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YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1949

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH—continued

(a) Fees for post mortems, £9 155.; denture, clothing, and spectacle repairs, £57 18s. 4d.; lecture fees, £6 ; post-graduate fees, £5 55.; safe-deposit fee, 55.; repairs to telephone lines £l2 13a. Id.; State Fire and Accident Insurance fees, investigating accident claims, £8 ss. 2d,; music for staff entertainment, £9 10s.; miscellaneous, 3s. lid. : total, £lO9 15s. 6d. (b) Vote " Mental Hospitals" is now incorporated in vote " Health." Amounts " voted" and "expended" for 1947-48 are set out hereunder:— 1947-48. Voted. Expended. Vote — £ £ Health .. .. .. .. 5,133,709 4,718,733 Mental Hospitals .. .. .. 1,264,557 1,243,332 £6,398,266 £5,962,065 Estimated. Actual Receipts. 1948-49. 1947-48. 1947-48. Departmental receipts — £ £ £ Subdivision I—Health .. .. 229,000 177,750 246,901 Subdivision ll—Mental Hygiene .. 108,000 90,000 97,355 Total .. .. .. £337,000 £267,750 £344,256

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VOTE—HEALTH— continued 1948-49. 1947-48. Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. II — Mental Hygiene —contd. £ £ £ Other Charges for and incidental to — continued Treatment and maintenance in general hospitals— Patients 200 120 169 Staff 50 50 23 Contingencies 100 100 (a) 110 Grants to officers in lieu of leave on retirement 259 258 Surgery and dispensary : wine, spirits, ale, and porter 20 8 Travelling-expenses from England to New Zealand of medical officers and occupational therapists 300 653 821,312 596,302 613,054 Total — Subdivision No. II 1,488,812 1,264,557 1,243,332 TOTAL .. 7,503,822 (6) 6,398,266 (b) 5,962,065