PROSPEROUS YEAR

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 72, 27 April 1929, Page 5

PROSPEROUS YEAR

OLD PEOPLE' S IT0A1E AT PARKE 1SLAND. HANDSOALE PR0FIT ON F ARAI

"It is pleasing to rcc-ord tliat the yenr has heen a most prosperous one I generally, whicli has enabled us to reI cluce tlie levy 011 the eontributarv I board by £500 for the ensuing year, ! making it £4000." says the annual re- [ port of the chairman of the Parke Island Home Committee, Alr A. E. BedI i'ord. I "Tlie net profit on the farm this year stands at the hand.some figure of £689 9s 8d, as against £488 last year. This is largel.v due to the inereased prollt from tho new piggeries, and would have heen much larger had not a disastrous hail storm passed over in j Decembor, whicli practically destroyed the whole of the crop.s and fruit, I hcsides seriouslv damaging the glass house and breaking 55 windows in the j liome. j "Alaintenance Fecs and Pensions: ! Tlie collections under this headiiig in- { creased by ahout £300 tliis year. i "Bequests: The sum of £i02 7s 4d j was received from the estate of Henry Hartree, deceased, and tlie highest apI preeintion of tlie committee was tend- ! ored to ihe executors for this generous bequest. INCR EA SED EXPENDITURE. j "Expenditure : This shows an increaso under the following heads : — Provisions : £100, due to increase of inmates from 74 to 77, and lexs ]>eopIe being maintained in the liospital. Estahlisliment: £160; replacements to glass house, repairs to windows, due to hail, and overhaul of lorry, are the chicf cau.se of tliis increase. Piggeries: £138; incroased jiurchases during the year. A hig decrease is shown under tlie heading 'Alaintenance in Napier ) Hospital' of £300. It will he vemem- | hered that we commenced the year j i\ itli a clc'bit balance of £1200, but T i am hnppy to state tliat tbis has now been reduced to £400, and when 1 amount of £700 iiayablc by tlie Hawke's Bay Hospital Board comes to bund, it will put us in credit. "I11 eouelusion, I wisli to exjiress my tlianks to- all tlie members of the stafif [ v.ho have so loyali.v worked for the good of the institution ; to tho liieni- J j hci'.s of the Joint Committee for tlieir j co-operation ; and also to all the good people who havemade sundry donations, and who have contributed to the on- | ] io.vment of the old people by providing , j them with concerts and other enterj tainnients. The press, which has rei gularlv attended our meetings and so | impartially reported them. a parj licularlv wi^li to tliank. I trust tliat the liannonious relations which have ciiaracterised the past year will long eontinue." ERTLMATES FOR THIS VEAR. 'llie ostimates for the c-oming year sliow that roceipts are estimated to produce £8095 3s. being made up of £4000 from the contributing boards ( Hawke's Bay £2096 12s 4d, AVaipawa £1037 3s 1(1. Dannevirke £860 4s 7d). £2000 from maintenance fees and pensions, £1300 from farm saies, £95 3s from miscellaneous sourecs, £700 from the Hospital Board for payment for the piggeries. Of every £100 of levy the Hospital Board pays £52 8s 4d, AVaipawa £25 18s 7d and Dannevirke £21 13s Id. Tlie expenditure is made up as follows: General £5150. grounds £1500, maintenance in Napier Hospital £900, miscellaneous £100. debit balance at Alarch 31, 1929. £445 3s. The debit balance at April 1, 1928, stood at £1215 18s. 2d.