CHARITABLE AID.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4704, 24 July 1893, Page 2

CHARITABLE AID.

: The North Canterbury Board. The monthly meeting of the Charitable Aid iioftrd was held to-day j present— i Mr R. Westenra (Chairman), Messrs H. ! W. Perytuan, J. Forrester, J. T. Smith, J. i Benrm;, A. Chalmers, and J. Hamilton. , The Chairman's statement was read as follows :— " I have been informed that a portion o£ > an estate, now in the hands of the Public ' Trustee, and which will eventually become . the property of the Lyttelton Orphanage, , is at present in an unsatisfactory condition a>? regards drainage; and as this is I calculated to affect the letting value, the • ! Board, being interested in the matter* i may consider whether it is advisable to I : po-opetftte with the Public Trust office in : its endeavours to bring abont some improvement. Thero is a very trifling balance in hand (only some £b) of the b capital of the Twigger estate, which in terms • of th>> vvill shouldbe invested, the income j bf in ir available towards the maintenance of certain institutions under the Board's con- , trol. An opportunity offered the other day of " inve«L;u« £30inaNew Zealand Government i security, and if that is still open, the Board L may possibly be disposed to capitalize £25 I of the income already in hand in order to secure the investment of the entire capital for eoiue time to come. The other business ' before us to-day is purely of a formal > nature ; bub I think the Board will join me • in expressing sympathy with Mr York in his recent sad bereavement. Dr T. O. 1 Gutbric, medical officer at Lyttelton, \ applied for leave of absence, which I i granted, » locum tenens being nominated • j for tie time/ ; Mr Poryuaan moved— "That the Board I ! inform the Public Trustee that it is willing to co-operate in the matter of drainage." , This was carried. ; It was decided to invest .£25 as suggested in the statement. STATISTICS OF BELIEF, The following was read :— " The register shows a marked increase in the number of cases relieved during the month 1 | of Juno, and it is worthy of note that a very considerable number of entirely new applications for assistance has been received in the past quarter. The figures for June are 426 cases (outdoor relief), against 406 for the previous month, and 414 for the corresponding month of last year. The Old Men's Home at Ashburton is fall, in- , eluding the additional beds recently provided ; and the Home at Woolston now contains 89 inmates. The medical report on the Lyttelton Orphanage is satisfactory, considering the prevalence of various ailments amongst children ; and the condition of the boarded-out children ie also favourably reported on by the lady visitors." FINANCIAL. The reoeipts for the month were—Selwya County Council (on account), £437 13s 7d ; Kaikoura County Council (ia full), £31 18 a 7d; Ash burton (further instalment), 4524; ' from other sources, £2& ; Twigger estate income, £133 153 3d. The City Council had declined to forward monthly instalments. The overdraft stood at £306 14s Id. The meeting then closed.