B—7 [Ft. I]

DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH—continued

(a) Includes provision for establishment of dental clinics for adolescents. (b) Provision for the payment of bursaries at the rate of £7O per annum, plus £4O per annum if living away from home. Sixty-nine renewals and 20 new awards have been provided for this year.

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VOTE —HEALTH —continued 1948-49. 1947-48. Voted. Expended. Subdivision No, I—Health—continued £ £ £ Other Charges for and incidental to — continued Bacteriological Laboratories — Contributions to Hospital Boards' laboratories Laboratory expenses (part recoverable) 4,600 200 3,500 200 1,235 166 4,800 3,700 1,401 Dental Hygiene Administration— Dental clinics, expenses of — £ Works .. .. .. 11,500 Other expenditure .. .. 58,500 (n\ 70 nnn 66,700 8,860 15,000 4,500 2,500 50,085 7,852 8,205 4,663 2,169 Dental bursaries Hostel for dental trainees, Hobson St., Wellington (part recoverable)— £ Works .. .. .. 6,000 Other expenditure .. .. 8,000 \Cl) l U, UUU (b) 8,300 14,000 5,000 2,500 Hostel for dental trainees, Kelburn (part recoverable) — Works .. .. .. 250 Other expenditure .. .. 4,750 Travelling allowances and expenses 99,800 97,560 72,974 Maori Hygiene Administration (part recoverable) — General expenses (including rental of and furniture for cottages, and nurses' equipment, &c.) — £ Works .. .. .. 1,000 Other expenditure .. .. 9,000 10,000 11,000 9,368