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London, Jan, 20 The financial dimieulties'of the Boy Scout movement were mentioned by Lt.-Col, Sir James Leigh-Wood, treasurer of the Council of the Boy Scout Association, ut the annual of the Couneit in London They were, "he said, living on sea pital, and the position was most serious.
The report showed £8,225 excess ut expenditure over income, Because of the great expansion of the movement, it was impossible to see how economies could be made without the work suffering. Steps must be taken to increase "income, "Annual subscriptions totalled only £600, Sir James reported that the total number of Boy Scouts In the world at the end of 1938 was 2,892,000, an increase of 80,000 compared with 1935. Reuter.
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