NEW ZEALAND PATRIOTIC FUND BOARD (REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30th SEPTEMBER, 1949

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1950 Session I, H-22a

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1950 NE W ZEAL A N D

NEW ZEALAND PATRIOTIC FUND BOARD (REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30th SEPTEMBER, 1949

Presented to Both Houses of the General Assembly Pursuant to Section 41 of the Patriotic and Canteen Funds Act, 1947

The Hon. the Minister of Internal Affairs, Parliament Buildings, Wellington. The New Zealand Patriotic Fund Board has the honour to present its report and balancesheet for the year ended 30th September, 1949, in accordance with section 41 of the Patriotic and Canteen Funds Act, 1947. INTKODUCTION The year under review saw a considerable expansion in the work of the Board. The general plan for comfortable residential facilities for war veterans, envisaged in the last financial year, is taking shape. At the close of the year legislative proposals for the amalgamation of the Sick and Wounded and Patriotic Funds of the 1914-18 war with those of the Board were well advanced,

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The close co-operation between the various organizations responsible for the administration of Patriotic Funds was maintained, and the national policy of expenditure adopted during the last financial year is being implemented, and is working satisfactorily. The gross expenditure of the Board during the year was £107,504, leaving cash and investments in hand at the end of the year amounting to £1,289,095. SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS The following table shows the position of the funds of the New Zealand Patriotic Fund Board and the Provincial Patriotic Councils as at Ist October, 1948, and the 30th September, 1949 : New Zealand Patriotic Fund Hoard Balance as at Ist October, 1948 £ £ Cash .. .. .. .. .. 28,344 Investments .. .. .. .. 1,283,859 1,312,203 Receipts from all sources .. .. .. .. .. 84,396 1,396,599 Payments .. .. .. .. .. .. 107,504 *Cash and investments as at 30th September, 1949 .. 1,289,095 £ £ £ ♦Cash .. .. .. .. 10,794 ('ash, agents .. . . . . 21,843 32,637 Investments . . .. . . 1,256,458 1,289,095

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Receipts. Payments. Provincial Patriotic Council. Balance on Hand, 1st October, Received, 1948-49. Pavments. Balance on Hand, 30th September 1948 (Including 1949 (Including Investments). Investments). £ £ £ £ Northland .. 50,860 980 3,044 48,802 Auckland .. 239,064 8,467 10,310 237.221 Waikato 73,603 2,361 1,931 74,033 Bay of Plentv 48,427 1,365 1,164 48,628 East Coast.. 50,196 1,906 1 ,699 50,403 Hawke's Bay 137,904 5,996 9,287 134,613 Taranaki .. 94,277 3,856 8,064 90,069 Wellington 274,222 11,919 14,763 271,378 Marlborough 21,624 2,3!3 4,586 19,351 Nelson 85,403 2,637 3,595 84,445 Westland .. 39,930 1,044 1,022 39,952 Canterbury 142,931 5,575 10,793 137,713 Otago 259,276 8,023 13,673 253,626 Southland .. 100,507 4,004 10,354 94,757 Totals 1,618,230 61,046 94,285 1,584,991

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WORK OF EXPENDING AGENTS The following is a brief survey of the work of the various expending agents of the Board : Joint Council of the Order of St. John and New Zealand Red Cross Society This organization continued its work as expending agent of the Board in the conduct of the four homes —Evelyn Firth, Auckland ; Mowai, Wellington ; Rannerdale, Christchurch ; and Montecillo, Dunedm—the recreation huts at Wellington and Middleraore Hospitals, and the distribution of comforts to the discharged service patients in the various hospitals throughout New Zealand. It also operated buses for the purpose of taking patients who are able to travel to picnics and race meetings. Facilities were also provided for such personnel to attend football matches, boxing, wrestling, and other sporting activities. The provision of occupational and diversional therapy is a very important phase of the work of the Joint Council and does much to assist the welfare of the patients. During the twelve months ended 31st March, 1949, the following comforts were distributed by the organization : Cigarettes .. .. .. ..2,019,450 Tobacco (oz.) .. .. .. .. 32,845 Matches (boxes) .. .. .. .. 23,032 Chocolates and sweets (packets) .. .. 90,071 In addition, patients were supplied with fruit and cake, periodicals, clothing, toothpaste, &c. Commercial Travellers' and Warehousemen's Blinded Servicemen's Trust Board In July, 1948, a sum of £25,000 was set aside in the books of the New Zealand Patriotic Fund Board to be administered for the benefit of blinded discharged servicemen. Expenditure from the fund amounting to £9,186 Bs. 4d. has already been made from this amount. The work of the Trust Board has been of great assistance to the blinded discharged servicemen in enabling them to rehabilitate themselves, and the Board desires to pay a tribute to the valuable work that has already been done for these men. Public Service Association The Public Service Association has been appointed an expending agent of the Board in connection with special cases of assistance arising in the Public Service. During the year expenditure through this channel amounted to £lBB 6s. 9d. United Kinodom The Patriotic Fund in the United Kingdom, which was built up during the war years from donations, sale of assets, &c, is administered by the High Commissioner for New Zealand on behalf of the Board. Grants amounting to £836 3s. sd. were made during the twelve months, mainly to assist New Zealanders to meet medical expenses, and in some cases to help in the provision of accommodation. Cairo As the fund provided by the Board in Cairo for the benefit of servicemen in this area no longer exists, the account has now been closed.

