evidence: Assistance to the arts other than literature began in 1947 when a Cultural Fund administered by the Department of Internal Affairs was instituted. The fund was used mainly to help talented young people to further their studies abroad by awarding bursaries to them to pay for travel and study. [...] The council recognises that local government has an important role to play in the arts. In pursuing a policy of regional development of the arts the council will, in assessing levels of subsidy, take into account the financial support organisations can attract from the public and from local government.