REHABILITATION BOARD (REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1950)

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1950 Session I, H-18

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1950 NEW ZEALAND

REHABILITATION BOARD (REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1950)

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly pursuant to Section 17 (2) of the Rehabilitation Act, 1941

Sir,— Wellington, Ist May, 1950. In accordance with the provisions of the Rehabilitation Act, 1941, I present, on behalf of the Rehabilitation Board, the eighth annual report of the Board covering the operations of the Rehabilitation Department and the activities of the other Departments of State and bodies which act as the agents of the Board in particular fields of rehabilitation, for the year ended 31st March, 1950. I have, &c, Fredk. Baker, Director of Rehabilitation. To the Hon. T. L. Macdonald, Minister of Rehabilitation and Chairman of the Rehabilitation Board, Wellington.

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CONTENTS Page Preface .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 Section I—Organization .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 Section ll—Departmental Administration .. .. .. .. .. .. S Section lll—Demobilization .. .. .. .. .. .. £ Section IV —Employment— (i) General .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 (ii) Rehabilitation Allowances and Hardship Grants .. .. .. 5 Section V—Trade Training—(i) General .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 (ii) " A " Class Training (at Board's Training Centres) — (a) General .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 (b) Supply Position .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 (c) Closing of Trade Training Centres .. .. .. .. .. 6 (d) Technical Classes .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 (iii) "B " Class Training (Subsidized Training with Private Employers) .. . . 7 (iv) "C" Class Training (Subsidized Revived Apprenticeships) . . .. 7 (v) "E " Class Training (Intermediate Scheme) . . .. . . .. .. 8 Section VI —Provision for the Disabled — (i) General .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8 (ii) Disabled Servicemen's Re-establishment League .. .. .. .. 8 (iii) Blinded Servicemen's Trust Board .. .. .. .. ~ 8 Section VII —Education — (i) General .. . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 (ii) Children of Deceased and Totally Disabled Servicemen .. .. 9 (iii) Overseas Bursaries .. .. . . .. .. .. .. .. 9 (iv) Examination Results .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 (v) Extra Tutorial Assistance .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 (vi) Veterinary Science . . .. ' .. .. .. .. .. 10 Section VIII —Departmental and Loan Expenditure .. .. .. ..11 Section IX—Loan Facilities .. .. .. .. .. .. ..11 Section X—Business Loans and Special Arrangements for Ex-servicemen—-ii) General .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12 (ii) Licensed Industries .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12 (iii) Motor-vehicles .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 13 (iv) Import Licenses .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 13 Section Xl—Farm Training and Settlement — (i) General .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 13 (ii) Administration .. .. .. .. .. .. . . 13 (iii) Grading and Training .. .. .. .. .. .. 14 (iv) Settlement .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 14

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Section Xll—Housing—(i) General .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15 (ii) Allocation of State Rental Houses .. .. .. .. .. 16 (iii) Erection of Homes .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. 16 (iv) Purchase of Homes .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16 (v) Supplementary Loans .. .. .. .. .. .. 16 (vi) Furniture .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16 Section XIII —Maori Rehabilitation — (i) Administration .. .. .. .. .. .. 16 (ii) Trade Training .. .. .. .. .. -. .. .. 17 (iii) Farm Training and Settlement .. .. .. .. .. 17 (iv) Housing .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 18 Section XlV—Appreciation .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 18

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PREFACE 1. Table II of the Appendix sets out in detail the various forms of loan assistance which have been made to ex-servicemen. It will be seen that during the past year loans totalling £11,697,481 were granted, a decrease of approximately only 3 per cent, on the previous year. 2. It is interesting to note that there has been a gradual increase over the pastthree years in the number of business loans that have been granted. There were 1,344 in 1948, 1,373 in 1949, and during the past year the number increased to 1,414. The type of business loan required by these ex-servicemen covered a wide field, the most popular beng transport, building and related trades, grocery and general stores, the mechanical trades, and by professional men desiring to set up in practice. 3. The gradual decline in the number of new applications for educational assistance continues, and it is apparent that the main work in this field of rehabilitation activity will in the future be confined to the extension of educational assistance granted in previous years. 4. A further 1,052 ex-servicemen commenced trade training during the year, and during the same period 2,454 men completed training. 5. It is gratifying to report that during the year a further 962 men were settled on the land with the aid of rehabilitation finance, thus bringing the total number of men who have received land-settlement assistance to the satisfactory figure of 7,356 as at the 31st March, 1950. 6. During the year a further 4,421 housing loans were granted, totalling £5,200,944. To date, 29,680 housing loans have been granted and 12,202 State houses allocated. Including the 7,356 who have been placed on farms of their own, the number of ex-service-men and women who have been given direct housing assistance through rehabilitation was 49,238 as at the end of March. 7. The work that lies ahead can be gauged to some extent from the fact that loans for housing, businesses, and farms continue at a consistently high level. The demand for -housing loans does not show any appreciable falling off from previous years, and it is apparent that there are many thousands of ex-servicemen who still require this form of assistance. During the year a further 997 ex-servicemen applied for farm grading, and although this number shows a decline on previous years it indicates that there is. still a large number of men who desire to be settled on the land and who have not yet approached the Department for assistance. As was pointed out in paragraph 2, there has been a gradual increase over the past three years in the number of business loans granted to ex-servicemen, and in view of the buoyant trade conditions it does not appear as if there will be any falling off in applications in the immediate future. Therefore, although there has been a decline in the number of applications for farm training, trade training, and educational assistance over the past year, it is apparent from the large amount of loan business that is being handled year by year, and which is likely to continue, that the work of rehabilitation must be carried a good deal further before it can be regarded as complete.

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SECTION I—ORGANIZATION The Rehabilitation Board and the National Rehabilitation Council 8. The members of the Eehabilitation Board and of the National Kehabilitation Council are as shown in Table 1 of the Appendix to this report. 9. The Hon. T. L. Macdonald, M.P., assumed the chairmanship of both the Board and Council when he suceeded the Hon. C. F. Skinner, M.C., M.P, as Minister of Rehabilitation. The only other changes in the personnel of the Board and Council were in the resignations of Mr. A. D. Park, C.M.G., consequent upon his retirement from the position of Joint Managing Director of the State Advances Corporation of New Zealand, and of Mr. J. J. Granville as from Ist April, 1950. 10. The Board met on seven occasions during the year, while the various Executive Committees of the Board continued to meet at regular intervals. 11. The Council met on four occasions throughout the year in pursuance of its function as advisory body to the Hon. the Minister and the Board. SECTION lI—DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 12. The staffing position, which has been a constant problem over the past few years, has not eased, and during the year the number of officers who resigned or transferred to other Departments was 194, which was 23 per cent, of the total staff as at 31st March 1949. Transfers into the Department and appointments totalled 88 during the year under review. Of the total staff of 741 at 31st March, 1950, 12 per cent, had been with the Department less than twelve months. Although a high standard of service has been maintained by examining all systems of work and by promoting individual efficiency in the Department it should again be pointed out that there is a need to retain not only the key personnel, but also a high proportion of the other experienced officers if the standard of service is to be maintained and the whole work of initial rehabilitation at least is to be brought to completion without delay. SECTION lII—DEMOBILIZATION 13. The progress of demobilization as at 31st March, 1950, is shown in Table IV of the Appendix. Of the total of 210,818 ex-servicemen and ex-servicewomen recorded by the Board as demobilized at 31st March, 1950, 144,525 served overseas, while 66,293 served in New Zealand only. SECTION IV—EMPLOYMENT (i) General 14. It is very pleasing to report that at the 31st March, 1950, there were no fit men and only six men capable of undertaking light employment registered with the Labour and Employment Department, which continues to act as the Board's agents in this respect. (ii) Rehabilitation Allowances and Hardship Grants 15. The buoyant condition in industry is reflected in the following table, which indicates the gradually decreasing amounts paid under the above heading during the past four years :

