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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL RESOLUTION.

WHEREAS it is necessary to confirm and approve the establish- ment and operation of a Fund designated the Nurses Rewards and Fines Fund applicable for the benefit of nurses and dressers employed in the service of the Government of the Colony;

AND WHEREAS conditions governing the objectives, main- tenance and application of such Fund have been determined and are specified in the Schedule hereto;

NOW THEREFORE be it Resolved by this Council that the establishment and operation of the Nurses Rewards and Fines Fund, in accordance with the Conditions aforesaid, be and is hereby confirmed and approved.

SCHEDULE.

Conditions.

1. The Fund will be administered jointly by the Director of Medical Services and the Principal Matron, Medical Department, and shall be used, at their discretion, for any or all of the following purposes:-

2.

(a) to buy prizes for Government nurses and dressers who gain credit or honours in their examinations, subject to a limit of $50 in any one case;

(b) to defray expenses incurred when there is a distribution of certificates to Government nurses and dressers;

(c) to purchase books for the Government nurses' library and to provide recreational or other facilities for the general welfare of Government nurses and dressers.

The Funds will comprise the amounts of deposits forfeited under the terms of their agreements by probationer qurses who fail to complete the first two years of their pro- bationary period. Such forfeited deposits shall be paid by the Medical Department into the Treasury or the Treasury bank account for the credit of "Deposits-Medical Depart- ment, Nurses Rewards and Fines Fund."