No Money!
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Mission Grants Get the Axe
The Methodist Missionary Society of Australasia, in common with many other institutions, is feeling the eco nomic pinch. As a result, drastic re ductions are contemplated in the pre allocations for the various districts for 1931. If these have to be adopted, the work on the various fields will be con siderably affected.
To give some idea of the position, the following, taken from a recent issue of The Missionary Review, shows the pre-allocations for 1931, compared with the amounts voted to the districts for 1930:
Exports to mandated territories are exports outside the Commonwealth.
Sales of goods for export to such places, or exports of goods thereto for sale therein, are not subject to the Aus tralian sales tax.
1930 Allocation Pre-allocation for 1931 Working Capital Home Base and General Conditional Gifts £1.000 10,010 Ci, 735 £ 14,345 £12,500 Fiji— Fijian v ..
Indian New Britain Papua India N. Australia 9,321 10,100 13,950 13.732 4.350 5,000 55,459 7.750 7.750 10,500 11,250 3.750 4,000 £69,804 £57,500