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General Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. Dr. Or. To Stores (general) on hand at Ist April, 1925 — £ s. d. £ s. d. By Income and Expenditure Accounts : Miscellaneous .. . . .. 912 11 8 Net profit— £ s. d. Adjustment for 1924-25 .. .. 1,875 17 1 Sera .. .. .. 762 5 1 2,788 8 9 Contributions by local bodies Income and Expenditure Accounts : towards Health inspection Net cost— services .. .. 15,147 19 9 Bacteriological Laboratory service .. .. 10,731 14 9 Registration and other fees — Departmental institutions — £ s. d. St. Helens Maternity Hospitals— £ s. d. Private hospital license 225 15 10 Auckland .. .. .. 8,483 17 2 District nursing .. 70 12 6 Gisborne .. .. .. 2,610 6 10 Medical practitioners Wanganui .. .. .. 2,203 6 7 registration .. 522 13 6 Wellington .. .. .. 6,348 5 10 Masseurs registration Christchurch .. .. .. 4,024 11 4 and examination .. 23 6 6 Dunedin .. .. .. 3,025 13 3 Nurses and midwives Invercargill . . .. .. 2,162 4 5 registration and exKing George V Orthopaedic and Gene- amination .. 782 15 0 ral Hospital, Rotorua .. .. 22,352 3 2 Plumbers registration Queen Mary Hospital, Hanmer .. 13,771 1 9 and examination .. 440 3 6 Otaki Hospital .. .. .. 1,676 610 2,065 610 Infectious Diseases Hospital, Rotorua 2,015 8 2 Stores (general) on hand at 31st Pukeora Sanatorium for Consump- March, 1926 .. .. 1,053 8 8 tives, Waipukurau .. .. 7,652 610 Balance carried down (being Otaki Sanatorium for Consumptives.. 2,434 7 2 excess of expenditure over Leper Hospital, Quail Island .. 5,250 12 5 income) .. .. 755,127 6 4 Kahukura Cottage Emergency Hospital .. .. .. .. 814 12 11 Rotorua Cottage Hospital (closed) .. 791 8 6 Trentham Hospital (closed) .. 108 8 7 85,725 1 9 Subsidies to Hospital Boards and separate institutions — On levies by local bodies for mainten- £ s. d. ance purposes .. .. .. 432,860 10 0 Voluntary contributions .. .. 23,633 3 6 Bequests .. .. . . .. 26,445 11 9 482,939 5 3 Grants in aid of medical and social relief — Royal N.Z. Society for the Health of £ s. d. Women and Children, and Women's National Reserve .. .. 33,752 9 5 University of Otago (dental bursaries, and assistance towards expenses of analytical and pathological laboratories .. .. .. .. 2,325 9 6 Other grants in aid of medical and social relief .. .. .. .. 7,739 13 11 43,817 12 10 School hygiene .. .. .. .. 22,610159 Dental hygiene .. .. .. .. 20,115 3 3 Maori hygiene .. .. .. .. 13,360 7 2 Child welfare .. .. .. .. 1,225 10 2 Maternal welfare —Ante-natal clinics .. .. 1,734 3 3 Health Act expenses— Board of Health expenses .. .. 73 811 Infectious diseases (expenses of preventive measures and in connection with outbreaks) .. .. .. 1,856 2 9 Fees for notification of infectious disease 794 1 0 Inspection of vessels (medical fees and launch-hire) .. .. .. 1,065 17 5 Quarantine expenses (maintenance of stations) .. .. . . 509 17 11 Other Health Act expenses .. .. 2,822 9 4 — 7,121 17 4 Social Hygiene Act (maintenance of V.D. clinics, payments for treatments, &c.) .. .. .. .. 306 6 2 Sale of Food and Drugs Act .. . . .. .. 729 1 3 Medical Practitioner Act (expenses of Medical Board, &c.) 490 6 2 Masseurs Registration Act (examination expenses) .. 94 4 6 Nurses and Midwives Registration Act (examination expenses) .. .. .. .. .. 802 16 3 Plumbers Registration Act (examination expenses) .. 778 12 4 Hospital treatment of immigrants .. .. .. 695 8 0 Expenses of committee re, mental defectives and sexual offenders .. .. .. .. .. 45 12 2 Travelling-expenses of Dr. MacEachern (U.S.A.) inspecting New Zealand hospitals .. .. .. .. 55 9 1 Travelling-expenses of Hospitals Association executive .. 73 4 10 General administration — £ s. d. Salaries and temporary assistance .. 53,828 18 2 Travelling-expenses.. .. .. 8,238 0 1 Office expenses (rent, telephones, postages and telegrams, printing, and stationery, Sc.) .. .. .. 10,428 11 1 Bad debts (other than institutional) .. 6 15 1 Expenses sending nurses abroad for training .. .. .. 380 19 6 Other expenses .. .. .. 329 13 1 73,212 17 0 Depreciation on buildings and equipment, &c. (other than institutional) .. .. .. .. .. 4,702 8 8 £774,156 6 8 £774,156 6 8 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. .. 755,127 6 4 By Balance after charging interest .. 759,010 19 5 Interest on capital (other than institutional) at 4J per cent. per annum .. .. .. .. .. 3,883 13 1 £759,010 19 5 £759,010 19 5