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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS IX.—DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS— continued.

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item. 1914-15. PUBLIC HEALTH, HOSPITALS, AND CHARITABLE AID—continued. VOTE No. 56— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. Grants in Aid, including— Grant towards expenses of Inspector-General of Hospitals when visiting British and other hospitals and institutions Maintenance of delirium tremens patients in general hospitals Medical Associations' grants - Otago Hospital and Charitable Aid Board (subsidy on account of donations from the Otago University and refund of students' fees) Promotion of the health of women and children Relief of indigent persons Salvation Army Prison Brigade work Society for the promotion of health of women and children, subsidies on voluntary contributions 200 100 1,050 190 100 25 900 2,400 Miscellaneous Charges, including— Australasian Medical Congress Bacteriological laboratory ... Compensation payable under the Public Health Act, 1908 10,017 4 . 1,400 900 Dangerous infectious diseases Expenses in connection with Wairau Hospital Board inquiry Expenses in connection with sewage works, Mount Albert and Mount Eden Boroughs Infectious diseases Maternity homes, refund of fees Medical and nursing aid to Maoris (exclusive of salaries) Police expenses in connection with destitute persons Retiring-allowance at the rate of £36 per annum to G. A. Birch, late clerk Dunedin District Office, retired medically unfit (19 months) Small-pox epidemic, expenses in connection with ... St. Helens Hospital, Auckland, inquiry Subsidies to Nursing Associations Subsidy to Plunket Nurses Subsidy to Waikato Hospital and Charitable Aid Board Travelling-expenses, Dr. Makgill, attending Medical Congress at Antwerp ... ... Travelling-expenses, Dr. Bernstein, to take up duty as Medical Superintendent, Te Waikato Sanatorium... Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to other items of the vote 25 1,250 4 ! 370 100 50 1,500 10 57 9,000 300 500 200 180 16 ; 13 250 Institutions under control of the Department— Wages — St. Helens Hospital, Auckland St. Helens Hospital, Wellington St. Helens Hospital, Christchurch St. Helens Hospital, Dunedin Rotorua Cottage Hospital ... Te Waikato Sanatorium 16,125 350 400 250 340 300 1,440 3,080