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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1977

INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS WERE MAINLY RECORDED IN ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (+ $150 MILLION OR 29.2%) TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+ $96 MILLION OR + 59.0%) AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (+ $86 MILLION OR 129.8%).

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ALSO ANNOUNCED THE TRADE INDEXES FOR SEPTEMBER, 1977 AS FOLLOWS:

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

IMPORTS

(1973 = 100)

VALUE INDEX

UNIT

VALUE

QUANTUM

INDEX

INDEX

184

135

155

135

136

115

THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX (I.E. EXPORT PRICES OVER IMPORT PRICES) FOR SEPTEMBER WAS 100.

(NOTE: ALL VALUE FIGURES WERE ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST MILLION DOLLAR).

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OVER $26 MILLION FROM LOTTERIES FUND FOR

WELFARE PROJECTS

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OVER $26 MILLION FROM THE LOTTERIES FUND HAS BEEN EARMARKED FOR VARIOUS SOCIAL WELFARE PROJECTS IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SAID: +OF THIS AMOUNT, ABOUT $8 MILLION WILL BE SPENT ON REHABILITATION SERVICES, $2 MILLION ON SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY, $9 MILLION ON GROUP AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, $7 MILLION ON FAMILY SERVICES, $220,000 ON SERVICES FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS AND SOME WILL BE USED TO MEET ANY CONTINGENCIES DURING THE YEAR.+

ON REHABILITATION SERVICES, 75 PER CENT OF THE GRANT WILL BE SPENT ON SERVICES FOR THE MENTALLY RETARDED. THE REST OF THE SUM WILL BE USED IN SERVICES FOR THE PHYSICALLY DISABLED, THE DEAF AND THE BLIND.

/AS FOR THE GRANT