RELIEVING DISTRESS.
WHAT IT COSTS. Figures placed before the Wellington and Wairarapa Charitable Aid Board on Tuesday give some indication of what is spent annually in the relief of distress by the ratepayers. Up to March 31st, 1908, the Board's principal expenditure (omitting shillings and pence) was:— Wellington Benevole-t Institution £4,000, Wairarapa North Benevolent Institution £6OO, St. Joseph's Orphanage £135, St. Mary's Industrial School £303, Burnham Industrial School £26, Auckland Industrial School £3l, Weraroa Boys' Farm £IOB, Wellintgon Receiving Home £2,881, Wellington Receiving Home (V.R.H.) £l9, Christchurch Receiving Home £3B, Horowhenua County Council £135, Hutt County Council £307, Wairarapa South County Council £sl,Pah'atua County Council £B4, Castlepoint County Council £144, Akifcio County Council £56, Mauriceville County Council £125, Featherston County Council £ls, Lower Hutt Borough Council £77, Petone Borough Council £320, Onslow Borough Council £B7, Karon Borough Council £lls, Miramar Borough Council £lO, Levin Borough Council £l3B, Carterton Borough Council £134, Greytown Borough Council £36, Pahiatua Borough Council £33, Eketahuna Borough Council £l4, Featherston Town Board £B. The credit balance at the end of March last was £2,785 16s 7d. The Board's receipts were : To balance April Ist, 1907, £1,496, Wellington City Council £2,509, Horowhenua County Council £269, Hutt County Council £319, Wairarapa South County Council £238, Pahiatua County Council £205, Akitio County Council £7O, Eketahuna County Council £76, Masterton County Council £387, Castlepoint County Council £7O, Mauriceville County Council £4B, Featherston County Council £352, Lower Hutt Borough Council £l4B, Petdriii Borough Council £IBO, Onslow" Borough Council £Bl, Karori Borough Council £9l, Miramar Borough Council £56, Eastbourne Borough Council £26, Levin Borough Council £l7, Masterton Borough Council £123, Carterton . Borough Council £2tf, Greytown Borough Council £23, Pahiatua Borough Council £3l, Eketahuna Borough Council £2l, Johnsonville Town Board £2O, Featherston Town Board £9, Martinborough Town Board £l2.—Total £5,420; Government subsidies on above £5,420; Government subsidies on arrears £3Q \ Recoveries Government schools. 4>717. The expenditure totalled £10,299. Ten years ago it was £9,680. It V/a3 jcatel that the local bodies, in proportion to the increase in population, contributed less now than in 1898.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9078, 30 April 1908, Page 3
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341RELIEVING DISTRESS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9078, 30 April 1908, Page 3
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