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- Cook Islands Administration. Details of Vote 43, Hospital Supplies and Attendance. Dr. £ s. d. ! Or. £ s. d. Drugs .. .. .. 296 4 9 Sale of horse .. .. .. 26 0 0 Instruments and appliances .. 63 12 2 Payments of patients . . .. 6 0 0 Utensils .. ' .. .. 12 7 6 Sale of drugs .. .. .. 9 4 9 Groceries .. .. . . 29 9 2 Refund of passages .. .. 5 17 0 Potatoes .. .. .. 12 5 11 Balance charged against general Cabin-bread .. .. .. 12 7 6 revenue .. .. .. 1,259 18 10 Eggs .. .. .. .. 0 18 4 Canned meats .. .. .. 12 5 6 Frozen meats .. . . .. 77 19 8 Butter .. .. .. 10 1.1 8 Bacon .. .. . . 115 6 Rice . . .. . . . . 6 10 0 Matches .. .. .. 0 4 6 Beer . . .. .. .. 0 4 3 Brandy .. . . .. 0 1.0 0 Canned fish .. .. .. 23 16 11 Ice .. .. .. .. 0 5 2 Jams .. .. .. 110 3 Tea 5 11 4 Hour 1 17 6 Canned fruits .. .. . . 3 6 0 Onions .. .. .. 2 10 3 Bread .. .. .. 19 0 4 Sugar 15 3 8 Milk 19 2 8 Stationery .. . • • • 2 10 Drapery .. .. . - 16 4 6 Kerosene .. .. - ■ 3 17 6 Charcoal 0 9 8 Coal 18 6 6 Soap 5 8 10 Brooms . . .. • • 15 3 Horse-feed .. .. .. 35 0 0 Horse-hire .. .. .. 7 5 0 Buggy-hire .. .. - - 1 10 0 Purchase of horse . . .. 35 9 4 Compensation for horse disabled . . 12 0 0 Harness and repairs .. . . 9 6 6 Laundry . . .. - - 15 15 8 Buggy-repairs .. . . . • 10 5 0 Tent' 11 3 0 Bicycle .. .. .. 10 10 0 Rent, Assistant Medical Officer's residence .. .. . ■ 40 0 0 Shoeing 2 0 0 Native assistance . . .. 50 7 8 Cook 39 5 9 Bonus, acting-nurse . . . . 10 0 0 Labour, Public Works Department 73 11 6 Material, Public Works Department 47 17 0 Grounds, attendance .. . . 110 0 Tools _• 19 4 Travelling-allowances, Chief Medical Officer .. .. •• 24 5 0 Travelling - allowances, Assistant Medical Officer .. .. 34 5 0 Passages, Medical Officers .. 93 3 0 Nurse .. .. 15 18 4 Professional assistance . . .. 2 2 0 Landing-expenses, Mangaia . . 7 17 6 Atiu .. 0 8 0 Aitutaki .. 1 17 0 Freight, Chief Medical Officer's effects from Lyttelton .. 1 13 3 Freight, drugs to Group .. 2 2 0 Magic heater ...... 10 14 0 Screens (2) .. .. 2 6 0 £1,307 0 7 £1,307 0 7

Net cost of administration, £1,259 18s. lOd. Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 7th April, 1913. W. J. Stevenson, Treasurer.