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Years ended 31st March, 1947. 1948. 1949. 1950. Rehabilitation allowance Grants in cases of genuine hardship £ 12,361 8,939 £ 192 6,594 £ 75 4,166 £ 3,405

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SECTION V—TRADE TRAINING (i) General 16. The number of applications for all forms of rehabilitation trade training assistance substantially declined during the year ended 31st March, 1950. This trend is likely to continue, as the needs of the majority of J Force personnel, who temporarily augmented the flow of applicants for trade training, appear to have been met. 17. Following the Court of Arbitration Standard Wage Pronouncement of 12th April, 1949, Cabinet approval was obtained to increase the wages of trade trainees. "A " Class trainees received their increases direct from the Department. "C " Class trainees (revived apprenticeships) participated as the Court of Arbitration amended the various awards affecting this group. In the case of "D " Class trainees (disabled exservicemen) the increase was granted following negotiations with the Disabled Servicemen's Ee-establishment League. Almost without exception employers of "B " Class trainees (numbering over 1,100) have readily complied with the Board's request that the trainees be given the increase. 18. Table VI of the Appendix shows the assistance granted under the " A," " B," and " C " forms of trade training. (ii) " A " Class Training (at Board's Training Centres) (a) General 19. The activities of " A " Class centres have, on the whole, been on a slightly reduced scale during the past year as a result of fewer class intakes at some centres. It can be anticipated that from now on there will be a progressive decline in the number of ex-servicemen seeking training, and in view of the contribution this scheme has made to the present building force in New Zealand and the need for further men in the trade a decision must soon be made on what alternative civilian training schemes should now be introduced. (b) Supply Situation 20. During the year the supply situation required to be carefully watched and every effort made to ensure that available materials were distributed in such a manner as would afford continuity of training and production. At times flooring timber was in particularly short supply, and in some instances created a major handicap. Periodical shortages of bricks, cement, and roofing tiles also gave concern, but the close liaison maintained with the Ministry of Works and other Departments proved invaluable in overcoming these disadvantageous conditions. Many merchants and private organizations were also most co-operative. (e) Closing of Carpentry Trade Training Centres 21. All ex-servicemen undertaking carpentry training at the Westport, Greymouth, and Oamaru carpentry trade training centres have now completed training and have transferred to private employment. These centres have now been closed. Any occasional applicant for training from either of the towns first mentioned is now being encouraged to accept training in either Nelson or Christchurch. Any applicant from Oamaru is being diverted to Dunedin for training. 22. There has also been a decline in the number of applicants for carpentry training at Thames. As it would seem that the requirements of ex-servicemen in that locality have been substantially met and as any future applicants can be trained at the Hamilton trade training centre, the Board has decided to gradually close the aforementioned centre as the various classes at present in training complete. It is anticipated that it will cease operations in approximately October, 1950.

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(d!) Technical Classes 23. To provide for the requirements of rehabilitation carpentry " A " Class trainees who are desirous of extending their knowledge of the building trade, the Education Department, on representations from the Behabilitation Department, has prepared a syllabus of instruction in advance of that covered by the curriculum of the Board's training centres. This project has been favourably received, and evening classes in the main technical schools are now being conducted. 24. Table VI in the Appendix sets out the number of ex-servicemen who have benefited under the " A " Class training scheme. (iii) " B " Class Training (Subsidized Training with Private Employers) 25. The industrial groups which have attracted the bulk of the trainees under this scheme are engineering and metal trades, motor trades, retail trades, clerical and professional, and the building trades. The occupations in each of which more than one hundred ex-servicemen sought 'training were carpentry, painting, plumbing, cabinetmaking, electrical wireman, fitters and turners, motor mechanics, grocery, and hairdressing. A comparison of the totals of "B " Class trainees with those at 31st March, 1949, is as follows :

26. The Court of Arbitration has amended many of its apprenticeship orders, and in these it now requires an apprentice to attend technical classes during working-hours when so ordered by an Apprenticeship Committee. "B " Class trainees are not directly covered by an apprenticeship order, but the Board has decided that in towns where daylight classes are established to the satisfaction of the New Zealand Apprenticeship Committee for the trade concerned " B " Class trainees may attend classes during working hours if their employer consents. (iv) " C " Class Training (Subsidized Revived Apprenticeships) 27. As anticipated, new applications during the year for this type of assistance have been very limited. These mostly emanated from members of the Occupation Forces, as the claims of the majority of eligible ex-servicemen of other theatres had already been dealt with. Altogether during the year only 33 apprentices took advantage of the opportunity of reviving their contracts under the Suspension of Apprenticeship Emergency 1944. 28. Table VI of the Appendix gives the total figures for " C " Class training as at 31st March, 1950. 29. A comparison of the totals of " C " Class trainees with those as at 31st March, 1949, is as follows :

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As at 31st March, 1949. 1950. In training Training completed 1,494 2,478 874 3,194 Totals 3,972 4,068

Trainees. 0 As at 31st March. 1949. 1950. Ex-servicemen in training Ex-servicemen completed training 462 2,906 166 3,229 Totals 3,368 3,395

