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YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1944.

MENTAL HOSPITALS DEPARTMENT.

Minister in Charge of Mental Hospitals. AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in the Year ending 31st March, 1944, to defray the Salaries, Contingencies, and Expenses of the Mental Hospitals Department. Summary.

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1943-44. 1942-43. Salaries. j Other Charges. | Total. Voted. ! Expended. Vote—Mental Hospitals— £ £ £ £ £ Gross Total .. .. .. 429,327 326,773 j 756,100 735,113 738,204 Oredits-in-aid .. .. .. 40,000 206,100 246,100 249,000 263,769 NET TOTAL 389,327 120,673 510,000 486,113 474,435 Number oi Persons. 1 <14 043 1943 44. 1043 44 1942 43 VOTE-MENTAL HOSPITALS. — ~ 7— 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 — 11 at £900 (Medical Officers) .. .. .. 9,900 8,157 Class Special B—■ 18 11 7 at £815 (Medical Officers) .. .. 5,705 1,751 !► 418,325 Other Salaries. 1,927 1,908 J,927 (£65 to £765) .. .. 416,772 413,014 Allowances .. .. .. .. .. I 2,100 441 Allowances to Medical Officers : House, fuel, and light .. 3,600 3,600 Cost-of-living allowances . . .. .. .. 34,000 i 1,955 1,929 ___J 484,327 472,513 Less amount provided but not required .. .. 55,000 41,200 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 40,000 429,327 431,313 418,325