysis were made of persons receiving outdoor relief, it would be found that a considerable number bear the pauper stamp. BIRTHDAY GIFT TO MRS SEDDON.

A presentation, which took the form of 40oz of West Coast gold, was made to Mrs Seddon this afternoon. To-day is Mrs Seddon’s birthday, and the present was a birthday offering from her husband’s constituents. The gift was presented by the Hon. J. G. Ward, who had been requested by the Mayor of Hokitika to act in that capacity on behalf of the electors of Westland. MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS.

The Eight Hon. R. J. Seddon and the Hon. J. G. Ward went South to-night to attend the opening of the Winter Show at Christchurch. The Premier will also make arrangements for a review of the troops to be bold during the Royal visit.