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Australia The New Zealand Senior Trade Commissioner in Australia administers a fund provided by the Board for the benefit of New Zealand discharged servicemen in Australia. The demand on the fund has been small, amounting to £55 15s. 6d. during the year. RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES FOR WAR VETERANS The Board, in co-operation with the Canteen Fund Board, has continued the work of planning for residential facilities for war veterans —one establishment to be in the South Island and one in the North Island —and, in addition, negotiations are proceeding for the acquisition of the Auckland Veterans' Home, located at Three Kings, Auckland. North Island. —This establishment will be situated on 120 acres of land at Okoroirc, about midway between Hamilton and Rotorua. The Boards are indebted to Mr. N. L. Higginson for the magnificent gift of 50 acres of this land. A local committee, under the chairmanship of Mr. Higginson, has been carrying out preliminary work on the property, such as fencing, planting trees and orchards, and constructing a lake. A competition for. designs for the settlement, open to discharged servicemen architects of all wars, has been launched, and closes in April, 1950. Provision is to be made to house some 120 men, each with a single bedroom, and a feature of the settlement will be a model village of forty one-bedroom cottages to accommodate discharged servicemen and their wives. It is anticipated that the settlement will be largely self-supporting, in that dairying, poultry-farming, beekeeping, and market-gardening will be carried out on the land not required for building purposes. South Island. —Negotiations for a suitable property in the vicinity of Christchurch on which to erect this establishment are in progress. Auckland Veterans' Home. —This home has been in operation for a number of years, catering for the needs of men of the South African and 1914-18 wars. Negotiations for its sale to this Board and the Canteen Fund Board jointly have been concluded, and it is anticipated that necessary legislation to give effect to the agreement of sale and purchase-will shortly be passed. It is intended that the Auckland Veterans' Home Board should continue the conduct of the home for a period of fifteen years, but that men of the 1939-45 war should also be admitted. AMALGAMATION OF 1914-18 PATRIOTIC AND OTHER FUNDS WITH THE FUNDS OF THIS BOARD The administrators of the 1914-18 Patriotic and Sick and Wounded Funds approached the Board with a proposal that the funds under their control be transferred to the Board, and that the Board be then responsible for the welfare of men of all wars. This proposal was agreed to, and legislation to give effect thereto is expected in the near future. WELFARE IN NEW ZEALAND Qualified Social Service Workers Following an investigation of the work of the Social Service Department in Australia, the Board, together with the Canteen Fund Board, has decided to include on their staff persons holding the Diploma of Social Science, whose duty it will be to visit discharged servicemen and their dependants in their homes, with a view to assisting them in their many problems, whether financial or otherwise. One appointment has already been made, and bursaries are to be provided for two other discharged servicewomen to enable them to take a two-year course in social science at Victoria University College, Wellington.

