8.—7 [PT. I]

DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH—continued

(a) Provision for payment for hospital treatment afforded in Dominion to resident of Fiji. (b) Provision for payment of bursaries at the rate of £70 per annum, plus £40 per annum boarding-allowance, where students are required to live away from home. Bursaries are subject to the condition that the bursars will serve the State for a specified period. For full bursary over maximum period of five years the period of service is five years, otherwise the period is determined in relation to the actual amount of the bursary received. Provision made this year for 111 renewals and 66 new awards. (e) To cover cost of publications for distribution throughout the Dominion, radio and screen notices, and advertising. (d) Further expenditure authorized but not fully brought to charge. (e) Increase occasioned by high incidence of repairs to existing cars. (/) Includes provision for previous year's commitments. (f/) Substantial expenditure for previous period not wholly brought to charge. (h) Includes expenditure incurred in previous year but not brought to charge until 1944-45. (i) Subsidy representing half cost of duty footwear supplied under Ministry of Supply Nurses' Footwear Scheme. (j) It is anticipated that only 44,000 cases of apples will bo available for the current year. In 1944-45 approximately 104,000 cases were supplied. . (lc) The free issue of milk is now available to 235,701 school-children, as follows : pasteurized milk, 222,438; malted milk 8,234 ; milk for cocoa-making, 5,029. Increased provision for current year to meet adjustment in price paid to suppliers' and to allow for non school days. (I) Expenditure underestimated. Recoveries wero correspondingly increased. (m) Number of officers transferred during the year greater than anticipated. (n) Provision herein to meet travelling-expenses of Civil Nursing Reserve, £1,000. (o) Number of officers, 748. Travelling-allowances and meals, £5,171; motor hire, £350; motor-allowance, £1,892; rail and steamer fares, £5,080.

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Numbor of Persons. , 1944-45. VOTE—HEALTH—continued 1945-46. 1945-461944-45 Voted. Expended. 0titer Charges for and incidental to —continued £ £ £ General Administration—continued Hospital treatment of departmental officers who contracted illness whilst on duty .. .. .. .. 10 10 Hospital treatment of prohibited immigrants .. .. (a) 150 150 152 King George V Memorial Fund Board : Travelling and administration expenses .. .. .. .. 100 100 125 Medical Advertisements Act expenses .. .. .. 50 50 43 Medical Bursaries .. .. .. .. .. (6) 17,700 16,960 15,600 Nursing Recruitment Campaign expenses .. .. (c) 1,000 2,050 1,178 Motor-cars, motor-cycles, &c. — Purchase of .. .. .. .. .. 10,000 16,200 (d) 7,316 Maintenance of .. .. .. .. ..(e) 25,000 20,000 (e) 23,570 Offices and buildings: Maintenance, alterations, and additions .. .. .. .. .. 2,500 6,500 4,305 Office expenses (part recoverable) .. .. ., 2,550 2,700 2,165 Payments to Post and Telegraph Department (part recoverable) .. .. .. .. .. 29,000 26,750 29,078 Office fittings and requisites .. .. .. .. 2,500 3,000 2,580 Organization of National Security: Fees of member of Medical Committee .. .. .. .. 15 18 9 Overtime and meal-allowances .. .. .. 3,000 3,500 3,071 Payment of monetary equivalent of leave due to deceased officers .. .. .. .. .. .. 200 200 66 Post-graduate Nurses' Hostel, Kensington Street (part recoverable) .. .. .. .. .. 500 500 38S Printing and stationery (part recoverable) .. .. 5,000 4,500 5,268 Rent .. .. .. .. .. .. (/)22,000 13,000 (g) 8,237 Repairs to privately-owned motor-cars damaged in collision with departmental cars .. .. .. . . 100 100 45 Residence for medical practitioner at Katikati .. .. 100 150 43 Services rendered by the Justice Department .. .. 500 500 Steamer fares and expenses of Medical officers proceeding from overseas to take up duty .. .. .. 500 500 (h) 7,095 Stores and material .... .. .. .. 450 450 460 Subsidy towards cost of footwear for pupil nurses and dental nurse trainees .. .. .. .. (i) 4,250 4,250 (g) 1,757 Supply of apples to school-children .. .. .. (j) 16,500 39,000 39,077 Supply of milk to school-children, scheme for .. .. (X;)190,000 168,000 172,163 Supply of textiles and other equipment to Hospital Boards (recoverable) .. .. .. .. .. 15,000 20,000 (1) 43,977 Transfer and removal expenses .. .. .. 1,000 500 (m.) 1,040 Transfer expenses and maintenance, New Zealand lepers at Makogai .. .. .. .. .. .. 475 400 475 Travelling allowances and expenses (part recoverable) .. (n) 12,500 11,000 (o) 12,493 Travelling concessions for tuberculosis patients and suspects 100 500 59