He said his contributions to date would total $1.45 million.

So far, the couple said yesterday, the contributions total $9,089.

Union officials estimated the contributions to the pension fund would total $4 million a year.

In some denominations, such financial contributions often total more than 30 percent of family income.

In 1992, the known contributions to candidates for Federal office totaled $1.47 billion.

Last year, contributions totaled $2.3 million, and the average gift was $60.

By Monday, contributions totaled $7,548,200.03, 6 percent less than at the same point in the 2002-03 campaign.

So far, those contributions have totaled $14.2 billion for the fiscal year.

Overall contributions will total at least 8 per cent for this type of scheme.

As of 2005, the company's charitable contributions totaled about $1 million a year.