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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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