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(v) " E " Class Training (Intermediate Scheme) 30. Since its inception 143 men have been given a recuperative period of outdoor employment under this scheme. It is anticipated that the number of ex-servicemen requiring this type of assistance in future will be very limited. SECTION VI—PROVISION FOR THE DISABLED (i) General 31. Apart from the Board's general forms of assistance which are available to these men, special training assistance continues to be provided on behalf of the Board by the Disabled Servicemen's Re-establishment League and the Blinded Servicemen's Trust Board. (ii) Disabled Servicemen's Re-establishment League (" D " Class Training) 32. The League continues to provide training in suitable trades under subsidy from the Rehabilitation Board, and during the past twelve months has experienced sufficient demand for this assistance to maintain its existing training establishments. However, over this period there has been a steady decline in the number of trainees coming forward and as at the 31st March, 1950, the numbers in training showed a reduction over similar figures for the preceding year, as follows: Auckland, 45 per cent.; Wellington, 55 per cent.; Christchurch, 54 per cent.; Dunedin, 20 per cent.; Invercargill, 41 per cent. The Hawke's Bay centre has maintained its strength throughout this period. 33. The farm at Milson, Palmerston North, has continued to provide training in market gardening and small farming, but here again there has been a reduction in the number of men offering, and married men have been accepted for the first time. The problem of settlement is proving a difficult one, particularly as it is undesirable that these men when trained should be released from the farm to drift back into either unskilled employment or subsistence on the economic pension. Although the Farm Committee, the Rehabilitation Board, and the Land Settlement Board are making every effort to obtain small holdings for settlement, suitable properties are proving very difficult to locate. 34. As the responsible agency through which any Government assistance required by the League is extended, the Rehabilitation Board has in the past made considerable financial provision, in addition to subsidizing trainees wages, to enable that organization to carry out its work. The extent of Government's future demands on the League has recently been clarified by the decision not to utilize the League as a medium for training disabled civilians under any Government scheme, and this, considered with the reduction in the numbers of disabled ex-servicemen coming forward for League training, will result in a very appreciable diminution of rehabilitation activities through the League. As a result the Rehabilitation Board is at present reviewing the existing arrangements with that organization. 35. Table VII of the Appendix gives the numbers trained by, and in training with the League. (iii) Blinded Servicemen's Trust Board ("F" Class Training) 36. The past twelve months has seen the virtual completion of the immediate task which' confronted the Trust Board following its establishment —namely, training for re-absorption into civilian life. As from the Ist December, 1949, this training was completed in all but two of the cases at present requiring it, and the emphasis in the Trust Board's work has shifted from the training aspect to that of welfare, in accordance with its constitution. The Trust Board anticipates that training facilities will still be required to cope with the few men whose deteriorating eye disabilities make such training necessary, but the continued maintenance of a training establishment on the previous scale is not warranted, and New Zealand St. Dunstan's is now being reorganized on that basis.

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SECTION VII—EDUCATION (i) General 37. As anticipated, there has been a noticeable decrease in the numbers of newapplications lodged over the past year for educational assistance, when 61 new applications were approved for full-time study at New Zealand University colleges and institutions, 24 ex-servicemen were granted assistance to carry out studies overseas and 861 new students were awarded facilities for part-time study in New Zealand. 38. As has been the case over recent years, the renewal of educational facilities previously granted now form the bulk of the work in educational activity. For the past year 396 full-time bursaries for study in New Zealand were renewed, while a continuation of part-time assistance was granted in 2,922 cases and 275 miscellaneous small grants covering adjustment to fees, travelling-expenses, &c, were made. 39. In granting educational assistance the Board has continued to take into account the absorptive capacity of the professions involved, and in some cases has been obliged to limit the number to be assisted where it has been felt that prospects of ultimate employment may be jeopardized. In reaching decisions of this nature the Board is guided by the advice from organizations most interested or fitted to express views. 40. Following upon the last Budget statement as to increased rates for social security benefits and war pensions the Board reviewed the subsistence rates being paid to ex-servicemen studying full-time in New Zealand. Cabinet approved of recommendations made by the Board, and as from the Ist June, 1949, full-time students during the academic year at University colleges who are not in receipt of any rehabilitation assistance towards payment of board and lodgings receive as subsistence allowance £6. ss. net per week if married, and £3. 13s. net per week in the case of single bursars. Married students at agricultural colleges or other institutions where full board and lodgings are paid by the Rehabilitation Department were granted an increase to £4. 10s. net per week by way of subsistence allowance. No increase was made in the subsistence allowance of £2 per week paid to single students at such colleges as the Department has in their cases been compelled to meet increases in board and lodgings. Taking all factors into account, it is felt that the new rates are a reasonable contribution towards the living expenses of ex-servicemen full-time students. 41. Table VIII sets out the total facilities granted as at 31st March, 1950. (ii) Children of Deceased and Totally Disabled Servicemen 42. As previously reported, approximately 2,500 of these children are eligible for rehabilitation educational assistance. Although the majority are still attending primary or secondary schools, a number of children have already availed themselves of various forms of educational assistance on completion of their secondary schooling. 43. To ensure that all children eligible for assistance are aware of the facilities provided by the Board, publicity regarding the assistance available has been given in various bulletins and circulars issued by the Education Department to all school-teachers. District officers of the Department are also continuing to maintain a close liaison with local branches of Heritage (Inc.) and the Returned Services' Association. (iii) Overseas Bursaries 44. Over the past year a large number of these students returned to New Zealand after completing their studies, which were mainly of a post-graduate nature. It is pleasing to report that many of these ex-servicemen acquitted themselves with distinction at various academic institutions in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. A wide range of professional, technical, and cultural fields have been covered under the different overseas bursaries granted by the Board, and the added knowledge and qualifications

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acquired through rehabilitation assistance will be of distinct advantage not only to these bursars when re-establishing themselves in New Zealand, but also to all branches of the community who take advantage of their services. 45. During the year the scale of assistance payable under rehabilitation overseas bursaries was again reviewed by the Eehabilitation Board, but, having regard to all the facts involved, the Board considered that the present benefits were the maxima which should be made available from public funds. At this stage of rehabilitation activity it is not anticipated that many more new applications for overseas educational assistance will be received, and future work will be mainly concerned with matters arising out of overseas bursaries already approved. (iv) Examination Results 46. Apart from the creditable efforts made by overseas bursars at seats of learning in the United Kingdom and other countries, it is also pleasing to note that ex-servicemen assisted by the Board to study at New Zealand University Colleges and other institutions continue to achieve satisfactory examination results. A survey of the 1948 examination lists disclosed that full-time rehabilitation students were successful in 76 per cent, of the total number of subjects attempted, and part-time students in 42.5 per cent. These figures compare favourably with those of civilian students. It is also gratifying to record that many ex-servicemen again achieved academic distinction through gaining special prize awards in addition to securing scholarships and bursaries tenable for further study in New Zealand and overseas. (v) Extra Tutorial Assistance 47. Financial assistance has been made available by the Board for the past four years to the various University Colleges in order to provide extra tutorial classes for ex-servicemen students. Many of these students had been away from study for a number of years and experienced difficulty in settling down to their studies. This tutorial assistance was in addition to the usual University classes, and from reports received ex-servicemen derived considerable benefit from the scheme. 48. With the reduction in the size of classes and the smaller number of ex-servicemen students attending in 1950 the Board at the end of last year reviewed the necessity for the continuance of this form of assistance. After a careful examination of opinions advanced by the various professorial bodies a limited scheme of assistance will be made available in 1950 to ex-servicemen students who may need extra coaching mainly in some Stage 111 degree subjects and Accounting 111 and Auditing of the Commerce Faculty examinations. (vi) Veterinary Science 49. In a country such as New Zealand, where so much of the national economy is bound up in the various fields of primary production, the maintenance of adequate standards in farm live-stock is of vital concern, and here it is interesting to touch on one -feature in which rehabilitation educational assistance must ultimately play some part towards providing additional facilities for the benefit of the farming community of this country. This is in the assistance granted to ex-servicemen to qualify in the important profession of Veterinary Science. 50. Owing to an expansion in the veterinary services clubs throughout New Zealand and the interruption to training of qualified veterinarians due to the war, this profession at the conclusion of hostilities offered many openings to ex-servicemen who possessed some farming experience and the necessary academic background.

