HOSPITAL TRUSTEES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 416, 27 January 1909, Page 2

HOSPITAL TRUSTEES.

:, Wellington -Hospital Trustees met yes. torday morning at tho Town Hall; presentw 6 rv' Luke (chairman), Messrs. L C T M N E T an C ,- Kl , rk < W. Hales, J. Ivod, J r*ash, J. DanLsj J. X. London, and iU.-bmith. , ■' .

' The Trustees welcomed Mr. John Danks,' who took Ills-seat on the board :for the first

The Hon. C. M. ,Luke was... reappointed ■ chairman. position,' iilr, : /Lukevsaid:lTiat,lie had.heltf tie office, fir the-" .past -live, years,:. and lie, would have preferred other member had been-appointed.. .the- tt":foM''rta",-' ■J! malice Committee-rthe chairman,''the treaV - :urer,' Messrs. London and Nash.' ''. The.-statement of receipts' aiid expenditure showied-.a baliuiQe: o£ £936. 10s. A returri. «f i the number. of patients in'- the; hospitals; on : ; V January. 25 gave: the"'."following y ' '' Hospital: males 98; females 87, "total if V V»tona\Hospitalmales 18, -females .19, - . ™ ta J, 3", Seddon Hospital;:, males ,16, females' 4, total:' 20; grand total : '1909, '242 1908.' " : 255. . ;:r ■■"•.'.-v-/' ;,v,!

Tho. House: : Committee': recommended:—(li'V' ■ ;That. the; resignation.' ;of • Dr. /.Gilray*- b© •. re- v' ceived, 'with sinoere; regret -for' thb;loss/of ai3 Y ;. ' services to the hospitals The Trustees wished- - him, Avery success in- his future' career.' (2)\ lb at tho - matron's--salary- be increased!- to£lßo.7—Adopted. '■ -> ,v- - -;- • - -. The' Finance' Committee, reported? ' ' counts for December,. amounting, .to £1211 •10s., had been passed, for payment.'-' Of this'' : amount £175 was passed for ■the payihent' of prize- money to t-hb winners' of- 'the- Design' Competition,' and £17: passed for the Vefund- ' ■ ing.-of the: £l'ls. deposited.ty eafeh; architect: who/entered , the competition.. 'An unusually * large- water- account (£ll3 13s. 3d.), which 'was accounted for by. its extending-over' four ' imqiiths owing -.to'-. previous mbnths' readiugsbeing .abnormally large,'the>ccourits:',having 'to be "adjusted,'. payments j'foir'i- v'--.accounts for; 'for jthd Christ.mas. festivities'- and presents "toin-patients ■. (£2O Bs. 7d.)j had reduced the' amount, to' .' £88.4;1i5. 2d.,- which was, if' anything, below '■ ' the . usual normal amount.—The; report 'way -' V 'adopted. ' ■'.