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Enclosure. Minister's Office, Finance Department, Wellington [No 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 Fund: — £ s. d. £ s. d. Wellington Red Cross shop ... ... ... ... 1,200 0 0 Hunterville Countess of Liverpool Fund and Red Cross Guild ... ... ... ... ... 57 0 0 Wellington Red Cross shop ... ... ... ... 400 0 0 Presbyterian Church of New Zealand ... ... 150 0 0 Carterton Red Cross Society ... ... ... 250 0 0 Taihape Red Cross Society ... ... ... ... 200 0 0 Wanganui-Waitotara Patriotic Association ... ... 200 0 0 Presbyterian Churoh of New Zealand ... ... 100 0 0 Waverley Patriotic League ... ... ... 25 0 0 Hastings Red Cross workers ... ... ... 100 0 0 ;New Plymouth Red Cross Society ... ... ... 800 0 0 Marton Patriotic shop ... ... ... ... 208 0 0 Marlborough Patriotic Fund ... ... ... 50 0 0 Bull's, Sanson, &c., War Relief Fund ... .... 50 0 0 Hawke's Bay War Relief Association ... ... 5 0 0 Inglewood Patriotic League ... ... ... 223 I 4 " Violet Day," Wellington ... ... ... 1,800 0 0 Wellington Red Cross shop... ... ... ... 300,0 0 Wairarapa Red Cross Society ... ... ... 592 5 7 Marton Red Cross Society ... ... ... ... 27 0 0 6,752 6 11 Overseas Club Tobacco Fund :— President, Overseas Club, Palmerston North ... ... ... 100 0 0 St. Dunstan's Hospital Fund :— Brill's, Sanson, &c, War Relief Fund ... ... 100 0 0 Marlborough Patriotic Fund ... ... ... 500 Wanganui-Waitotara Patriotic Association ... ... 97 5 6 Masterton Patriotic shop ... ... ... .;. 320 II 9 Bull's, Sanson, &c, War Relief Fund ... ... 50 0 0 572 17 3 Red Cross Fund (headquarters, Order of St. John) : — Hawera Patriotic and Wounded Soldiers' Committee ... 700 0 0 Stratford Patriotic Executive Committee ... ... 67 0 0 Wanganui Ladies' Golf Club ... ... ... 230 0 0 Marlborough. Patriotic Fund ... ... ... 6 17 3 Marton Patriotic shop ... ... ... ... 208 0 0 1,211 17 3 V» Aeroplane Raid Sufferers Fund : — Director of Education ... ... ... ... 4 18 9 Wanganui Education Board ... ... ... 160 0 0 Hawke's Bay War Relief Association ... ... 11 16 0 176 14 9 Montenegrin Relief Fund : — Wairarapa Patriotic Association ... ... ... 130 9 9 F. G. Taylor, Hunterville ... ... ... ... 14 12 0 145 1 9 Prisoners' Relief Fund :— Hastings Red Cross workers ... ... ... ... 200 0 0 British Navy Relief Fund :— British and Foreign Sailors' Society, Wellington ... ... 50 0 0 Belgian Relief Fund : — Belgian Consul, Wellington ... ... ... 347 18 5 Tapu Taingakawa, Morrinsville ... ... ... 213 12 6 561 10 11 Serbian Relief Fund :— Mauriceville County Council .... ... ... 2 10 0 Lawrence Patriotic Fund ... ... ... ... 2 15 6 Miss Cooper, Wellington ... ... ... ... 010 0 Upper Hutt Town Board ... ... ... ... 6 5 0 Mauriceville County Council ... ... ... 2 10 0 14 10 6 Polish Relief Fund :— Lawrence Patriotic Fund ... ... ... ... 2140 Prince of Wales' Fund : — Lawrence Patriotic Fund ... ... ... ... 2 13 6 London Mission, Samoa ... ... ... ... 7 0 0 9 13 6