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51. In 1943 the Education Committee of the Board, in collaboration with the Veterinary Services Council, selected three ex-servicemen for veterinary science studies at the Sydney University, and since then several applications have been approved annually. Up to the present time a total of 37 New Zealand ex-servicemen have received varying amounts of educational assistance towards their studies in this profession. 52. Apart from the usual benefits included under a normal overseas bursary, the Board allows these bursars certain travelling expenses and allowances for necessary practical studies away from Sydney, and loan facilities are granted towards the cost of necessary text-books and instruments In addition, the New Zealand Government pays any Commonwealth taxation charges levied on rehabilitation subsistence allowances in order to place these bursars on the same basis as full-time rehabilitation students in New Zealand, where subsistence allowance is exempt from taxation. Since 1949 an annual subsidy of £1,500 (Aust.) has been paid to the Sydney University towards the cost of training ex-servicemen in the Veterinary Faculty. 53. In addition to the veterinary science students trained in Sydney, a few New Zealand ex-servicemen upon discharge in the United Kingdom were also granted assistance to qualify at such well-known veterinary institutions as the Royal (Dick) Veterinary College, Edinburgh, and the London Veterinary College. 54. At this stage it is not anticipated that any new applications for full overseas assistance will be received, but the number of ex-servicemen who have already been assisted in veterinary science should later play a prominent part in the different fields ef primary production such as the dairying and pig-breeding industries. SECTION VIII—DEPARTMENTAL AND LOAN EXPENDITURE 55. Departmental expenditure and loan authorizations for rehabilitation purposes for the year ended 31st March, 1950, totalled £17,047,610, representing a decrease of £2,279,064 by comparison with the total of £19,326,674 for the previous year. 56. Details of departmental expenditure are summarized in Table V of the Appendix, while details of loan authorizations appear in Table 11. SECTION IX—LOAN FACILITIES 57. Table II of the Appendix details the totals of loan authorizations under various headings from the commencement of operations to 31st March 1950. Although the loan figures for the year ended 31st March, 1950, show a slight decrease it will be noted that the year has been one of considerable activity. The successful handling of such a large volume of loan business is due in no small measure to the Board's policy of decentralization and the efficient functioning of the nine District Loans Committees under the general direction of the Rehabilitation Loans Committee. Mention must also be made of the assistance received from the administrative and field staffs of the State Advances Corporation, who are largely responsible for the executive and administrative action on these loans. 58. The satisfactory employment position has enabled borrowers to meet their obligations under their housing loans, and the favourable farming conditions over the past few seasons is reflected in the satisfactory manner in which farm loans are being repaid. The general position regarding business loans is also satisfactory, but there are a considerable number of furniture and tools-of-trade loans in arrears. It does

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seem as if borrowers pay little regard to their obligations when the loans are on an interestfree basis. The following table sets out the position of these interest-free loans as at 31st March, 1950 :

Greater pressure has been exerted over the past two years on borrowers who have been granted interest-free loans in order to prevent a deterioration in the position. SECTION X—BUSINESS LOANS AND SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR EX-SERVICEMEN (i) General 59. The interest of ex-servicemen in establishing their own *businesses has not diminished, and the year has seen another 1,414 rehabilitation business loans authorized, aggregating £910,091. Table 111 of the Appendix shows the total number of business loans to the 31st March, 1950, under the main headings. 60. The soundness of propositions upon which rehabilitation business loans have been granted is exemplified by the relatively small losses which have had to be written off on account of ventures failing. At 31st December, 1949, losses represented 0-385 per cent, of the total loan expenditure. 61. The most spectacular group effort for establishing of ex-servicemen in retail businesses has been at Mangakino, where all the shops, except the Consumers' Co-operative Society Store, are let to ex-servicemen tenants. The ex-servicemen have an excellent opportunity to become soundly established in independent businesses, and the layout of their shops, which in some cases compares favourably with the best city shops, is an indication that the ex-servicemen are endeavouring to provide residents with a good class retail service. By arrangement with the Ministry of Works, housing loan assistance up to a maximum of £750 has been made available to shopkeepers in the township for the erection of suitable married accommodation where such has been required. The town of Mangakino is situated on land the subject of a Maori lease, and in granting housing assistance the Board has drawn the attention of ex-servicemen concerned to the limited tenure available. (ii) Licensed Industries 62. There has been a falling off in the demand for licences by ex-servicemen for establishment in licensed industries, except for licenses under the Transport Licensing Act, 1949. 63. In the transport industry 675 loans were granted during the year, and 614 licences (189 taxi, 64 passenger, 339 goods, and 22 rental) were granted to ex-servicemen by Transport Licensing Authorities. These figures include all ex-servicemen applicants whether or not they were sponsored by the Rehabilitation Department. 64. The Bureau of Industry granted licences to 58 ex-servicemen for petrol reselling, 8 for pharmacy, and 1 for the manufacture of paua-shell articles for resale.

