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Volume 2 - ElectricCanadian.com

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THE BANK DURING THE WAR 369large additional advances made after hostilities had ceased,but before the immense military forces could be disbanded.At this point it may be interesting to include a summary ofthe principal subscriptions voted by the Board to variouswar funds during the five years of the conflict:Aug.1914 Canadian Patriotic Fund $50,000Sept. Canadian Red Cross Society 5,000Nov. Belgian Relief Fund (TorontoBoard of Trade) 2,500May 1915 University Overseas Hospital 1,000Oct.Trafalgar Day British Red CrossFund 5,000Jan. 1916 Canadian Patriotic Fund 50,000Feb. Seamen's Hospital Fund, Greenwich750Apr. Y.M.C.A. Military Service Fund. 2,500Aug. Maple Leaf Club, London, England500Oct. British Red Cross Fund 5,000Nov. British Sailors' Relief Fund 5,000Jan. 1917 Canadian Patriotic Fund (for1917) 50,000May Y.M.C.A. Military Service Fund .2,500July Maple Leaf Club . . 4 500Oct. British Red Cross Society 7,500Dec. Y.M.C.A. Fund for care of returnedsoldiers 2,500Dec. Navy League of Canada 5,000Jan. 1918 Halifax Relief Fund 25,000Jan. Canadian Patriotic Fund (for1918) 50,000Apr. Maple Leaf Club 500June Y.M.C.A. Red Triangle Fund. . . . 10,000Sept. Navy League of Canada 10,000Oct. Catholic Army Huts 2,500Oct.Italian-Canadian Soldiers' Aid ofCanada. . 500

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