THE HOSPITAL SHIPS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2994, 3 February 1917, Page 9

THE HOSPITAL SHIPS

«—: EXPENDITURE ON MAHENQ 'AND MARAMA. . '-..• = Now that the reconditioning 'of "thel Marama and Maheno has been completed and all the accounts in connection therewith having been settled, the-Da. ■ partment of Internal.Affairs has hand- ' -* ed to His Excellency a statement which, shows the receipts as £61,131 4s. 3d. The expenditure was: (a) No. 1 hospital ship, Maheno—First voyage, ■ £15,021 lis. Bd.; second voyage, £2229 4s. 9d.; third vovage, £2116 ss. lOd.; total, £19,367 '2s. 3d. (b) No. 2 hospital ... ship, Marama: First voyage, £15,559 , 18s. Id.; second voyage, £4690 4s. lid:; total, £20,250 3s. (c) No,wspapcrs supplied to hospital ships and hospitals, Malta, £257 ss. Id.; comforts tot wounded in Egypt, £1000; tobacco and papers for i\e\\\ Zealand sick and wounded in Egypt, £150. (d) Equipment of WalTon Hospital, 210,000; equipment for No. 1 and No. 2 Stationary Hospitals, £500 —leaving a balance in'hand of £9606 13s. lOd. ■;'■■■ As explained in previous balance sheets, items (cj and (d) have beenr.e- ---■ paid by the Patriotic Societies of the four centres, and this sum is included in the total receipts. His Excellency, on behalf of the' subscribers, expresses his thanks to the Treasury for auditing trio accounts; to the Department of . Internal Affairs for keeping the ac- • ■ counts; and to the Defence Department; Munitions Board, and Hoard of Agriculture for...kindly undertaking -toarrange the contracts. - ':":_:■