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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS IX.—DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS— continued.

item, 1913-14. MENTAL HOSPITALS— continued 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 VOTE No. 55— continued. £ £ Other Charges foe and incidental to — continued. Developmental work in connection with bringing land into cultivation, purchase of implements, stock, Ac ... 1,000 Farms, maintenance of ... ... ... 8,000 Fencing, draining, and roading ... ... 700 Freight and Cartage ... ... ... 1 ,500 Fuel, light, water, and cleaning ... ... 10 ,000 Funerals, expenses of ... ... ... 300 Furniture and fittings ■ ... ... ... 400 Gardens and shrubberies, expenses of ... ... 250 Grant to Seacliff Staff Club ... ... ... 10 Law-costs ... .., ... 10 Laundry ... ... ... 2,000 Machinery, repairs, and stores... ... ... 1,000 Medical fees for certificates and consultations ... ( 1 ,300 Nursing staff— House allowance to married attendants ... ... 2 ,200 Uniforms, purchase of ... ... ... 1,300 Patients, expenses connected with— Gratuities ... ... ... 70 Recreation ... ... ... 2,750 Transfer ... ... ... 300 " Patients' Friends" ... ... ... 200 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... ... 350 Printing and stationery ... ... ... 300 Rations ... ... ... 35,500 Rents and rates ... ... ... 800 Stores ... ... ... 2,500 Surgery and dispensary — Drugs and instruments ... ... ... 700 Wine, spirits, ale, and porter ... ... 50 Telephones ... ... , ... 260 Travelling expenses and allowances ... ... 800 Treatment and maintenance of patients in general hospitals ... ... ... j 50 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... ... 250 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 97 ,630 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 ... ... j 45,000 52,630 Less amount transferred to salaries ... ... 1,988 50,642 Total—Vote No.'55 ... ... 116, 116,11 ... , HOME FOR DEFECTIVES. 1913-14. Total number of offioers .. 8 VOTE No. 56. Salaries — Steward ... ... ... 145 Matron ... ... ... ; 100 Attendant at £113, Nurse at £55 ... ... 168 Cook ... ... ... 65 Laundress ... ... ... 65 Housemaid ... ... ... 40 Gardener ... ... ... 120 145 100 168 65 65 40 120 703