Evening star., 1943-11-11
Potatoes. 2o 762 O0() hounds

| Potatoes, 2e, 1872 900 pounds.
Vegetables and fruit, 1881 ,00c
pounds.
Canned foods, 28,340, 900 pounds.
Emergency rations, 2 ,231 900 pounds
Sugar. 11.782 900 pounds.
Butter, 6,628,000 pounds.
Condensed milk, 8,711,0 900 pounds
Fresh milk, ll,500,0 pints.
Fresh eggs, 22000,000 dozen.
Manufacturing Clothing.
Although clothing rationing has
been introduced in Australia, the
government has undertaken an ex-
tensive clothing manufacturing pro-
gram for the United States forces
This program includes millions OF
pairs of socks and hundreds of thou
sands of shirts, jackets, trousers,
pullovers, underclothing, boots and
shoes and blankets.
Recreational needs of American
soldiers have been met by an Aus
tralian program which calls for
every type Of game and accessory
from boxing gloves to medicine balls
in all, more than 100000 items OF
such equipment.
Numerous hospitals, including the
newest and most modern in the
country, have been made available
to the United States Army for its
exclusive use.
Official air, rail and water passen-
ger costs and freight and cable and
telegraph expenses of our troops are
paid by the commonwealth govern
ment as reverse lease-lend aid.
A large number of small ships of
various types has been turned over
to American authorities and Aus
tralian shipyards are now turning
out landing barges and small vessels
for the combat use of our forces.
Although Great Britain depends
upon imports for large portion of
her curtailed food supply, she is
providing American forces with SUBJ
stantial amounts of foodstuffs as
reverse lease-lend aid. These range
from fresh vegetables, -four and
potatoes to corn-on- -the-cob and
soft drinks.
Australia, New Zealand and India
have also provided United States
forces in those areas with substantial
reverse lease lend aid, including
most Of their food.
The Australian government has
of1icially estimated the expenditures
for reverse lease-lend aid to the
United States at fA60, 1872 900 as of
June 30, l943: AS the official rate of
exchange of "a equals 1928, this
indicates dollar value of about
S196, 900 900. This sum is divided in
to the following major categories:
Stores and provisions, $50 0OO, 900.
Technical equipment, 100000.
Motor transport, $4,000, 900.
Aircraft stores md equipment.
sl6,000,O0
General stores, $24 100000.
Transportation and communica-
ton, s21 900, 900.
Shipping. 100000.
Works, buildings and hirings,
$66 100000.
Miscellaneous. $4,000 900.
Total, sl96 900. 900.
Other Funds Provided.
On September 20, ls43, the Aus
tralian minister of finance intro
duced the Commonwealth budget
for the current fiscal year in the
Australian Parliament. He esti-
mated that Australia will spend ap-
proximately 1923, ,0OO, 900 for reverse
lease-lend during the year July /.
l943, to June 80, 1914.
New leland, no less than Aus
tralia and the United Kingdom, has
supplied its share of reverse lease
lend aid. For the period ending
June 80, 1913, the New Zealand gov
ernment has off1cially reported hav-
ing expended s51 600 900 for reverse
lease-lend aid to the United States.
made up as follows:
Supplies, services and foodstuffs,
$4,000, 900.
Camps, 100000.
Hospitals. 100000.
Warehouses, 5000 900.
Miscellaneous building projects,
$70O0,0 900.