The sum of $9,405.25 was collected for Prisoners’ Relief Account and $8,800 sent to England for expenditure. In addition to the above amounts the people of Nova Scotia subscribed $1,500 to the Duchess of Connaught Prisoners’ Fund and $78,433.03 to the British Red Cross. Two thousand four hundred and seventy cases of goods were sent Overseas during the year, including 78 cases furnished No. 7 (Dalhousie) Stationary Hospital, 112 cases to No. 9 (St. Francis Xavier) Stationary Hospital, 11 cases to Serbia and 60 to France. During the year ended October 31, 1917, the following amounts were collected: For General Purposes $62,179 80 For Prisoners’ Fund 18,790 22 For French Red Cross 21,897 63 British Red Cross Collection 100,000 00 ——————————— $202,867 65 The principal items of expenditure were: Purchase of materials, hospital supplies, etc. $39,674 84 Sundry supplies 1,318 60 Marine and Fire Insurance 2,351 50 Contributions to Special Objects 4,706 51 Tobacco, fruits and comforts at Pier 2 and City Military Hospitals 3,963 05 Remittance to Head Office, Toronto 32,020 70 Office Expenses 2,055 66 Forwarded to England for support of prisoners 12,000 00 Forwarded to Toronto 2,000 00 Forwarded to England for books for prisoners 100 00 Two thousand and ninety-nine cases of goods were sent Overseas, and a greatly enlarged demand for goods was made on this side of the water owing to the increasing number of returned men and the opening of the new convalescent hospitals as well as the arrival and departure of hospital ships and trains. The following institutions were supplied with goods on their requisitions: Clayton Military Convalescent Home. C.E.D. Corps. Discharge Depot. Hospital at Pier 2. Pine Hill Convalescent Home. Rockhead Hospital (Soldiers’ ward). Infectious Hospital. Military Hospital, Cogswell Street. Hospital Ships. Hospital Trains. Kentville Sanitarium. Dalton, P.E.I. Camp Hill Hospital. Truro Military Hospital. Aldershot Field Hospital. [Illustration: MRS. F. B. M‘CURDY.]