HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1485, 20 October 1885, Page 2

HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.

Rupeubtno to 'the.- election ofuiemtieva to seats on the HasnJtal Boards, the Kangiora Standard affirms that, a general opinion is entertained that power

.•;-'■■, " /£&* \. ' ■$iyMtl have beon given by /tjjfif ftgb V£ 0 unities, Boroughs, oi|[Jpheßpbc:il' o&Ued who are entitled to the^priyifetfe.* 'to; clJxise someone beside one of'theiii) own>nmnbor to represent theaa.piithi^ •?Boara7\ Our contemporary thinioi"' thafc: the appointment of an outsider such as a. medical man, or one wlio has a little exprfrience of Charitable Aid or Hospital ,niatters,"»ouM prove highly valuable. '■(■JetitleiTien with some experience m past minageuient of Hospital and Charitable Boards. The Board to be appointed will not have to deal with Lunatic Asylums or Industrial ..pphopls m any wayjtnd cor•■taW"'Ntttiv^tsmcfeaw'e3reinptea^-^ administration of the District Boards will , be 'placed m the 'hands of the tollowin*? 'members. One member for eiyery borough and county respectively m the "district having lfss than B,QOO inh^bitants,,an'd? two meinib'ers! for every eoroii^h, county having above that number^ Qffice on jthe Board is to be held'fbr one 1 year. The funds with... which; Boards are to cai'ry on^witli arevto be derived frpm jfcej following sources.: Re.ats and profits from .lands and endowments vjivod in' the ! Board; rents'andprdtits 'of 'lands- aridi endowments set apar^. for :the benefit of; particular institutions, , which hay©: ,npt become separately iucorpora|;ed ; under. Hhe|AciV;^QJuJ?iary-'contribut|6a3.'includ7. •inw|dbnafioM t^grants' I fr6in u cdbtribntiiiry" local authorities ; subsidies from Consolidated fund ; an 1 all monies- which may be receivldj'by - u*- ! become the" 'property of the Bo;ird,.uucler. this or any other ' Act. Thd Boards are to receive,subsidies from the; Consolidated f undipr five years^.tenj ehillinss, for every 'pound of bequ'ests.'liut m no case exdee'dih'g' £500 in ' fe'spect of any bequest ; £1 for "oycry; jgl of voluntary contributions' received from any person, and one pound- received from any local antliorityj > -whether {Voluntary^ or, raised. by, a; general, special x&ie:' TChe woijlf of constituting the Boards is placed )in tlie hands of. the people's elected' represented on local bodies, and during the nex!t tweLyo months, people will have full opportunity to bepbme acquainted with thejintiipacies of;,tiie new measure, and to^ consider' -how it may pr may.notstiit ffielr^ci'rcumstance&r; ':." .^-- -... v - ; ; : , -■..