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SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 1945-46

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

(a) New appointment. (It) Salary at the rate of £900 per annum payable from fith September, 1944. Provision for arrears to 31st March, 1945. (c) Provision for appointment of five Assistant Matrons at health camps and one Consulting Medical Officer. (d) Grant towards cost of mobile x-ray unit with which it is proposed to carry out mass x-ray examinations of Maoris and pakehas in the Taranaki, Hawera, Stratford, and Patea Hospital Districts. The Taranaki Maori Trust Board is contributing £2,200 towards the unit, which will be vested in the Hawera Hospital Board as trustee for the associated Boards. (e) Provision for payment of distribution costs of footwear previously borne by Army authorities. £4,250 provided on main estimates. (/) Additional provision for payment to suppliers for non-school days from Ist September, 1944, to 31st March, 1946 and increase to producers of 0-61 d. per gallon. £190,000 provided on main estimates.

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Salaries. Other Charges. Total. VOTE—HEALTH— . £ £ £ GROSS TOTAL .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,940 50,040 52,980 Credits-IN-AID .. .. .. .. .. .. 20,000 20,000 NET TOTALS .. .. .. .. 2,940 30,040 32,980 ofFfcreons. For Services chargeable oil the Consolidated Fund — £ £ £ continued 1945-461944-45 I ORDINARY REVENUE ACCOUNT—continued VOTE—HEALTH Salaries— Professional Division Class Special— 1 1 at £1,300 (Director of Maternal and Infant Welfare, Wellington), (6 months) .. .. .. .. (a) 650 Other Salaries (£90 to £840), (additional) .. .. .. .. 1,000 Unclassified (Non-permanents) 1 (£900), (Medical Officer, Hanmer Hospital), (increase in salary) .. .. .. .. .. (b) 57 Other Salaries 6 .. 6 (£95 to £840) .. .. .. .. .. (c) 1,233 '2,940 7 Other Charges for and incidental to— General Administration— Grant to Hawera Hospital Board for x-ray work .. (d) 1,100 Laying of foundation stone, St. Helens Hospital, Christchurch, expenses of .. .. .. .. 85 Subsidy towards cost of footwear for pupil nurses and dental nurse trainees (additional) .. .. .. (e) 1,245 Supply of milk to school-children, scheme for (additional) .. .. .. .. .. ..(f) 30,300 32,730