8.—7,

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS XXVI.—MENTAL HOSPITALS AND HOSPITALS AND CHARITABLE AID DEPARTMENTS.

17— B. 7.

129

* 1908-9. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. £ £ £ Vote 90.—Mental Hospitals ... 45 ,012 48 ,007 93 ,019 ,, 91.—Home for Defectives 619 630 1,249 ,, 92.—Hospitals and Charitable Aid 3,557 11,789 15 ,346 TOTAL OF CLASS XXVI ... 109,614 49,188 60 ,426 Item. 1908-9. MENTAL HOSPITALS AND HOSPITALS AND CHARITABLE AID DEPARTMENTS. £ £ MENTAL HOSPITALS. 1908-9. Total number of officers .. 485 VOTE No. 90. Salaries— Head Office — Inspector-General of Mental Hospitals Clerk Typiste, Ac. Female Inspector of Mental Hospitals (also Hospitals and Charitable, £275) 925 "360 120 50 Auckland — Resident Medical Superintendent Assistant Medical Officer Clerk and Storekeeper Assistant Clerk and Storekeeper Head Attendant Matron Farm Manager Engineer Baker Official Visitor 77 Attendants, Nurses, and Servants— 42 Male Attendants —4 at £125 (artisans), 1 at £120 (gardener) ; 8 Charge Attendants, 5 at £120, 2 at £105, 1 at £100; 1 at £95, 2 at £85, 1 at £80, 8 at £75,17 at £70: 29 Nurses—7 Charge Nurses, 3 at £70, 4 at £60; 1 at £55, 1 at £50, 8 at £45, 12 at £40 : Laundress at £70 : Cook at £70: 3 Assistant Cooks at £50: Ward-maid at £40 1,455 600 300 175 100 140 115 140 125 125 25 5,390 7,235