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War Funds. Of over nine hundred and eighty patriotic committees established as a result of the Great War, sixty are still in operation, being a decrease of two since last report. The latest statements received denote that the value of the assets held are as follows :— * ■«. d. Twenty-nine incorporated societies .. .. .. .. 663,820 16 6 Seven Red Cross organizations . . .. . . . . 124 089 18 4 Three Blind Soldiers and Veterans' Homes Funds .. .. 74,136 810 Thirteen unincorporated societies .. .. .. .. 3,723 510 One Navy League Fund .. . . .. .. . . 5 431 10 10 Five Returned Soldiers' Clubs .. . . .. . . 22,767 1 2 Two Social Funds .. .. .. . . ~ . , 53Q 13 9 894,505 15 3 National War Funds Council .. .. .. .. 166,111 7 0 £1,060,617 2 3 Dominion Archives. Steady progress has been made with the sorting of documents and preparation for binding when finances permit. The balance of the New Zealand Co.'s papers is practically ready for binding, and when this is done it is hoped to prepare a bulletin on the whole of the company's papers both in Great Britain and New Zealand. On the eve of the demolition of the barracks at Mount Cook the discarded papers of the Defence Department were roughly sorted, and a large quantity, amounting to more than a ton in weight, was taken over for the Archives. These will be sorted and arranged, as time permits, and will furnish a valuable deposit dealing particularly with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the field during the years 1914-20. The Archives have been consulted a good deal during the year by students of history and others. Rules have been drawn up to govern the use of the material by students and other inquirers. CINEMATOGRAPH-EILM CENSORSHIP. During the year 2,077 films of all classes, of a total length of 5,542,560 ft., were examined. Of this number seventy-six were rejected in the first instance, 243 were passed subject to excisions, and 106 were passed with recommendations that they were more suitable for adult audiences. Nine appeals were- lodged against the Censor's decisions. In two cases the films were passed with recommendations for adult audiences after excisions, and in one case excisions were made and the film released for universal screening. In five cases the Censor's decision was upheld, and one case is awaiting examination by the Appeal Board. An analysis of the work shows —

The countries of origin of the quota films were as follow : United States of America, 457 ; Great Britain, 54 ; Germany, 2 : total, 513. Of the British-quota films fifty were sound and four were silent, while the foreign-quota films were 407 sound and fifty-two silent. Rejections.— Of the rejected films thirty-four were quota and forty-two were non-quota. Of the quota films rejected five were of British origin and twenty-nine .originated in the United States of America, while the forty-two non-quota films rejected originated in the United States of America. ( Offices.— At the beginning of September the Censor's office was transferred to Hope Gibbon's Building in Dixon Street, where suitable sound equipment has been installed. Posters.—On_ 2nd; October, 1930, regulations under the Cinematograph Films Act, 1928, were gazetted governing•. the. censorship of posters. As the regulations are not retrospective, their objective will not be completely attained until after a period of about one year. Under these regulations an exhibitor has already been prosecuted and convicted for improperly adding certain printed matter to a poster after it had been passed by the Censor.

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Origin. Quota or Long Films. Non-quota or Short Films. Number. Length. Number. Length. British Foreign Totals .. 54 459 405,150 3,484,660 137 1,427 125,180 1,527,570 513 3,889,810 1,564 1,652,750