CHARITABLE AID ANO HOSPITAL MAINTENANCE.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 April 1917, Page 3

CHARITABLE AID ANO HOSPITAL MAINTENANCE.

Levies Mounting Up. The Weatland Hospitals and Charitable Aid Board will apportion the levies for the maintenance of the looal hospitals, etc. early next month. The Secretary has just issued an approximate statement of the amounts required for tha institutions, aud an apportionment of the levy on the contributing local bodies. The latter, owing to the deficiency shown in the Board’s acbnnnt?, makes a substantial jump aud will mean a heavy drain on the bodies, particularly the Westland County and Hokitika Borough, t . Approximate amounts required for the maintenance of Hospitals aud Charitable Institutions in Westland for the year ending March 31st, 1918. Westland Hospital—Estimated expenditure, £4,600; voluntary contributions, £100; Government subsidieSj

£120; old age pensions, paying patieniß etc., £1,700; requir-ed from Board, £2,680. Kumara Hospital—Estimated expenditure, £2,200; voluntary contributions, £100; Government subsidies, £l2O ; old age pension?,paying patients etc, £650; required from Board, £1,330.

Totara Hospital—Estimated expenditure, £1,020 ; voluntary contributions, £100; Government subsidies, £120; old age pensions, paying patients etc, £285 ; required from Board, £515.

Otira Cottage Hospital—Eitimated expenditure, £1,000; voluntary contributions £250.; Government subsidies, £450; old age pensioos, paying patients etc, £3O; required from Board, £270. Hokitika Benevolent District —Estimated expenditure, £500; old age pensions, paying patients etc, £2O 10/ ; required from Board, £479 10/,

Kumara Benevolent District—Estimated expenditure, £120; required from Board, £l2O, Rosa Benevolent District —Estimated expenditure, £80; required from Board, £BO, Cashmere Hills Shelters —Estimated expenditure, £300; old age pensions, paying patients etc, £150; required from Board, £l5O. District Nursing Service —Estimated expenditure, £250; old aga pensions, paying patients etc £25 ; required from Board, £225.

Industrial Schools & Indigent Children Estimated expenditure, £150; required from Board, £l5O. Publio Health Act—Estimated expenditure, £SO ; required from Board, £SO Board & Sundries —Estimated expenditure, £400; required from Board, £4OO. Deficit March 31st, 1917, £1,950 ; required from Board. £1,950. Totals Estimated expenditure, £12,620; voluntary contributions, £550 ; Government subsidies, £BIO ; old ago pensions, paying patients etc, £2,860 10/; required from Beard, £8,399 10/.

Amount required from contributory local bodies, £4,280 ; Government Bubsidy on pam9 at 19/3 in the pound, £4,119 10/ j total, £5,399 10/. Apportionment of levies on contributory local bodies:

For the purposes of comparison it might be mentioned that the following were the levies imposed last year— .

Name of Body. Yearly. Monthly £ s £ s d Westland County 3022 10 25 L 17 0 Hokitika, Borough 1036 15 86 7 11 Kumara Borough 122 5 10 3 9 Boss Borough 98 10 8 4 2 £4280 0 £356 13 4

Local Body, Yearly, Monthly. £ s £ s d Westland County 1803 10 150 n 10 Hokitika Borough 624 10 52 0 10 Kuifiara Borough 73 0 6 1 8 Bess Borough 59 0 4 18 4 £2560 0 £213 6 8