"QUICK MARCH"

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10608, 5 June 1920, Page 10

"QUICK MARCH"

A FINANCIAL SUCCESS. "Quick March." tho official monthly publication of the N.Z.K.y.A.,is a successlul joui-nal, according to a repori submitted to the delegates to. the annual ooniea-ence oi the association. Ibis return state-d,: —"Hie balance-shoet shows a not proiiti of £307 7b id, alte-r pluciua anouiier iIUO to the. aubschption reserve account. Though, tins is less than tho pro-ht shown oa tlio iirat year's workmir, it must nevertheless be considered highly satisfactory since, ooiMa-ary to ©xpectationji, tho general cost ot produouon has mereast*i and not lessened. That the journal has succeeded'i-emaxkaoly must be conceded when it is considered-that, in Awii, IUiS, it conamenced' esisteuce as a' 24page paper on ncr other! capital -than a loam ot £l5O from Headquarters. During the y.ear this loan has been repaid with ltDtere-i-t, and 'Quick Alarch' has, further, been able to make a loan of £IOO to Headquqarters. "Tho total amount received for advertising during the year is i.'3-ioa 14s Id. Commission on advertising, amounting to .ixSol Is, has been paid, leavinc a net return on advertising for the year of £'2772 13s lOd. .With the growth of 'Quiok March/ and in order to produce! a paper oi 1 general interest, it became necessary at .the beginning ol! the year to pay for literary and artistic contributions, and the balanceshoot shows an amount of £2&) li!s 6d paid for this purpose. It has been tound that liiutle or no voluntary assistance is to be cxpetiied and that everything must be paid for. The success of tho policy pursued is'indicated by tho fact' that since last report the number of direct subscribers has increased by about 3000." The report was adopted.

■Messrs H. T. B. Drew, J. D. Harper, and J. W. Clinkard have, been appointed a' board of management for tho ensuing year.