£150 by £20 triennially each) attendance, conveyance,
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uniform and passages, would be $3,932.30 (taking exchange
at 2/- to the dollar) or say $4,000 while a sum of $731.85
say $750 would be required for furniture, linen etc. The
average annual cost over a period of seven years would be
a little less for salaries etc., while for furniture it
would be a little over $200. On the other hand the
estimated earnings of the two Nurses are $2,000 in round
figures. To this must be added the interest on the
Association's Guarantee Fund which fund after carrying out
from it the structural alterations necessary to provide
for the required additional accommodation in the Government
Civil Hospital Staff Quarters will amount to some $15,000
and would yield at 6% some $900 per annum. The net cost
to Government would therefore be $1,850 during the first
year and $1,250 per annum in round numbers during each of
the succeeding six years without calculating what should
be debited to Government on account of pensions and without
taking into consideration the proportion of the nurses'
earnings that will be taken up by the Military Contribu-
-tion.
10.
Should Your Lordship in the
circumstances