DUNSTAN DISTRICT HOSPITAL

Dunstan Times, Issue 1176, 12 September 1884, Page 3

DUNSTAN DISTRICT HOSPITAL

l' The' usual monthljrimeeling bl the pom. mittee'.of M anagemen twaaheld in the Com* mitieo room, - Town Hall, on Monday even|ins lan.t,%the.Bth uut. . j Present: Messrs M. J. Macgiiihia (intha ’chair), 5 Cambridge, Siras.J.E, Stevens, 1 Treasurer; and Geo. F*«he, Secretary. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and ooiiqrmed Correspondence was read: and' received. •Visiting Committees reported haying visited vtne institution, daring the past month, and found .everything working, satisfactory; The Wardsman had. been .busy preparing the ground for. vegetable deeds and potatoes, of which the committee 'had ordeie 1 what was requited. „ The ground in' front of the building he had also laid out in' flowerbeds, ~. v . : N0.2 report, rrebmmariding payment of accounts for salaries and supplies' for the past month- amounting to-L52 19s, r was' read and received. - '

The Treasurer’s report shewing A Jehit balance' of L 52 2s Id was read and reoeiredl • ’ ' '' V‘ • - ''

The Treasurer stated lie - had not-yot received from, the Resident, Surgeon, the vouchers of passage money of patient Murdoch to the Horae Country

The Secretary was'instructed to Write to Dr Lewis for all vouchers in connection with patient Murdoch. t ; The Resident Surgeon’s report waa read and adopted. ‘ V Mr G Attfield was elected member of the Visiting Committee. The Water Supcdy Committee reported that application had been.made to Mr Dis-« t-ict Surveyor Mackay to survey the course of the proposed new water race, and'that gentleman had intimated that on the request of the Committee of .Management;he would be prepa> ed to make the_ survey. ’ Resolved : That the Secretary write to Mr Mackay requesting him tosurvey the course of the .water race from its source in. Wia Puna Oreepk to the Hospital. Resolved: That the Secretary write to the Vincent County Council notifying the intention of the Hospi al Committee to ooq-r struct a water race, and to ask penaismop to make the necessary culverts across thecounty roads. ■- ’ Mr Stevens gave notice of motion—i That be .would »t the next monthly meeting move that the salary of the Resident Surgeon be re-moed to L2oO.per annum. The Secretaiy was instructed to write to the Secretaries of the Cromwell, Wskatipu, Arrow, Naseby, , and Lawrence hospitals, inquiring the salaries paid to the resident surgeons ot their respective institutions. The Meeting than closed.