Aid For Lepers
p. 39 · Read in the full issue
THE Lepers’ Trust Board, which is responsible for providing relief for lepers in the South Pacific area, is at present assisting 2,500 patients. In cluded in the Board’s zone arq Makogai, Fiji, Samoa, Cook Islands. Tonga, the British South Solomons, the New Hebrides and New Caledonia, and the work is gradually being extended.
The Board’s income for the year ended January 31 amounted to £18,007, qf which £17,847 was raised by collections. Out goings totalled £21,550.
Mr. R. E. Dwyer, of New Guinea Pro duction Board, Port Moresby, paid a brief visit to Sydney and Melbourne in April.