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Equipment. Further non-completion of orders resulted in $3,391 less than estimated, being spent on Running Expenses and Maintenance of the X-Ray Apparatus, &c. At the Bacteriological Institute $2,750 was saved on Animals and Fodder as less calves were used owing to the stock of lymph being already adequate, and $1,270 less was also spent on Preparation of Vaccines, Serum, &c.
Under Special Expenditure $11,078 was not spent on Anti-gas Equipment as the defence scheme was not sufficiently mature to warrant full purchases being made, and $29,312 remained on the vote for Equipment for the Queen Mary Hospital owing to the late arrival of the Sterilizing Apparatus.
Sanitary Department.
The Sanitary Department with considerable European Staff might have been expected to require an increased sum for Personal Emoluments on account of lower exchange. But reductions in staff, keeping posts vacant unless urgently required, resulted in a saving on the vote of $17,048. Every subhead in Other Charges except two also showed a saving. Conservancy cost $17,109 less than estimated. The estimate was perhaps over generous but staff was considerably reduced and no repairs to the junks were necessary during the year. $2,021 was saved in Conveyance Allowances, $4,000 in respect of the Crematorium which was not put into operation, and $5,679 in respect of Disinfectants. This latter item was the result of the concentration of stores in the Public Works Stores Subdepartment. $9,544 was also saved on Exhumation—the exhumations, now done departmentally, cost considerably less than estimated. Expenditure on Light was curtailed and resulted in a saving of $3,118, while $5,001 was saved on the Running Expenses of Motor Lorries, Vans and Cars. Rent of Quarters was down by $2,169, and $3,601 was saved on Scavenging Gear. Less clothing was issued and a saving of $3,050 resulted on the vote for Uniforms. In the Slaughter Houses a saving of $2,590 was effected in Fuel, and $1,323 in Ammunition, while the Running costs of the Motor Meat Vans was reduced by $2,380. The vote of $4,600 for Anti-Gas Equipment was not spent.
Education Department.
The increase in Personal Emoluments on account of lower exchange was reduced to $3,976 by curtailment of staff wherever possible. All other votes showed a saving with the exception of one item of $1,600, being stipulated Bonus to University Trained Teachers on the completion of their training which through an oversight had not been provided for. $1,653 was saved on Incidental Expenses, and $3,336 on Medical Expenses from which vote the cost of spectacles required for children with defective sight is charged. This was due to a lower rate charged under contract for the supply of spectacles. Fewer students and reduced allowances resulted in a total saving of