DUNSTAN DISTRICT HOSPITAL.

Dunstan Times, Issue 747, 11 August 1876, Page 2

DUNSTAN DISTRICT HOSPITAL.

The usual monthly meeting of the Committee of Management was held in the Committee Room, Town Hall, Clyde, on Monday evening last, the 7th instant. Present: B. Naylor, Esq., (in the chair) and Messrs Holt, Attfield, Auckland, Cambridge, J. Stevens,'(Treasurer)andG. Fache, (Secretary). 'J he minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed.

The correspondence was read, received, and adopted. The Visiting Committee, through Mr Auckland, reported having had several necessary works done to the surgeon’s residence, and also having obtained a large quantity of firewood, the gift of MrN’Pherson. Visiting Committee’s No. 2 report, recommending payment of accounts for salaries and supplies for the past month, amounting to L 52 6s Bd, was read and received. The Treasurer’s report, as follows, was read and received : RECEIPTS. Subscriptions ... ... L 52 11 1 Provincial Government Subsidy 199 13 4 Paying Patients ... ... 10 10 0 L 262 14 5 TUSUnRSEMEVTS. Overdraft B.N.S.W. paid ... L 34 310 Passed accounts paid ... 183 6 9 L 217 10 7 Balance on hand ... ... 45 310 L2R2 14 6 ASSETS. Balance on hand ... ... L 45 310 Provincial Government Subsidy for current quarter ... 52 11 1 L 97 14 11 LIABILITIES. Passed accounts unpaid ... L6S 0 8 Credit balance ... ... L 29 14 3 The Treasurer stated the proceeds of the concert lately given at Clyde was not included in this report as the returns of the whole of the tickets sold had not been handed in. He thought the receipts would be nearly 1,20. The Surgeon reported for the month ai follows : Nnnber of patients in hospital on Juno 30 4 do since admitted ... ... 6 do discharged .. ... 7 do in hospital on July 31 ... 3 The Visiting Committee and Surgeon reported that complaints had been made to them of the quality of the coals supplied. Resolved, That the Visiting Committee intimate the tenderer that unless be can supply coals of a bettor quality he is to deliver no more.

Mr Cambridge was elected member of the Visiting Committee. A vote of thanks was desired to bo recorded to Mr D. M’Pherson for his present of firewood, the value of which was computed at about Ll2. and sufficient to last the institution for two years. A vote of thanks to the chair concluded the meeting.