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— Number of Accounts. Principal Outstanding. Number in Arrear. Percentage in Arrear. Amount of Arrear?. Amounts Written Off. Furniture Tools of trade 32,735 239 £ 1,561,713 3,598 3,217 70 9-8 29-3 £ 24,987 579 £ 2,493 203 Totals 32,974 1,565,311 3,287 25,566 2,696

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65. The Licensing Control Commission's decisions during the year authorizing a number of new wines and spirits wholesale licences in several North Island centres has attracted considerable interest by ex-servicemen who are looking for their permanent rehabilitation in the wholesale-liquor trade. A number of applicants with sound commercial backgrounds and experience have already approached the Department for support of their applications to local Licensing Committees. It is expected that there will be eligible and suitably qualified ex-servicemen applicants for all wholesale licences which may be authorized. (iii) Motor-vehicles 66. There is a heavy demand by disabled ex-servicemen and ex-servicemen in business for lower-priced light to medium cars, and during the year special arrangements were made to obtain 427 cars in this class for delivery to ex-servicemen nominated by the Rehabilitation Board. Allocations have been made according to the relative rehabilitation merits of applicants and the urgency of their need for a new car. (iv) Import Licences 67. During the year 126 ex-servicemen were granted import licences by the Customs Department on the recommendation of the Rehabilitation Board. The total value of licences granted was £256,652. 68. The 1950 Import Licensing Schedule did not contain many variations from the previous year's Schedule and, in consequence, ex-servicemen wholesalers whose licences normally provide for no more than a reasonable livelihood have not faced the difficulties which were experienced in previous years, when certain tariff items were reduced. SECTION XI—FARM TRAINING AND SETTLEMENT (i) General 69. In October, 1945, the Farms Advisory Committee investigated all aspects of farm settlement for ex-servicemen, and it was estimated that a minimum of 8,000 men would require to be established on farms with rehabilitation assistance. The Committee endeavoured to plan for the bulk of this work to be accomplished within a period of four years. However, in April, 1947, it became apparent that the total number of men to be settled would not be less than 10,000 and this figure has been adopted as a target with the object of settling the men by 1952-53. the settlement target set for each year has been either reached or exceeded, and in no other year has the result been more gratifying than in the year under review. (ii) Administration 70. As with Farming Sub-committees the Farms Advisory Committee found its attention directed more and more to problems associated with post settlement. The Committee met regularly, and amongst the most important matters dealt with were—(a) Review and progress of settlement generally and the problem ahead. (b) Review of the settlement policy for the establishment of ex-servicemen in fruitgrowing and poultry-farming. (c) Rates of pay and subsidies for all classes of farm training, and ex-servicemen employed on land settlement blocks with promise of title. (d) Assistance to ex-servicemen who suffered unexpected and severe losses. (e) Settlement of ex-servicemen on land which is not fully developed. (/) Eligibility of ex-servicemen to obtain or retain "A" Grade certificates when not employed in farm work. (g) Farm refresher courses for ex-servicemen. (h) The problem of obtaining sufficient land for ex-servicemen settlement. (*) Settlement of ex-servicemen as tobacco-farmers.

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(iii) Grading and Training 71. While there has been some easing of the number of new applications received for land-settlement assistance, there has still not been the falling off in the demand for this assistance to the extent anticipated. Farming Sub-committees have been kept fully occupied in grading applicants who, as a result of training, have reached " A " Grade standard, or who have desired to extend their gradings to other districts or other types of farming. 72. There has been a substantial drop in the number of men undergoing or awaiting farm training and in view of the changed conditions since the farm-training scheme was inaugurated the Board decided that as a general practice the subsidization of wages being paid by employer trainors was no longer justified. The system of subsidized farm training has been amended to provide for training under subsidy to be limited to men who have complete lack of farming knowledge or to others because of therapeutic and other special reasons. As at 31st March, 1950, there were 428 ex-servicemen undergoing farm training with rehabilitation assistance. Of these, 374 were training with private farmers, 34 at agricultural colleges, 8 at Huramua Training Farm, and 12 at the special farm for disabled ex-servicemen at Milson. (iv) Settlement 73. The policy of the Land Settlement Board in employing a number of " A " Grade ex-servicemen on wages with the promise of a section on blocks acquired and being prepared for settlement continues, and the number so employed at 31st March, 1950 was 290. As in previous years, the Farms Advisory Committee gave special consideration to the progress of land-settlement and to the settlement problem ahead. The target figures set for the year ended 30th June, 1949 was— Through Behabilitation Loans Committee .. .. 600 Through Land Settlement Board .. .. .. 400 1,000 Whilst the actual settlement figures were — Through Rehabilitation Loans Committee .. .. 748 Through Land Settlement Board . . .. .. 451 Through Maori Rehabilitation Finance Committee .. .. 29 1,228 74. Adequate supplies of fencing-wire are now available and the fertilizer position has improved, but progress with the development and disposal of units has been hampered by the acute shortage of piping for water-supplies and by the difficulty in getting houses erected. Use is being made of temporary living accommodation to speed up disposal, but until now this has had limited application only. 75. The Farms Advisory Committee continues to work to the target of settling 10,000 men by the end of the 1952 season, and at the present rate of progress the men graded for dairy-farming will have ceased to be a problem by that time. The Committee is concerned, however, with the number of men awaiting sheep settlement, particularly in certain areas in the North Island, and consider that the scope for settling these men within a reasonable time by the purchase and subdivision of large blocks or development of new lands is definitely limited. The biggest possibility of reducing the number appears to be to induce the flow of existing single unit properties. 76. Details of the settlement figures are set out in Table IX of the Appendix.

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77. To the 31st March, 1950, 797,679 acres have been purchased by voluntarynegotiation for subdivision and settlement of ex-servicemen, 115,734 acres have been acquired under Part II of the Servicemen's Settlement and Land Sales Act, and a further 133,156 acres have been taken under section 51 of the Act. The total area purchased specifically for ex-servicemen was therefore 1,046,569 acres. In addition, 87,953 acres of Crown land have been set aside for ex-servicemen settlement. Of this total, 664,343 acres, providing 1,679 units, had been allotted as at 31st March, 1950, either on permanent tenure or-wages with promise of a title. At the same time 411,211 acres, estimated to provide 878 units, were being prepared for settlement. In some cases portions of the properties purchased were unsuitable for ex-servicemen settlement and have been excluded from the area on hand for future settlement. SECTION XII—HOUSING (i) General 78. Following the Government's announced policy regarding the increase in housing loans to £2,000 for both civilians and ex-servicemen for the purpose of erecting new houses, the Rehabilitation Board reviewed its policy accordingly. At the same time the Board, in its adjustment of policy within the increased limits and with the consequent introduction of suspensory loans, availed itself of the opportunity of revising the method of assessment of the earlier established supplementary interest-free loans available only to ex-servicemen and decided that in future the method of assessment would be on a percentage basis, as applies with suspensory loans. 79. Also considered by the Rehabilitation Board was the question in certain cases of retrospectively applying the new loan limits, the waiving of the £2,000 cost limit so that ex-servicemen with large families could avail themselves of the suspensory loan, adjustment of the new limits to meet cases of houses being erected for rural workers, and the extent to which additional loan finance should be granted to provide additions to dwellings already erected. 80. Resulting from the Board's decisions and recommendations, '"rehabilitation housing loans are now available to eligible ex-servicemen as follows : (a) New Houses—Loan limit, £2,000. (b) Rural Workers Houses: — (i) Existing Dwellings—Loan limit remains at £2,000. (ii) New Houses —Loan limit, £2,500, provided value of land £5OO or more. (c) Retrospective Applications. —Additional finance up to a maximum of £1,750 may be granted when the original loan was given to meet the cost of erection of a new dwelling, and provided the additional finance clears the whole of the debts against the property over and above the amount of the original rehabilitation loan. (d) Existing Dwellings. —Loan limit remains at £1,500. (e) Suspensory Loans. —lo per cent.; maximum, £2OO for new houses. (/) Supplementary Loans : (i) New Houses : 5 per cent.; maximum, £lOO. (ii) Existing Dwellings : 5 per cent.; maximum, £75. The Rehabilitation Loans Committee has power to grant an additional 5 per cent, in both cases, but only in exceptional circumstances. (g) Loans for Additions to Existing Dwellings.— lncrease in total loan to £1,750, no suspensory loan.

