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Enclosure. Minister's Office, Finance Department, Wellington [A T o date]. Memorandum for His Excellency the Governor-General. I have to advise Your Excellency that the following contributions have been remitted to the High Commissioner for distribution as under : — New Zealand Comforts Lund :— £ g. <|. £ s , ( |. Wellington Red Cross shop ... ... ... 2(H) 0 0 Opunake Young Ladies' Patriotic League ... ... 50 0 0 Marton patriotic-shop committee ... ... ... 286' 0 0 Waipu Agricultural Association ... ... ... 47 16' 0 Quota contributions from patriotic societies ... ... 6,163 18 0 Wellington Centre, British Red Cross Society ... ... 1,027 (i 0 Marlborough Patriotic Fund ... ... ... 100 0 0 Waimate Red Cross Branch ... ... ... 500 0 0 Lyttelton Red Cross Committee ... ... ... 501 0 0 Darfield District Auxiliary War Fund ... ... 50 0 0 Wanganui Ladies' Golf Club ... ... ... 155 0 0 Hawke's Bay War Relief Association ... ... 1,061 811 Tuparoa East Coast Centre .... ... ... 21 3 0 Wairarapa Centre, British Red Cross ... ... 250 0 0 Featherston Centre, British Red Cross ... ... 400 0 0 Wellington Centre, British Red Cross ... ... 100 0 0 Invercargill Red Cross Branch ... ... ... 50 0 0 Hawke's Bay War Relief Association ... ... 400 0 0 Woolston Red Cross Branch ... ... ... 20 0 0 10,932 11 11 Red Cross Fund : — Auckland Centre, New Zealand Branch Red Cross and Order of St, John ... ... ... ... 5,000 0 0 Canterbury Centre, British Red Cross Association ... 90 8 5 Hawera Patriotic and Wounded Soldiers' Committee ... 700 0 0 Hawke's Bay War Relief Association ... ... 99 17 2 H. J. Kilgoiir ... ... ... ... ... 5 0 0 Hawke's Bay War Relief Association ... ... 2(i 13 4 5,921 18 11 Serbian Relief Fund :— Wanganui-Waitotara Patriotic Association ... ... 51 0 0 Upper Hutt Town Board ... ... ... ... 650 , Miss Cooper ... ... ... ... ..." 0100 Hawke's Bay War Relief Association... ... ... 16 13 4 Lawrence Patriotic Fund ... ... ... ... 3 8 6 Mauriceville County Council ... ... ... 2 10 0 Hawke's Bay War Relief Association... ... ... 5 0 0 85 6 10 »„_ Serbian Red Cross Fund : — Pioneer Club, Wellington ... ... ... ... ... 400 0 0 Aeroplane Raid Sufferers Fund : — Wellington school-children ... ... ... ... .. 500 0 0 Overseas Club Tobacco Fund :— Palmerston North Branch, Overseas Club Tobacco Fund 200 0 0 Prisoners' Relief Fund :— Hawke's Bay War Relief Association... • ... ... 142 13 II Mrs. Perry' ... ... ... ... ... 5 0 0 147 13 11 Royal Flying Corps Hospital Fund : — Waipukurau and District Branch Red Cross Society ... ... 50 0 0 Polish Relief Fund :— Lawrence Patriotic Fund ... ... ... ... ... 3 16 0 Prince of Wales' Fund : — Lawrence Patriotic.Fund ... ... ... ... ... 2 10 0 British Navy Relief Fund : — Wanganui-Waitotara Patriotic Association ... ... 10 0 0 Hawke's Bay War Relief Association... ... ... 7 18 0 17 18 0 Belgian Children Relief Fund : — Wanganui-Waitotara Patriotic Association ... ... ... 20 5 0 St. Dunstan's Hospital Fund: — Hawke's Bay War Relief Association... ... ... ... 17 8 0 £18,299 8 7 In addition the following amount has been remitted to the Defence Department : — New Zealand Comforts Fund : — Egypt ... ... ... ... ... ... ... £330 0 0 J. G. Ward, Minister of Finance.