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1948 NEW ZEALAND

NATIONAL PATRIOTIC FUND BOARD (REPORT OF) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30th SEPTEMBER, 1947

Presented to Both Bouses of the General Assembly Pursuant to Regulation 27 of the Patriotic Purposes Emergency Regulations 1939

The Hon. the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington. The National Patriotic Fund Board has the honour to present its annual report and balance-sheet for the year ended 30th September, 1947. 1. Introduction The year under review was concerned mainly with the realization of assets, the care of the sick and wounded, and the consideration of future policy as regards patriotic funds, as well as with the provision of welfare for the remaining Service personnel overseas and in New Zealand. The annual gross expenditure of the Board since its inception, exclusive of expenditure by Provincial Patriotic Councils, was as follows : £ 1939-40 .. .. .. .. 233,737 1940-41 .. .. .. .. 547,644 1941-42 .. .. .. .. 1,097,944 1942-43 .. .. .. .. 1,601,725 1943-44 .. .. .. .. 1,857,281 1944-45 .. .. .. ..1,868,962 1945-46 .. .. .. .. 995,684 1946 47 .. .. .. .. 157,424 £8,360,401 Gross cash receipts, again exclusive of Provincial Patriotic- Funds, for the same period were £9,719,033.