Waikato District Hospital and Charitable Aid Board.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 452, 8 March 1890, Page 2

Waikato District Hospital and Charitable Aid Board.

The usua! inonth'y meeting of the above Board was hel I in the Hamilton Borough Council Chambers, at 11 a. m„ on Wednesday last. The minutes of the last ordinary meeting were confirmed and the outward correspofu'-. denco read and adopted. Rateable Values, —In reply to the Secretary the Property-Tax Commissioner forwarded n statement of the rateal 1; values of ibe contributory bodies as folio,vs:—Pinko, L(ißl,4lG; Waikato, L 575,446 : Wiapa, 1.400,391 ;11 - lan. L114,8L5. These values w. re exclusive of Crown and Native Lands. In reply to a similar request by the Secretary, the c-unty cleiks of Idaho, Waikato,and Waipa, sent in the rateab'e value as shown on the valuation rolls to 1 e Piako, Lc80,777; Waikato, hi-: 3.639 ; Waipa, L 456, 032. Re.ief.—Mrs Dc nnel y, of Te Aroha. fippliel for some assistance. She sta'.ed she was suffer*n; from rheumatism and being unable to do anythin? for heivelf, could not d;» without the help of her little girl, mi.l all she had to live on was the eainin>s of one son. Wish refeiCHce to this ca-e fcJe-’gt.Nmeison, of Tc Aroha, ieportcd that Mrs Donnelly was in desti.ute ciicunistanc s. She had arrived at Te Avolia on February let fo m New PL nmuth with her daughter, and had one son, a;ed sixteen, at work who w; s earning LI per w ck, and did all he could for bis mother, but out of this he had to keep himself. She had another daught. r married to a farmer named Kirkpatrick, but they were unable to assist her as the farm was not paying. It was decided to grant Mrs Donnelly 5 p r week relief, and the Secretary was insiruccu to inform the New P’ymonth Board that this would be a charge against them. Estimates.—The following report was received from the commits e appointed to draw up the estimates for the year ending March 31st 1891:—The committee hate to report that in pursuance of the resolution passed at the last meeting of the Boar.l they duly met and, after having carefully considered the expenditure for the cttir. nt year, unanimously agreed that the sum required for the ensuing yea" would net be less ihan L 2.030, LI ,015 of of winch will be the amount to be allocated by the Board among the various contributing; local authorities, and L 1,015 wid be receive able from the Goverment ns provided b yhe Act. —Moved by Mr Chepmell, “ That the following be the expenditure recommended to be adopted by Ihe Board for the year ending 31st March, 1391," —seconded by Mr Toasdale and carried, viz. Legal expenses, £2O; salaries and wages. £651 ; (ravelling expenses, (members), £B4 ; additions end repairs painting’ &c., £IBO ; office, £l6 ; charitable aid, £250 ; printing and advertising. £3O ; industrial schools, i £2OO ; dri gs £100; surgical appliances, £IOO ; water supply, L7O ; bed ling and cloihing, £25 ; furnitt rj, £SO; scrubbing, £25 ; provisions, £220 ; meat £BO ;fuel and light, £100; wires and spirits, £ls; cartage, £lo ; interments, £lO ; labour (fencing, &c ), £SO ; insurance, £2O; milk, £6O ; instruments surgical requisites, <fce., £IOO ; refuge, £IOO ; total, £2,616, Estimated balance 31st March, 1890. £942 ; receipts from hospital fees, £IOO —£1,062 ; less two months’ expenditure£loo ; amount of fenders, varandah and laundry, L 76, —L 586 ; tin 9 leaving a balance of L 2,030.

Mr Chepmell mcv:d that the estimates as prepared be adoptedSeconded by the Chairman and carried Next Meeting-—The next meetin was fixed foi; Wednes lay, March 26th. Endowment.—The Chairman pointed out that lot 69. Hamilton West, occupied by the po iaa depar. meat, was returned by the Pre-perty-ti x Commissioner as a Hospital endowment, and the Secretary was instructed to write to the Mmister for Lands to liavo this property ves.ed in the Board.—Waikato Times.