COST OF WELLINGTON HOSPITAL
BIGGER LEVY BY LOCAL BODIES (United Press Association) WELLINGTON, April 18. The Wellington Hospital Board estimates the expenditure for the year ending March 31, 1940, at £1,070,132 and receipts at £733,843, leaving £336,289 to be found by local bodies and the Government, compared with £236,489 last year. The local bodies are required to contribute by way of levy £155,909 8/6, compared with £112,193 15/1 last year, an increase of 38.2 per cent. The Government is required to contribute by way of subsidy £181,198 11/6, compared with £124,295 4/11 last year, an increase of 45.7 per cent. The Wellington City Council’s contribution is £116,455, compared with £84,316 last year.
The estimated loan expenditure is £653,915, against an actual expenditure of £12,613 last year.
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Southland Times, Issue 23795, 18 April 1939, Page 6
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