THE HOSPITAL SHIPS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 38, 8 November 1917, Page 7

THE HOSPITAL SHIPS

LATEST BALANCE-SHEET

DETAILS OF THE EXPENDITURE

Now that the reconditioning of the ■ hospital . ehips /has once again oeen completed, ami nil the fc- ' counts in connection therewith having been settled, tho iDepartment of Internal Affairs has handed to His Excellency ■■the Governor-General a statement which !he desires shall be published. The rei ceipfcs totalled <£fil,2oG Is. ,Bcl., and after I Meeting the expenses thero is a balance, i of Os. Id. in hand.' Following are 'the-items of expenditure:— . . ■ £ s. d. '.'(a)' Xo. 1 hospital ship— i'irst charter H,719 17 9 Second charter .................. 2,CC3 15 3 • Third charter .....'...........1.... 2,007 9 7 ■ Fourth charter 1,1.13 u 3 '(b) IJJo, 2 hospital ship— ■■. : .First charter '.. 15.5G2 0 0 ' Second, charter 5,440 17 Third charter 1,105.3 3 «c) Labour for working stores ,>. ' in Christchurch 3 15 0 '(d) Newspapers supplied to • I hospital ships" and hos- • ' ■pirate, Malta ...: 258 15 2 ; Comforts . for wounded in ■ > : . Egypt ..'... 1.000. 0 0 i Tobacco and papers for sick | and wounded in Esypt... 150 0 0 • ;(e) Equipment of Walton ■ • ■ i .. Hospital ....:.... 10,000 0 0( ■ Equipment for No. 1 and . 1 '■■ ■■ No. 2 Stationary Hospitals 500 0 0 ■Balance in hand 0,042 0 1 .£01,206 1 8. As explained in previous balanceSheets, items (d) and (e) have been re■paid by the patriotic societies of -the '•four centres, and this sum is included in the total 'receipts: • ■ ■ His Excellency desires on 'behalf cf 'the subscribers to express his thanks to '■the Treasury for-auditing: the accounts, jto the Department of Internal Affairs for keeping the accounts, - and to the UeYence Department, tlie Munitions Board, ■■and the Board of Agriculture for kindly undertaking to arrange .the contracts.