OTAGO BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10561, 7 January 1896, Page 4

OTAGO BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.

The follovfin^ 13 the fcweuty-third aunual report and (die tenth aonusl report nndar "The Hospital arid Charitable Institutions Act 1835," which in to ha presented to the annual meeting of subscribers to bo held on the 9th January 1896 :— The total number of persons relieved during the year wus 3201, an increase of 5S on the previous year. ar>m. Women. Children. Old and past work ... 100 5i Incapacitated through sickness 104 114 327 Want of work 75 . 104 40!) Widow* ... — 201 .551 TJesurtwi wives — B2 20;! Illegitimate — 7 38 Husbands in gaol ... — 8 1!) Husbands iv lunatic asylum — 4 7 Children bmrded out... - — EU Casually relieved ... 70 141 555 Totals 349 G94 215S The uumber of inmates on lat January ISMS, was 180 man, B5 women, aud 2 children ;—total, Si 7. Received into the institution during the ye;.r :— 137 men, 52 women, and 8 children-,-total, !97, ineludiiiK 17 women admitted into tha lyinfi-in >.yard. Discharged 121 men, 5S women, and (J .children;—total, 185; leaving on 3lst December JS33,I!)S men, 59 women, and 4 children ;—total, 23). ! ' Thirty-five deaths occurred during the year. I Tho exi;ensoß of the institution amounted to [ £3953 lls lOd. The expenses for maintenance amounted to i'SSB Ss (M, an increase on tho previous ■ year of £7ti 143 3d. The charges sm for cost of food, clothing, fuel, house furnishings, salaries of master, matron, [servants, and doctor, medicine, ftiaeraln, iriumcipul rates, and ail working fxpunsey. except sccrutary's and inspector's salary, oflico rent, and ttitionery. The weekly average was 201, which gives a charga of 5s 3Jd per head per week. Thu ainonot disbursed on out-door relief wae X7C9S ISs, an increaK: of £"«] 9s 7d on previous year. This iucludea the paymuat of £ZN lisi on account, of children boarded out. 'the total amount exjwndsd was >£18,S« 7a. This includes tha sum of £6554 2s fi-i for reliuf v/orks, bsin« contributions from tho Unemployed Relief Works Aisooiatimi, l>elich«t Bay Improvunieut Commicted, residents of Roslyn and of Cavorsham, together with tbe Government subsidy on same. The amount expended oa institution account was £12,25iJ 4* Cd, an increase on previous year of £■£() Si )>i. A. Ci.ulee, Secretary. Dunedin, 3rd January ISHO.