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SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 1947-^8

MENTAL HOSPITALS DEPARTMENT

(а) £598,000 provided on main estimates. Provision for increased establishment, £6,000; improvement in staffing position (filling of vacancies), £6,000. (б) £77,000 provided on main estimates. Purchase of clothing from War Assets Realization Board for present and future requirements. (c) £4OO provided on main estimates. Extension and improvement of dental facilities at Avondale Mental Hospital. (d) £23,200 provided on main estimates. Purchase of additional equipment, incubator, rotary hoes, and harvesting-equipment.

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— Salaries. | Other Charges. | Total. 1 VOTE—MENTAL HOSPITALS .. £ 39,105 £ 71,350 £ 110,455 For Services chargeable on the Consolidated Fund —continued £ £ £ ORDINARY REVENUE ACCOUNT—ctd. VOTE—MENTAL HOSPITALS Salaries — Increases in Salaries — Class Special A— 1 Assistant Senior Medical Officer") (£1,100), (part year only) .. 6 Assistant Senior Medical Officers f (£1,050), (part year only) .. J 1 105 Other Salaries 32 (£125 to £1,000), (additional) Payment of increases arising out of the Arbitration Court pronouncement (a) 12,000 27,000 39,105 Other Charges for and incidental to — Payment of increased costs for materials, equipment, stores, &c., consequent upon the Arbitration Court pronouncement and cessation of subsidy payments Bedding and clothing (additional) Dental services (additional) Farms, maintenance of (part recoverable), (additional) 18,200 (b) 40,000 (e) 150 (d) 300