Papua's Native Benefits
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£323,000 Spent in 20 Years
From Our Own Correspondent.
Port Moresby, Oct. 6.
rE Native Taxation Fund of Papua for 1938-39 amounted to £17,089, of which £1,985 was expended on cost of collection. £6,438 on native education, and £8.666 on native benefits.
Native education comprised grants for primary and technical education to the i olio wing missionary bodies: London Missionary Society, £1,000; Roman Catho lic Mission, £500; Kwato Extension, £300; and Methodist Mission £250. Under Native Benefits, £6,339 was expended dur ing the year on medical services; £1,467 on family bonuses; and £752 on anthro pology.
Since the establishment of the fund in 1919, total net collections are £310,442; with interest and other receipts, £323,317. The following amounts have been received by the missionary bodies; —
L.M.S £39,515
Roman Catholic Mis. £18,427 Anglican Mis £12,267 Methodist Mis £19,291 S.D.A. Mis £3,951 Kwato Ind. Mis £19,657