MEETING OF THE TUAPEKA HOSPITAL COMMITTEE.

Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 3, 29 February 1868, Page 2

MEETING OF THE TUAPEKA HOSPITAL COMMITTEE.

The usual monthly meeting of the Hospital Committee was held at the Hospital on the evening of Thursday last. Present: Messrs. M'Nickle, M'Swiney, M'Clusky, Henderson, Smith, and Richards (Secretary), and Dr. Stewart, resident surgeon. Mr. M'Swiney was unanimously elected chairman.

It was proposed and seconded that the minutes of last meeting be adopted. — Carried.

B Secretary said that he had jiaffjnjjb ' jHw^iAtew calling' übscription lists. The following of the letter : — y „ -j. art instructed to request you will be /M. enougMtohand in to the Treasurer (W of New South Wales) BBT ?übsov^%list -and amount of your "oscaptiofis collected during the past year in X™ c Tuapeka Hospital, on or before the i ■■mst., that the usual yearly statement may ■th 14th™ t G Se meetin & of subscribers

I have the honor., &c, H. C. Eichahds, / Secretary. Dr. Stewart suggested to the Comluttee^ that the balance of the £2300, ;al subsidy, which amounted to here about £600 or £700, should lied for at once ; if not applied for fthe 31st of March it would lapse, Bire to be re-voted by the Council, cretary should press them to send • amount by the end of thia month. -M'Nickib suggested that this Be written for at once.

r posed by Mr. M'Nickle, 4yMr. Smith, "That the ty should be applied for ?'i\ -%,< -Carried unanimously. stated, that there was a labovb £300 which the Governft al X ue the Ho »Pi4«l» over and 16 * to > tat which • ;^ 6zn^otedfor. A-— " 1 \ ' " Gil-

been sent to Scotland, at his own request. fr ( ? r - Stewart) gave the patient £1 10s., for his coach fare, and £1 for pocket money His Honor the Superintendent had taken the responsibility of the patient S passage money home. Anothef i the incurable patients wished to go to Melbourne, Eegarding the latter, > was an old man, a Swede, and had been vi the Hospital three years. It would be far cheaper for the Hospital Commit to send him away ; they WouM . quire to pay the patient's exp&isfcntf Dunedin, as the Government would my ** passage money to Melbourne • his Hono, the Superintendent had proxnised as much when lately in Lawrence! I* BtEWABX »aid he would write to the Superintendent, so that the patient would be cared for there. Committee by the resident surgeon was with reference to a patient who had Men intheHospital about twelve months He was a non-paying patient ; his name wa^ John Elliot. He was latterly sent Z the Dunedin Lunatic Asylum had since died. He had left a house and a share in a water-race, which alone was ST fJ 1^ He WaS due *£ H? s oSsi:^^f^ 4^-^ the sum of £48 4s. As the patient had died i n - Mr. btrode, the Curator of Intest^ should be taken in the matter, and he had received a veryva^ue renl4 \i effect that the firs/whe Z\t!^ was m Dunedin he could have the m lttr arranged So far as that went, he^thl never be in Dunedin. In addition +T^ property left by Elliot, h e (S Ttewa^ from the Curator what was to be rtn Mr. Strode to obtain the nece,s a -^ structions. He would therefore su^t to the Comnuttee that Mr. Keen shSud be appointed on behalf of the CommTt Z to obtain the information required. I Mr. Smith then moved, "That mF f Keen be authorised on behalf of the Hospital to gain information necessary to recover the amounts due the Hospital » He thought it was very good of .Mr. Keen to offer his services gratuitously. The resolution was seconded by Mr. M'Clusky and carried unanimously. The next business brought before the Committee was with .refereace tjitthe tender for printing the Annual Eep^ The tender box was then opened and the tenders read, which were as follows •-* Matthews and Johnston, £4 io s 6^* Ferguson, Burns, and Ludfofd, £2 19 S . 4Qa

Mr. Smith proposed, and Mr. HxarjuJf^ so* seconded, "That the lowest tenderbe accepted."— Carried. Mr M'Nickle was appointed one of the Visiting Committee in place of Mr. Haves who retired by rotation. ' Dr. Stewart said there was another matter which he would suggest .for the Committee to deal with. There were now two newspapers in the place, and the expense of advertising in two papers was a serious item. The advertising and printing connected with the Hospital for the last year amounted to £60 or £70 and the cost now, he supposed, would be nearly doubled. It was for themselvea to decide whether they should advertise in both. Mr. Smith would decidedly give the work for printing and advertising to the cheapest. But it was thought advisable to leave the matter over to next Committee meeting, when there might be a larger attendance.

Mr. M'Nicklb proposed, and Mr. Smith seconded, «^sUiß^jMgfi 1 -JD**azJbuA^& acfv^dln*K papers, and that further consideration of this subject be deferred to next meeting of Committee. M

No other business being brought before the Committee, a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the meeting separated.