APPENDIX 11
(See paragraphs 72 and 74)
FAMILY SERVICES DIVISION
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
No of cases
receiving
No of cases receiving
Type of assistance
public assistance as at 31 March 1969
public assistance
as at 31 March 1968
Amount of assistance given during 1967-68
Amount of
assistance given during 1968-69
Dry Ration
4,581
3,794
2,485,611 shares*
3,859,240
shares
Cooked Food†
112
293,124 shares
105,083 shares
Rice
1,171
974
***
651,073 shares
1,020,985
shares
Cash
蜜影母
1,265
268
$57,722.50
$361,778.65
Total
*
7,017
5,148
* Each share includes 2 meals in a day.
† Cooked Food to needy families was abolished as from 1 January 1969.
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