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81. As from Ist January, 1950, housing loan assistance was extended to include ex-servicemen in the following categories : (a) Three or more years service either wholly in New Zealand or partly in New Zealand and partly overseas ; or (b) A total of two years service, provided this service includes—(i) Any overseas service in a forward area, provided that the serviceman was at that time posted to an overseas unit; or (ii) At least six months overseas in other than a forward area. 82. It is anticipated that this extension of eligibility, together with the increased loan finance and the availability in the future of greater numbers of building sections, will provide an incentive to ex-servicemen to acquire their own homes. (ii) Allocation of State Rental Houses 83. A further 1,946 State houses and fiats were allocated to eligible ex-servicemen during the year ended 31st March, 1950, by local Rehabilitation Committees, making the total allocation to that date of 12,202. (iii) Erection of Homes 84. Loan authorizations for the erection of new homes totalled £2,754,262, involving 1,886 cases in the year. 85. By comparison, the figures for the year ended 31st March, 1949, were £3,422,418, involving 2,355 cases. (iv) Purchase of Homes 86. Loans for the purchase of existing dwellings, and the refinance of existing mortgages, &c, where special conditions apply were authorized in 2,535 cases to the total value of £2,446,682 in the year, by comparison with 2,710 cases, involving £2,638,111, in the previous year. (v) Supplementary Loans 87. Included in the totals mentioned in Parts (iii) and (iv) above are 1,916 cases of supplementary interest-free loans involving £265,270 for the year, making total advances under this class of loan to 31st March, 1950, £2,385,828 in 15,988 cases. 88. These loans, which are not repayable so long as the ex-serviceman or his dependants continue in occupation of the property, are granted to bridge the gap between present-day costs and normal values, and each case is examined on its merits. (vi) Furniture Loans 89. During the year interest-free loans for the purchase of household furniture were granted in 7,283 cases to the total of £678,292. 90. To 31st March, 1950, 43,751 loans, involving £4,037,753, have been granted. SECTION XffI—MAORI REHABILITATION (i) Administration 91. The number of applications dealt with during the year shows that the interest of Maori ex-servicemen in the facilities made available to them has not in any way diminished, and the position remarked upon in the previous report has been more than maintained.

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(ii) Trade Training 92. During the year the number of ex-servicemen undergoing trade-training declined, but the diminution in this field of rehabilitation activity was not unexpected, particularly in view of the fact that the majority of ex-servicemen have resumed pre-service occupations and those trained in a trade placed in civilian employment. 93. A comparison of the trade training figures with those of 31st March, 1949, is as follows :

(iii) Farm Training and Settlement 94. The training scheme has continued to be successful, and with few exceptions the training term has been successfully completed. While there has been a slight decline in the number of men offering to undertake training with private farmers, there is, nevertheless, a number of men still undergoing training on this basis. In a number of cases difficulty is still being experienced in placing married trainees for training with private farmers, due to lack of adequate accommodation on the properties of suitable farmers. 95. To date 557 men have been graded for training and land-settlement. Of this number, 89 have been established with rehabilitation finance, 17 employed by either Lands or Maori Affairs respectively with promise of a section, 204 are awaiting settlement, 84 are under training or awaiting training, and 22 have been settled with own finance. 96. To date ten sections of the Huramua Soldier Settlement have been balloted, and the successful applicants have either taken possession or been placed on wages with promise of a section. It is hoped to ballot three more sections of the Huramua property, as well as one section from the Jessep and Knapps property, shortly. The remaining section of Huramua will continue to be occupied by the farm-manager of the scheme until the development and building operations on the two remaining sections on Jesseps and Knapps, adjacent to Huramua, is completed. It is hoped to have the whole of the three remaining properties individually occupied by ex-servicemen by the 1951 dairy season, and in all the settlement will comprise fourteen dairy and three sheep units. 97. While the development and subdivision work on the properties was being carried out advantage was taken by the Board, through the Department of Maori Affairs, to train Maori ex-servicemen in the various types of the farming industry, in particular dairy and sheep and agriculture. The training scheme proved an unqualified success, but owing to the diminishing area available, brought about by the allotment of sections, no further applications are being accepted for training. 98. During the year a survey was completed by the Department of Maori Affairs of all Crown land held by it, and where the properties concerned were not held for some other specific purpose these have been made available for the settlement of Maori ex-servicemen. The area available is approximately 27,188 acres, including the 8,956 2—H 18

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acres mentioned in the previous report. It is estimated that this land will provide forty-three dairy, twenty sheep, and fourteen mixed farm units. Twenty-one dairy units should be available by the end of 1950, and the remaining fifty-six units will be developed and settled over the next two years. (iv) Housing 99. Steady progress is being made by the Building Organization of the Department of Maori Affairs to meet the housing needs of Maori ex-servicemen. The future rate of progress will be largely governed by the availability of materials and the labour pool of skilled tradesmen. 100. For the year just ended 93 loan applications for the erection and purchase of houses were approved, a total of 513 loan approvals to date. 101. To the 31st March, 1950, a total of 182 new houses were completed, 26 existing houses purchased, and there were 35 houses under construction. 102. Although not assisted with rehabilitation finance because of the difficulty of obtaining title to family property, 36 Maori ex-servicemen have been assisted in their housing needs by the Department of Maori Affairs under the Maori Housing Act, 1935. 103. Table X sets out the assistance afforded Maori ex-servicemen and ex-service-women as at 31st March, 1950. SECTION XIV—APPRECIATION 104. Again the Board records with pleasure its appreciation of the assistance afforded it by the National Kehabilitation Council, local Rehabilitation Committees, Trade Training Advisory Committees, Farming Sub-committees, Education Committee, District Loans Committees, and Maori Tribal Executive Committees. 105. The Board gratefully acknowledges the co-operation which has been received from all ex-servicemen organizations. 106. To the agency Departments and all individuals and organizations who have assisted the work of rehabilitation in any way the Board again expresses its gratitude. 107. The Board extends its thanks to the staff of the Rehabilitation Department for the loyal support which they have given over the last twelve months. The high standard which was set in previous years has been maintained, and the Board looks forward to another year of helpful co-operation.

