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2. Summary op Receipts and Payments The following table shows the state of the Provincial and National Patriotic Funds as at Ist October, 1945, and receipts and payments during the year, and the funds held as at 30th September, 1946 :

National Patriotic Fund Board Balance as at Ist October, 1945 — £ Cash .. .. .. .. .. .. 626,295 Investments .. .. .. .. .. 447,175 £ 1,073,470 Receipts from all sources .. .. .. .. .. 1,211,312 2,284,782 Payments .. .. .. .. .. .. 995,684 Cash and investments as at 30th September, 1946 .. *£1,289,098 * Cash, £70,112 ; Investments, £1,218,986. 3. Work by Expending Agents General With the rapid reduction of the number of personnel in the Armed Forces, the work of the expending agents in the camps, air and naval stations in New Zealand was considerably reduced during the year. The Board provided the necessary funds spent on the conduct of the patriotic work in camps in New Zealand and overseas by the following expending agents : The Catholic War Services Fund Board The Church of England Military Affairs Committee J ™ T , The Salvation Army {-For combatant troops. The Y.M.C.A. * J The Joint Council of the Order of St. John and New Zealand Red Cross Society .. .. .. For sick and wounded:

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Receipts. Payments. Provincial Patriotic Councils. Balance on Hand, 1st October, '1945 (including Investments). Received, 1945-46. Payments. Balance on Hand, 30th September, 1946 (including Investments). Northland Auckland Waikato Bay of Plenty East Coast Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Marlborough Nelson Westland .. Canterbury Otago Southland £ 46,609 202,316 50,684 39,187 51,477 123,312 86,509 230,341 19,408 80,815 31,769 141,640 263,277 121,165 £ 9,546 33,259 20,457 6,982 9,114 11,623 9,311 107,121 3,371 6,102 7,354 62,453 28,628 10,115 £ 3,956 7,580 812 387 10,400 1,997 1,374 69,164 1,186 2,123 378 46,966 26,688 23,647 £ 52,199 227,995 70,329 45,782 50,191 132,938 94,446 268,298 21,593 84,794 38,745 157,127 265,217 107,633 Totals 1,488,509 325,436 196,658 1,617,287