NAPIER HOSPITAL COMMITTEE.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3869, 11 December 1883, Page 3

NAPIER HOSPITAL COMMITTEE.

The following is the continuation of our yesterday's report : — CORRESPONDENCE. From the Colonial Secretary's Office, stating that the £1300 asked for towards the cost of furnishing the new additions to the hospital could not be voted out of the Parliamentary grant for buildings.—A reply by the Chairman was read, pointing out that, if furnishing could not be charged to building account, it must be charged to maintenance, in which case the Government should pay. The Napier Borough Council and "Wairoa County Council wrote notifying that £100 and £40 had been paid respectively to the hospital building fund. From the Colonial Secretary's Department, declining to pay a voucher for £53 Ms Sd for crutches, traps, plumbing, &c, on the ground that it was not for maintenance. —Tho Department to be written to again on the matter. RATION , ACCOUNTS. A desultory discussion took place on the manner in which the ration accounts were made up, but nothing was done, as it was considered advisable to leave the matter for tho incoming committee to deal with. THE HUITiDINO I'UND. A suggestion that there should bo a dcmonstrM ; fV! on the opening of the new wing wa.-i nut favorably received, and the matter dropped. Tho Secretary said there was £700 in the bank, of which' £350 was duo to Mr Dolbel, and that would leave .£3-30 in hand ; £125 was duo from the Jlawko's Bay County Council, £100 from the Borough Council, £200 was banked on account of the children's ward, and subscriptions promised would raise tho total to about £800. Tho contract for building was £1860 (of which £IGBO had been paid), and £100 more would be required for extras and architect's fee. There would, therefore, be £580 or £000 to pay out of tho £800 available, without reckoning furnishing, which would cost £300 more. THE HOSPITAL SITE AND RESERVE. A long discussion ensued on the question of getting the hospital vested in trustees, but'the only action taken was to add the Chairman to tho committee who have the matter in hand. MISCELLANEOUS. At tho Secretary's suggestion he was authorised to write to theJColonuil Secretary to grant the sum of £80 for repainting the exterior of tho hospital. The election of the new Committee was fixed for tho Oth January. The final meeting of tho present Committee will bo held on the 7th January.