TUNG WA HOSPITAL.
Ordinances No. 1 of 1870, No. 9 of 1904, and No. 10 of 1908 (Man Mo Temple).
(Tables VII to XII.)
44. The following gentlemen were elected to form the Committee for 1919 :-
Ho Shai-kwong, Chairman,
To Sze-tun,
Chiu Chau-sam
Tse Ka-po,
Kwan Ki-shang,
Li Ying-chi,
Lam Hon-ping,
Li Chak-nam,
Leung Shu-tong,
Lo Shiu-cheuk,
Iu Shau-kwan,
Lui Po-shang, Tsang Iu-ting,
Chan Fu-tseung,
of whom the first three named are in charge of the Hospital finances.
45. The 1918 Directorate under the chairmanship of Mr. Tong Yat-chun carried on the Hospital work of previous years quietly and successfully. Tables VII to XII show the details of the greater part of their activities. These Tables are in the form in which they have been presented for many years but as it has been decided no longer to confine the appeal on behalf of the Hospital to the Chinese Community alone, it is proposed in the future to alter the form to include all the activities of the Institution in a fully comprehensive manner.
The balance sheet for the year (i.e., the Mo Ng Chinese year extending from February 11th to December 31st, 1918, a total of 323 days) shows a credit balance of $65,800.
46. The expenditure was $99,126 as compared with $102,528 in 1917 and $148,652 in 1916: but, as explained in last year's report, the 1916 figure includes an item of $50,000 for purchase of War Loan Stock. The daily average of expenditure during the year under report was thus $306.89 as against $270.64 in 1917. The total income was $115,796 (as against $116,033 in 1917) making the surplus on the year's working $16,669. The Hospital holds $50,000 in Hongkong 6% War Loan Bonds.
47. The following items on the receipt side show increases and decreases :-
Increases. Decreases. Rent of Hospital property, Subscriptions, Interest (2 items), $2,647 Donations (2 items), $3,421 Sale of refuse, etc.,... 2,158 ... 2,924 2,044