WAIKATO DISTRICT HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE AID BOARD.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 341, 9 February 1889, Page 2

WAIKATO DISTRICT HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE AID BOARD.

The usual monthly meeting of the above Board was held at Hamilton on Wednesday last. Present : Messrs Primrose (chairman), Yon Stunner, Sandes, Brunskill, Chepniell,, Hunter and Seddon. Minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Correspondence : An account of £36 18s was received from the Thames Charitable Aid Board for the maintenance of a boy named Thompson in the Thames Orphanage. The reason of the delay in sending this account was caused mainly by the change of secretary. The Secretary said that the account was too much as he held a receipt for a portion of the amount. Mr Chepmell reported with reference to a bill for over LlOO, which had been received from the Thames Board, for the maintenance of children named Williams, that their father, | Joseph Williams, left Te Aroha and deserted his wife (who was not the mjther of these children) about four or five years ago. Mrs Williams then deserted the children also, and went to live at Waiorongomai. Williams he ascertained, had been working at the Dock in Auckland, some two years after he left Te Aroha. The Secretary was instructed to ascertain when the children were committed to the Home, and from what place, and, if possible, also the date of the departure of the father from the district. The Chairman said it was not the proper thing for the Thames Board to administer relief for this district for nearly two years without rendering an account. Finance Report : To bank, credit balance, L 424 12s 3d ; contributions to be collected by Government, L 3 5s 7d ; £ for £ subsidy, L 3 5b 7d ; subsidies due by Government, L 250 14s lOd ; subsidy due, on refuge, Ll5O ; contribution due by Hamilton Borough, L4l 7s 4d; £ for £ subsidy thereon, L4l 7s 4d; HospitaHees receivable, about L5O Total, L 964 12s lid. Accounts to be paid, L2OB 9s, leaving a credit balance L 759 6s lid. In accordance with the resolution passed at the last meeting of the Board, the committee appointed to frame estimates of the expenditure for the ensuing year, met on the 26th ult., and having carefully considered the various requirements found that they will amount to L 2352 13s 4d. This estimate is calculated for 15 patients, and is based upon the expenditure of the current financial year, which up to December 31st, for the average number of patients treated (7£) was. ns follows, viz. : — Provisions, etc., L2Ol 15s 3d ; meat, L 25 4s 9d ? railk, L 25 19s ; wines and spirits, LI 7 17s ; fuel and light, L4G 16s Id ; washing and scrubbing, L 49. 5s lid ; total expenditure for eight months, L 226 10s ; or for twelve months, L 355 6s 8d for 7£ patients or L7lO 13 4d for 15. Maintenance, L7lO 13s 4d j salaries and! wages, L6OO ; drugs, Ll5O ; su' gical appliances, liso ; industrial schools, L 250 ; Charitable Aid, Ll5& ; fever ward, LlOO ; probationer, L5O ; refuge, L 200; matron t L 52; office. L4O ; innur.auc(\ Ha ;

interments, Ll5 ; contingencies;' Ll2o',L 2.502 13s 4d, less probable Hospital; fees r LlOO, and rents of endowments, L5O, making a total of L2352 13s 4d ; L 1175 6s 4d of wfiicb. , would have to be contributed by t the local bodies, which is little more than half the amount famished by them for the current year. In accordance with resolution of the Board, the House Committee inspected, and took over the new buildings on the 28th ult., the work has been faithfully carried out, and is a credit to the contractors. The total cost is as follows : Main building, L 824 Is 6d ; refuge, L 309 3s ; fever ward, L 164 15s ; architecti fees, L6B 12s 8d ; advertising, L 4 2s 6d : Insurance, L 9 15s. Total, LI3BO 9s Bd.— Waikato Times.