DUNSTAN DISTRICT HOSPITAL.

Dunstan Times, Issue 460, 10 February 1871, Page 3

DUNSTAN DISTRICT HOSPITAL.

The usual monthly meeting of the Dunstan District Hospital Committee was held at the Town Hall, Clyde, on the evening of Monday, the Cth instant. Present, Messrs. Pyke, (Presi’ent) Christophers, (Hon. Treasurer), Grindley, Bock, Marshall, and Cambridge. The minutes of the last monthly Cora, mittee meeting and of the annual meeting . of contributors were read and confirmed. ' t) The Visiting Committee’s report, No. 2 recomending, that salaries and accounts for the month of January be passed for payment, was adopted as follows: Salaries. £SB. 155.; Provisions, £5575. 7t ; Wines and spirits, £l4 75.; Drugs. £2 25.; Furnishings, £2 Is. Id.) Light, £4 la. _ Total £137 Os. 7d. The Treasurer’s report, as follows, wag ▼ read :

Assets. GovernmcntSubgidy due for the quarter ending Jan. 31, 1871 £282 3 0 On the motion of Mr. Grindley, seconded by Mr. Marshall, the report was' adopted, ■ and a vote of thanks was accorded to those who had so kindly exerted themselves in raisins the various amounts. The Resilient Surgeon’s’ report showed that the number of patients i.i the Hospital on the Ist of January was seventeen ; admitted during the'month, seven; remaining in the Hospital on the 31st of January, fourteen ; daily average, sixteen and twothirds. The patients admitted were from 'Cromwell, three ; B'ack’s, one ; Clyde, two ; ’Wanaka, one. The report also stated that , uo water ha ’ ■flowed to the Institution for some consi eralile time past, but that Me.ssrs. Young and party had kindly supplied the water required, since "Wednesday last, from their race. The report was receive' 1 , and. on the motion of Mr. Christophers,, seconded by Mr. Marshall, it was resolved to tender the thanks of the Committee to Messrs. Young ami party. Mr. Grindley proposed-That Rule 2 should he altered by the substitution of the word sixteen for the word twelve. Mr Beck seconded the motion, which was carried.

Mcssrs Grindley, Beck, and Cambridge were appointed a Visiting Committee. It was* resolved - that a -meeting of the Contributors he convened for Friday, the 24th instant, for the purpose of electing four iuidjtioaal members of Committee. ■’ Mr. Robert Barlow was appiiute l Collector, at 'the san*e rate of salary as last year ; add, nSRer a votVof thanks had been passed to the Chairman, the meeting terminateffr-

Balance due to Bank, as per last report £329 1 0 A ccounts since paid.. ■ -.. 318 3 10 £647 4 10 'Subscriptions, donations, &c £99 5 0 Paying patients 13 •10 0 Government sul>si(ly for the quarter ending Oct. 31, 1S70 436 10 0 £549 5 0 Balance due "W Bank this day . £97 19 11 ALiahhitiks. Balance due toH&uik £97 19 11 Accounts passed payment.. 137 0 7 >. - £235 0 c