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Financial Assistance During the financial year the Board assisted 103 cases referred to it by Provincial Patriotic Councils, the amount expended in this connection being £12,397. Assistance was sought for a variety of reasons, such as to enable the son of a discharged serviceman to proceed overseas for an operation, replacement of live-stock lost through disease, and loss by flood. The total expenditure by the Board on welfare assistance in New Zealand and overseas amounted to £21,953. In accordance with the policy of the Board, every endeavour was made to render permanent rather than temporary assistance. APPKECIATION The Board desires to express its appreciation of the co-operation and assistance it has received from Government Departments, Provincial Patriotic Councils, ex-service organizations, and other organizations it has been associated with. It also desires to thank its expending agents overseas and in New Zealand for their work during the year. Finally it desires to thank its office staff. For and on behalf of the New Zealand Patriotic Fund Board : A. H. Gibson, Secretary,

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NEW ZEALAND PATRIOTIC FUND BOARD Receipts and Payments Account, Ist October, 1948, to 30th September, 1949 Receipts Payments £ g. d. Interest on investments— £ s. d. j Advances to expending agents overseas .. .. 1,974 8 1 General .. .. .. .. .. 27,800 10 3 Comforts: Troops overseas (recoverable) .. .. 1,153 13 3 Sick and wounded .. .. .. .. 10,512 1 6 Advances to expending agents in New Zealand— Investments matured or sold— Joint Council (sick and wounded account) .. .. 74,670 6 10 General .. .. .. .. .. 28,217 0 5 Public Service Association .. .. .. 188 6 9 Sick and wounded .. .. .. .. 4 0 0; Blinded Servicemen's Fund .. .. .. 9,186 8 4 Refund unexpended advances to agents .. .. 3,031 3 1 Okoroire Park .. .. .. ».. .. 918 5 7 Hospital fees, &c. .. .. .. .. .. 30,210 18 6 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. 33 13 4 Donations . . .. . . .. .. 9 10 0 Insurance : Sick and wounded account . . . , 83 9 4 Welfare assistance repaid .. .. .. .. 499 17 9 Welfare grants .. .. .. .. .. 8,802 9 3 Elizabeth Barnett Estate Bequest .. .. .. 1,000 0 0 Loans to discharged servicemen .. .. .. 1,490 0 0 Sale of assets on charge or at nominal value .. .. 7,146 11 8 Helen Ross Trust .. .. .. .. ~ 2,818 5 3 Share of cost of Okoroire Park : Purchase of land. &c. .. 2,409 9 1 ! Purchase Okoroire Park land .. ~ .. 3,422 17 5 Miscellaneous receipts . . . . . . .. 173 12 0 i Preliminary expenses— Government grant on account of administration expenses 783 6 8 ', Okoroire Park . . . . . . ... . . 226 18 6 Auckland Veterans' Home .. . . . . 53 18 8 Veterans' homes, general . . . . . . . . 150 16 4 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. 791 Administration expenses, including travelling expenses : Board members .. .. .. ~ .. 2,323 0 9 111,798 0 11 107,504 6~9 Cash in hand and in bank, Ist October, 1948 .. . . 5,723 9 8 Cash in hand and in bank, 30th September, 1949 . . 10,794 16 10 Cash in hand of agents, Ist October, ] 948 .. .. 22,620 8 8 Cash in hand of agents, 30th September, 1949 . . .. 21,842 15 8 £140,14119" 3 | £140,141 19 3 Income and Expenditure Account, Ist October, 1948, to 30th September, 1949 Expenditure £ s. d. j Income £ g. d. Depreciation Reserve Account . . .. .. 43 0 0 | Reimbursement from art union profits : Account welfare Welfare relief and assistance .. .. .. .. 21,953 6 5 troops overseas .. .. .. .. .. 1,368 15 3 Comforts supplied to troops overseas .. .. .. 1,510 6 2 Interest on investments .. .. .. .. 28,525 1 5 Miscellaneous expenses in connection with establishment of Donations . . . . .. .. .. 9 10 0 war veterans' homes .. .. .. .. 96 13 9 Sale of assets recovered or on charge at nominal value .. 1,597 11 0 Administration expenses, including travelling-expenses: ! Government grant on account administration expenses .. 1,253 17 0 Board members .. .. .. .. .. 1,452 13 1 Miscellaneous receipts .. .. .. .. 41 12 11 Surplus for year transferred to Accumulated Fund .. 19,745 I 9 Contra expenditure transferred— £ s. d. Blinded Services Fund .. .. 9,186 8 4 Helen Ross Trust Fund .. ... 2,818 5 3 j 12,004 13 7 £44.801 1 2 j £44,801 1 2