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APPENDIX—CHART AND STATISTICAL TABLES

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Table I—Showing Members op the Rehabilitation Board and the National Rehabilitation Council as at 31st March, 1950 (a) Members of the Rehabilitation Board who are also members of the National Rehabilitation Council: — The Hon. T. L. Macdonald, M.P., Minister of Rehabilitation, who is Chairman of both the Rehabilitation Board and the National Rehabilitation Council. Fredk. Baker, D.5.0., E.D., Director of Rehabilitation. B. C. Ashwin, C.M.G.; Secretary to the Treasury. T. N. Smallwood, 0.8. E., Managing Director of the State Advances Corporation. D. M. Greig, Director-General of Lands. T. T. Ropiha, Under-Secretary of the Department of Maori Affairs. E. R. McKillop, 0.8. E., M.1.C.E., Commissioner of Works. B. Barrington, D.5.0., 0.8. E., E.D." nw -d j-4. r\ t> t? i Appointed under section 6 (2) of the RehabilitaC. W. Batten, 0.8. E. > \" A , . A , -, ft ,V n n tion Amendment Act, 1944. J. J. Granville (resigned 31/3/50) (&) The following are members of the National Rehabilitation Council only : —■ S. Carroll. W. G. Harrison, M.C. S. Macdonald (Mrs.), 0.8.E W. R. Clarke. W. E. Leadley, 0.8. E. A. H. O'Keefe. H. G. Dickie. A. J. McDonald. T. G. Taylor. R. Eddy, M.L.C. D. I, Macdonald. C. W. H. Tripp, D.S.O. W. A. Fox.

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Table No. Subject. Page I Rehabilitation Board and National Rehabilitation Council Members 19 II Rehabilitation Loans 20 III Showing the Main Headings Under Which Business Loans Have been Granted 22 IV Rate of Demobilization 22 V Departmental Expenditure 23 VI Particulars of Trade Trainees 24 VII Particulars of Trainees With Disabled Servicemen's Re-establishment League 25 VIII Educational Facilities Granted ... 26 IX Land Settlement Results 26 X Assistance Afforded to Maori Ex-servicemen and Ex-servicewomen 27

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Table II—Rehabilitation Loan Authorizations

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Housing Loans. Furniture Loans. Farm Loans. Year Ended 31st March, For Year. Total to Date For Year. Total to Date. For Year. Total to Date. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. £ £ £ £ £ £ 1943 192 185,900 192 185,900 577 48,794 577 48,794 53 128,060 53 128,060 1944 676 708,035 868 893,935 1,446 133,054 2,023 181,848 202 633,514 255 761,574 1945 1,932 2,143,515 2,800 3,037,450 3,566 327,865 5,589 509,713 480 1,612,893 735 2,374,467 1946 5,095 5,863,064 7,895 8,900,514 6,755 ■ 620,080 12,344 1,129,793 1,116 4,323,306 1,851 6,697,773 1947 6,764 8,147,031 14,659 17,047,545 8,131 754,509 20,475 1,884,302 1,758 7,342,447 3,609 14,040,220 1948 5,535 6,705,060 20,194 23,752,605 7,954 729,058 28,429 2,613,360 1,107 5,197,269 4,716 19,237,489 1949 5,065 6,060,529 25,259 29,813,134 8,039 746,101 36,468 3,359,461 963 4,372,205 5,679 23,609,694 1950 4,421 5,200,944 29,680 35,014,078 7,283 678,292 43,751 4,037,753 962 4,888,882 6,641 28,498,576 Year E tided 31st March, Business Loans. Tools-of-trade Loans. For Year. Total to Date. For Year. — Total to Date. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number.j Amount. 1943 42 £ 13,610 42 £ 13,610 36 £ 824 36 £ 824 1944 306 117,511 348 131,121 115 3,355 151 4,179 1945 947 433,733 1,295 564,854 ■ 282 8,729 433 12,908 1946 1,640 951,868 2,935 1,516,722 399 14,200 832 27,108 1947 1,661 1,137,119 4,596 2,653,841 169 6,297 1,001 33,405 1948 1,344 996,878 5,940 3,650,719 187 5,401 1,188 38,806 1949 1,373 933,151 7,313 4,583,870 134 4,848 1,322 43,654 1950 1,414 910,091 8,727 5,493,961 62 1,838 1,384 45,492 Year Ended 31st March, Miscellaneous Loans. Total Loans. B'or Year. Total to Date. For Year. Total to Date. Number. Amount. Number.| Amount. Number.j Amount. Number. Amount. 1943 £ £ 900 £ 377,188 900 £ 377,188 1944 2 83 2 83 2,747 1,595,552 3,647 1,972,740 1945 57 8,424 59 8,507 7,264 4,535,159 10,911 6,507,899 1946 79 13,749 138 22,256 15,084 11,786,267 25,995 18,294,166 1947 118 30,077 256 52,333 18,601 17,417,480 44,596 35,711,646 1948 56 15,647 312 67,980 16,183 13,649,313 60,779 49,360,959 1949 45 7,848 357 75,828 15,619 12,124,682 76,398 61,485,641 1950 109 17,434 466 93,262 14,251 11,697,481 90,649 73,183,122

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Table III —Showing the Main Headings Under Which Business Loans Have Been Granted

Table IV —Showing Rate of Demobilization of Ex-servicemen and Ex-servicewomen to 31st March, 1950, as recorded by the Rehabilitation Department

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Type. No. Amount. Butchery 188 £ 154,427 Grocery, general store 6i6 511,484 Bakery, dairy, refreshment-rooms 401 276,823 Stationery, fancy goods 114 83,564 Radio-dealer, electrician 202 109,628 Hairdresser, tobacconist 112 55,940 Bootmaker 149 46,222 Chemist 28 28,230 Manufacturing business 291 192,288 Eggs, poultry, &c. 42 26,713 Milk rounds 272 216,430 Hotels, guesthouses 39 35,658 Fishing ventures 111 73,292 Agricultural contractors 428 309,641 Taxi, service-car 1,652 905,135 Transport (general) and mail-contractors 1,249 925,062 Building and related trades 932 437,647 Mechanical trades 418 275,542 Professional services 809 369,066 Miscellaneous 674 461,169 8,727 5,493,961

Date. Ex-overseas. Ex Home Service. Total. To 31st March— 1941 833 833 1942 3,478 3,478 1943 7,847 Li*447 19,294 1944 22,535 20,121 42,656 1945 41,009 27,666 68,675 1946 106,989 44,411 151,400 " 1947 128,416 54,094 182,510 1948 139,328 62,937 202,265 1949 143,696 65,465 209,161 1950 144,525 66,293 210,818

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Table V —Showing Departmental Expenditure Plus Loans and Special Grants Authorized for Year ended 31st March, 1950, and to Date

