Gaol and Hospital Returns.

Otago Witness, Issue 1581, 4 March 1882, Page 19

Gaol and Hospital Returns.

THE GAOL. The following was the state of H.M. Gaol, Dunedin, for the week ending 25th February, 1882 :—

THE HOSPITAL. " \ - The following are the Hospital returns lor the past week: — ' „ I

1 The deaths were those of Hugh M'Guire and Margaret Campbell. ' , West Taieri River Board. i A meetyig of the above Board was held ion. the 25th February. Present— Messrs Shand;, P. Grant, 'Allan, Chisbolm, Dow, M'Brearty, 1 and Snow, • ' , . The Clerk reported that at the annual meeting hold on the 10th February the following gentlemen had been elected as a Board , of Conservators for the ensuing year:— Messrs James Shand, James Allan, Peter Grant, John Dow, William Snow, James M'Brearty, and Alexander Chisholm. Mr James Shand was elected chairman ; Mr William Snow, treasurer ; Messrs Shand, Grant, and Snow, inspectors; Mr Thomas Richardson, clerk' and collector. The clerk was instructed to give 10 days' notice to all who had riot paid the special Kite, ■ and to summon for arrears after that date. , '.Accounts amounting to £19 4"s lid were passed for payment. , ' Harbour, Board. 1 A special meeting of the Harbour Board was held on Tuesday afternoon for the purpose of considering their financial position. There were present— Messrs A. H. Ross (in the chair), R. Wilson, H. S. Fish, M.H.R., A. Burt, R. Paterson, J. Mill, W. Bridgman, and H. Guthrie. FINANCK COMMITTEE'S REPORT. Tho following report from the Finance Committee was read : — Your Committee having carefully fjone into the financial position of the Board, regrets that, from causes over which it had no control, it has been unable to have had completed for this meeting a full and exhaustive report, which is in course of compilation. In the meantime, however, it is of opinion that sufficient can be laid before the Board to justify the recommendation it has already made— viz., that tho I works be reduced to the lowest minimum possible. It may be well to remind members tbat the present ! position o( th« Board financially was not unanticipated, as at (.h« time the last application was made to Parliament for extended borri>wm£ powers, warni ing was then uiven that owing to the reduction of the loan from £^50,000 to £100,000, the Board could not wirr\ o buyond the present month ; besides this, the new d ulge has cost some £5000 more than was then ostiinmul. These and other general points will lie doa t w ith in the main report. Estimate.— What may be termed ordinary revenue last year amounted to £17,300 0 0 Probable increase from rental, say . . 2,000 0 0 Note.— Of course this item depends on getting Board's ondowmont, at present occupied by the Railway. Probable increase from duos . . 3,000 0 Note.— The calculated increase when the new regulations wero framed will not he anything like realised, owing to the alterations made when deputatiou waited on Board. £22,300 0 0 Estimate.— Fixed expenditure: Interest on loaus . . • • £20,094 0 0 Sinking fuml, 1 per cont. on £250,000 .. 2,000 0 0 Accrued interest on amount paid off .. 357 0 0 £23,551 0 0 Departmental office and collection of dues .. Cl.OfiO 0 0 Harbour department . . 3,535 11 11 Engineer's department.. 1,811 19 1 General : Miscellaneous 875 11 7,352 12 0 £30,903 12 0 Uitil Uiafnll n-porh is beJuru thu Card, the <3oairv'.'o, it Ui< "MK-ril qnosli »i ct \\\y* and WPftiTj \ wouM sniiply remark that up to the present time the > whole proceeds cv tho loans and some C7OOO of m,w-v nu<- h '-co W*v. e\p(VidP'l n n verity, j^)' 1 in i)i ■> win)) ! a versifctent. effort must be niailr. to provulu funds, t>o t thai all uktfgfca ouwitie oi woi'lta be coveted byordi-i

nary rovonue. The two sources to look to for this, are— lat, rentals by obtaining and utilising the Board's already reclaimed portion of its endowment ; and 2nd, abolishment of the hal/ rates upon goods landed at Port Chalmers, and, if then found nocessary (which is not probable), a revision of tho dues. With regard to tho Board's present position, the following is a fair statement, and on which the Commifctoe based the resolution contained iv itb last report :— Estimated revenue from lsfc February to Slst June. 1882. with Bank

Messrs R. Sparrow and Co.'s account, and Messrs Corbettand Knox's account, with Works Committee's report to Finance Committee thereon, having teen considered; the Finance Committee is of the opinion that the wholo' facts should be considered by 'the Board. The Chairman explained that negotiations were still pending between the Board and their Bankj and in ,the absence of the engineer the Committee had not been able to fur,nish such a full or exhaustive report as they would, wish. This, however, would be forthcoming by next meeting. Mr Fish, in the course of some remarks with reference to the position of the Board, said, that if the Government did not enable them to carry on the works they had in hand it ought to be left to finish them itself. , Mr Bukt expressed himself in a similarmanner. ' I After some discussion, the Board went, into Committee on the matter. ' ' ' "

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Beraaining from the previous w& Admitted during the' week ' . . Discharged do do Deaths.. -: Total number remaining jek 100} 13' 9! 108 1 '

Received during the week .. Discharged do do '„ Died .. 8 '2' 0 3 1 1

Awaiting trial Penal servitude Hard labour Imprisonment Default of bail Debtors Males. . 5 32 40 0 0 1 Female 2 1 32 1 1 • 0 S3 Totals 87 37

balance .. .. .. £12,659 0 0 Estimated expenditure to 30th June, if all work excepting large dredge . is stopped at the end of March. DfSce and collector's salaries .. -. £ 403 0 0 Incidentals .. .. 170 0 0 Harbour department .. 1,469 16 0 Works .. .. 5,072 5 0 7,205 1 G Fixed expenditureHome remittance to cover loan account ..& 3,000 0 0 Interest duo July Ist, , Dunedin . . . . SO 0 0 Interest due July Sth, London .. .. 10,311 0 0 Bonds to be drawn 30th June .. .. 2,700 O 0 _ 16,047 0 0 £23,252 1 6 Deficiency as shown above . . £1,602 1 6 [f the large dredge and the Vulcan, with tendering steamers and punts, are kept at werk, there will be required a further sum.of-rfor new dredge, £1200 ; for Vulcan, £2730 . . 3,930 0 a