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Helen Ross Trust £ s. d. . s. d. Orants to discharged servicemen .. .. .. 2,818 5 3 Balance forward, Ist October, 1948 .. .. .. 2,769 4 9 Receipts .. .. .. .. . . .. 49 0 6 £2,818 5 3 | £2,818 5 3 Blinded Discharged Servicemen's Fund £ s. d. T £ s, d. Assistance granted blinded discharged servicemen .. 9,186 8 4 ! Balance forward, Ist October, 1948 .. .. .. 25,000 0 0 Balance, 30th September, 1949 .. .. .. 15,813 11 8 j £25,000 0 0 < £25,000 0 0 Sick and Wounded Reserve £ s. d. £ s. d. Net cost of maintaining homes, comforts and amenities for Balance, Ist October, 1948 .. .. .. .. 354,537 1 0 sick and wounded .. .. .. .. 54,926 3 6 Interest on investments .. .. .. .. 10,496 5 10 Balance, 30th September, 1949 .. .. . . 310,107 3 4 £365,033 6 10 £365,033 6 10 Specific Bequests and Donations for Sick and Wounded £ s. d. £ s. d. Expenditure .. .. .. .. .. 83 10 0 Balance, Ist October, 1948 .. .. .. .. 1,714 6 11 Balance, 30th September, 1949 .. .. .. 1,630 16 11 £1,714 6 11 £1,714 6 11

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NEW ZEALAND PATRIOTIC FUND BOARD— continued Balance-sheet of the New Zealand Patriotic Fund Board as at 30th September, 1949 Liabilities Assets £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Convalescent homes and hospitals— Accumulated funds— Land, buildings, and equipment .. 58,443 1 6 Balance, Ist October, 1948 .. 1,033,423 14 5 Recreational huts and furniture for Add value of gift land . . .. 910 0 0 sick and wounded .. .. 5,014 13 4 SurplusfromlncomeandExpenditure Motor-vehicles . . . . . . 10,302 14 0 Account for year ended 30th ■ September, 1949 .. .. 19,745 1 9 73,760 8 10 1,054,078 16 2 Less Depreciation Reserve .. 16,740 0 0 Sick and Wounded Reserve : 57,020 8 10 Balance, Ist October, 1948 .. 354,537 1 0 Okoroire Park (half share with Canteen Less loss, year ended 30th Fund Board)— September, 1949, after crediting Land and buildings .. .. 2,522 10 0 interest and other income .. 44,429 17 8 Chattels .. .. .. 176 7 4 310,107 3 4 Live-stock .. .. .. 35 0 0 Special funds— Fencing and trees . . . . 101 4 8 Blinded Servicemen's Fund : Tools, materials .. .. 16 17 5 Balance, Ist October, 1948 .. 25,000 0 0 Preliminary and development Less expenditure, year ended 30th expenses .. . . . . 244 15 8 September, 1949 .. .. 9,186 8 4 3,096 15 1 ■ 15,813 11 8 Preliminary expenses, Auckland Veterans' Home .. 26 19 4' Elizabeth Barnett Trust .. .. .. .. 1,000 0 0 Furniture and fittings, Head Office .. 45115 3 Specific bequests and donations for Less Depreciation Reserve .. 129 5 0 sick and wounded: Balance, 322 10 3 Ist October, 1948 .. .. 1,714 6 11 Investments: New Zealand GovernLess expenditure, year ended 30th ment stock and local-body debenSeptember, 1949 .. . . 83 10 0 tures at cost— 1,630 16 11 General Fund .. .. .. 946,351 7 1 Sundry creditors . . .. .. .. .. 3 ,496 8 4 Held against Sick and Wounded Reserve .. .. .. 310,107 3 4 1,256,458 10 5 First mortgage ...... .. ■ .. 782 8 0 Loans to discharged servicemen .. .. .. 1,638 3 1 Sundry debtors .. .. .. .. .. 7,549 18 3

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, Accrued interest .. . . .. .. .. 8,573 8 5 Stocks of comforts on hand.. .. . . .. 18,020 2 3 Cash in hand and in bank, 30th September, 1949 .. .. 10,794 16 10 Cash in hand of agents, 30th September, 1949 .. .. 21,842 15 8 £1,386,126 16 5 £1,386,126 16 5 A. H. Gibson, Secretary. I hereby certify that the Receipts and Payments Account, Income and Expenditure Account, and Balance-sheet have been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly state the position as disclosed thereby, subject to the comment that Imprest Accounts have been established by the Board and operated on without authority of law.—J. P. Rutherford, Controller and Auditor-General.

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