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Table V. —Showing Departmental Expenditure (All Services) on Rehabilitation for Year ended 31st March, 1944, and to Date

Table VI.— Showing Rate of Demobilization of Ex-servicemen and Ex-servicewomen as at 31st March, 1944

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Year ended i To Date m ' '31st March, 1944. from Outset. - - ■ ■ ■ — - — £ £ Administration expenses (assessed) .. .. •. 85,963 125,943 Educational facilities, including books, tuition fees, and sub- 3,584 3,584 sistence allowance Farm training, including fees and subsistence allowance at 337 337 approved agricultural colleges and training farms and subsidy to approved employers Grants to Disabled Servicemen's Re-establishment League (Inc.) 4,900 7,400 Land and building: Vocational Training Centres .. .. 38,979 49,795 Plant, machinery, and equipment .. .. . . 2,809 2,809 Purchase artificial-limb factory .. .. . • ■ . ■ ■ 3,758 Special grants to ex-servicemen on compassionate or hardship 2,378 2,378 grounds Therapeutic employment for ex-servicemen .. .. 5,607 5,607 Trade training — Centres operated by Rehabilitation Department: includes 56,506 81,204 establishment and operational charges, trainees' wages, separation allowance and travelling-expenses, tools, plant and equipment (year ended 31st March, 1943-44 assessed by Labour Department) Private firms and Disabled Servicemen's Re-establishment 16,122 16,296 League : includes subsidy to employers and separation allowance Travelling-expenses of ex-servicemen including fares, furniture, 1,779 1,779 removals, and loss of earnings Miscellaneous .. .. . ■ ■ • • • • • 376 488 Rehabilitation allowances .. .. •• 235,522 243,382 Loans (farms, business, housing, tools of trade, furniture, &c.) 1,595,552 1,972,740 Purchase of lands for settlement, development, and other (Not available) 470,006 expenses in connection therewith £2,050,414 £2,987,506

Ex-camps, Ex-overseas. New Zea]lmd . Date. Total. Number. Number. 31st July, 1940 29 1 29 31st December, 1940 .. ■■ •• 112 112 31st March, 1941 .. .. .. •• •• 833 833 30th June, 1941 1,220 1,220 30th September, 1941 .. .. •• •• 1,591 available.) 1 o'kck 31st December, 1941 .. .. •• 2,565 2,565 31st March, 1942 .. .. .. •• 3,478 3,478 30th June, 1942 .. .. .. •• 4,536 I 4,536 30th September, 1942 .. .. .. •• 5,167 J 5,167 31st December, 1942 .. .. .. 6,246 9,223 15,469 31st March, 1943 .. .. .. .. 7,847 11,447 19,294 30th June, 1943 .. .. .. •• •• 9,093 13,513 22,606 30th September, 1943 .. .. •• 11,866 15,790 27,656 31st December, 1943 .. .. •• 17,173 17,470 34,643 31st March, 1944 .. .. .. • • ■■ 22,535 20.121 42,656