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DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

MENTAL HOSPITALS DEPARTMENT.

Minister in Charge of Mental Hospitals. AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in the Year ending 31st March, 1943, to defray the Salaries, Contingencies, and Expenses of the Mental Hospitals Department. Summary.

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1942-43. 1941-42. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. Voted. Expended. Vote—Mental Hospitals— £ £ £ £ £ Gross Total 419,800 302,200 722,000 703,507 709,887 Credits-in-aid .. .. .. 40,000 209,000 249,000 251,600 269,247 NET TOTAL .. .. .. 379,800 93,200 473,000 451,907 440,640 Number ,,,,, ,« oiPersone. 1942-43. IKS -481941-42 VOTE-MENTAL HOSPITALS. Voted Expended. *Salaries — Administrative Division. £ £ £ 1 1 1 at £1,400 (Director-General) .. .. .. 1,400 1,400 Professional Division. £ 1 at £1,250 (Deputy Director-General) .. .. 1,250 9 9 8 at £1,200 Medical Superintendents) .. .. 9,600 10,850 10,850 Class Special A — 9 at £900 (Medical Officers) .. .. .. 8,100 6,520 Class Special B — 11 8 2 at £815 (Medical Officers) .. .. .. .. 1,630 848 I 424,064 Other Salaries. 1,908 1,899 1,908 (£65 to £765) .. .. .. .. .'. 411,679 416,242 Allowances.. .. .'. .. .. ■■ 441 19,468 Allowances to Medical Officers : House, fuel, and light .. 3,600 3,600 Cost-of-living allowances .. .. • • ■ • '3,300 1,929 1,917 ....... 471,000 458,928 Less amount provided but not required .. .. 51,200 16,600 ; i Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Board of attendants and nurses .. .. 36,400 House, fuel, and light for medical officers 3,600 . .. 40,000 419,800 442,328 424,064 * For particulars of salaries see " Public Service Classification List."