HOSPITAL BOARD'S FINANCES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8116, 22 May 1906, Page 2

HOSPITAL BOARD'S FINANCES.

A SATISFACTORY STATEMENT!

" When we consider," said the Chairman of the Hospital Board (Mr G. Tisch) on Monday, " that we started last year with a debit balance of £1135, and that on March 31st last the bankbook showed a credit of £295, it will be generally conceded that we have pulled through very well. You must remember also that we have spent £1577 odd in building tho consumptive annexe, the new nurses' home, tho new morgue, and so on, and this makes it all the more pleasing to be able to congratulate the Board on its satisfactory position. The amount of fees paid, £1558 14s 9d is in itself proof of the secretary's success in collecting the accounts, and I wish lo thank liim for his work." M.r Tisch went on to review the accounts for the year ending March 31st last, from which we have made extracts. Local bodies contributions totalled £IBO6 8< I'll'-a T, mte, ! alUic (Patients' fees) i i4s <J d, donations £899 8s Bd, bequests £SOO, rents £3B. On the expenditure side, the principal i'ln.n'n : —Salaries and wages, Os lOd (hospital), £335 19s 2d (indoor charitable aid) and £Bl (outdoor charitable aid); travelling ex-| Kf ,* 25 ', £:!0 * £0 14s 6tl i provisions, £B6l 6s 2d—£slß 7 S 7d—£22o 13s lid j modicine and appliances £362 7s Id, £l9 9s lOd, £9 Os 91; consultations and operations, £IOB 2s; fuel and lighting £414 lNs 4d; buildings £1615 7s Id; architect's commissions, £122 Os 9il; arbitration £320 Os 6d ; dr.linage, £329 lis sd; the total expenditure being £BOI7 12s 2d.

Mr (Cock also udded congratulations, and prophesied a further reduction of the hospilal rate next year.