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Item. To 31sfc March, 1949, From Outset. Year Ended 31st March, 1950. To Date From Outset. £ £ £ Administration expenses 1,683,907 342,017 2,025,924 Educational facilities, including books, tuition fees, and 1,267,074 190,562 1,457,636 subsistence allowances Farm training, including fees and subsistence allowances at 433,383 25,015 458,398 approved agricultural colleges and training farms and subsidies to approved employers Training of blinded ex-servicemen 68,111 13,171 81,282 Grants to Disabled Servicemen's Re-establishment League 180,311 28,327 208,638 Land and building for trade training schemes, Disabled 239,077 7,086 246,163 Servicemen's Re-establishment League, &c. Plant and equipment for hostels, &c. 7,968 13 7,981 Purchase and establishment of artificial-limb factories .. 27,689 1,492 29,181 Special grants to ex-servicemen 37,534 3,405 40,939 Special grants to Returned Services' Association 33,856 1,750 35,606 Therapeutic employment for ex-servicemen 25,161 141 25,302 Trade training : centres operated by Rehabilitation Depart3,828,928 994,252 4,823,180 ment (includes establishment and operational charges, trainees' wages, separation allowances and travelling expenses, tools, plant, and equipment) Private firms and Disabled Servicemen's Re-establishment 1,256,445 99,691 1,356,136 League (includes subsidies to employers and separation allowances) Travelling expenses of ex-servicemen, including fares. 41,251 766 42,017 furniture removals, and loss of earnings Advertising and publicity . . . . 17,787 3,476 21,263 Motor-vehicles purchased for trade training centres 12,409 20 12,429 Plans and specifications, including Plan Service 3,784 255 4,039 Tool-store (cost of tools for resale to ex-servicemen trades134,892 15,430 150,322 men) Losses on rehabilitation loans 15,077 4,734 19,811 Small Farms Act leases : Losses and interest concessions . . 55,327 55,327 Rehabilitation allowances 431,885 431,885 Loans (Rehabilitation Loans Committee) 61,485,641 11,697,481 73,183,122 Loans (Maori Rehabilitation Finance Committee) 708.139 73,011 781,150 Purchase of lands for settlement development and other 13,349,860 3,618,455 16,968,315 expenses in connection therewith Miscellaneous 5,308 71 5,379 Totals 85,350,804 17,120,621 102,471,425

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Table VI—Showing "A" and "B" Class Trainees Undergoing and Completed Training as at 31st March, 1950

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TJ Tra "A" Class. " B " Class. Class. nder ining. Completed Training. Total. Under Training. Completed Training. Total. Carpentry trade 1,157 3,950 5,107 63 185 248 Joinery 16 39 55 28 54 82 Bricklaying 153 251 404 7 23 30 Painting and paperhanging 171 757 928 29 150 179 Plastering 90 203 293 16 56 72 Plumbing • • 117 108 225 Other building trades 8 30 38 Clerical and professional 103 331 434 Engineering and metal trades . 107 107 150 422 572 Electrical trades 54 184 238 Foodstuffs 29 92 121 Footwear and leather trades "45 45 16 159 175 Furniture trades 65 307 372 Motor trades t ' 88 359 447 Other mechanical trades 15 33 48 Printing trades 19 79 98 Retail trades 20 342 362 Roof tiling "30 "30 2 4 6 Textile and clothing trades 15 150 165 Welding 128 128 Miscellaneotis trades .. " ■ "30 126 156 Totals ' i 1,587 5,510 7,097 874 3,194 4,068

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Table VII —Showing Ex-servicemen Training and Completed Training with the Disabled Servicemen's Re-establishment League as at 31st March, 1950

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Trade or Occupation. In Training. Completed Training. Artificial limbs 1 7 Basketware 16 28 Bookbinding 5 4 Boot-repairing and sturgical-bootmaking 7 86 Cabinet-making 24 116 Clerical 1 4 Clog-making . . . . . . . . 6 French polishing "4 57 Gardening and horticulture 6 14 Leatherwork 3 40 Mop-making 10 Paua-shell jewellery 1 10 Printing 2 8 Salesman 4 Storeman 4 Umbrella-making 1 2 Upholstery 17 28 Watch-repairing 4 14 Weaving 3 6 Wood-turning 7 Farm training (Milson) 14 15 Totals 109 470

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Table VIII-Showing Educational Facilities Granted for Year Ended 31st March, 1950, and Totals to Date

Table IX—Showing Land-settlement Results oe Ex-servicemen Graded "A' for Farming by the Rehabilitation Board as at 31st March, 1950 Settled on single units by Rehabilitation Loans Committee .. .. .. .. .. 5,'609 Settled on land-settlement blocks by Rehabilitation Loans Committee (financial adjustments made) .. 1,032 Settled on single units and blocks through Maori Rehabilitation Finance Committee .. .. 51 6,692 Settled on land-settlement blocks (financial adjustments yet to be made) .. .. .. 357 Employed by Lands and Survey Department with promise of title .. .. .. .. 290 Employed by Department of Maori Affairs on single units and blocks with promise of title .. .. 17 664 7,356 Settled without rehabilitation loans assistance on freehold, Crown, and private leasehold properties .. 1,015 Maori ex-servicemen assisted by Department of Maori Affairs (Maori Land Amendment Act, 1936) .. 100 1,115 Total settled ~ ~ ~ 8,471

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Facility. Period 1st April, 1949, to 31st March, 1950. Total for Year. Totals to Date. Grand Totals. Ex-overseas. Ex Home Service. Ex-overseas. Ex Home Service. Full-time assistance — (a) In New Zealand (b) Overseas 59 24 2 61 24 3,090 672 185 3 3,275 675 Part-time assistance Renewals — 728 133 861 12,880 2,472 15,352 (a) Full-time (6) Part-time .. .. Miscellaneous facilities 372 2,639 256 24 283 19 396 2,922 275 3,369 17,836 2,849 172 2,508 349 3,541 20,344 3,198 Totals 4,078 461 4,539 40,696 5,689 46,385

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Table X —Showing Assistance Afforded to Maori Ex-servicemen and Ex-SERVICEWOMEN up to 31st March, 1950

In addition, 100 ex-servicemen have been settled on farms under Maori Land Amendment Act, 1936, and 36 ex-servicemen have received housing assistance under Maori Housing Act, 1935.

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Type of Assistance. Number. Amount Authorized. Farm land purchsed Farm loans Housing loans Furniture loans Business loans Tools-of-trade loans Miscellaneous loans and grants Total number assisted 64 4 89 513 841 180 62 56 £ 92,951 274,775 573,463 79,283 88,535 2,004 8,093 1,741 £1,119,104 Educational assistance Trade training— "A" Class "B" Class "C" Class "D" Class " F " Class Farm training 127 to 16 8 0 3 — 747 197 2,812