CO129-300 - Administrator Major Gen Gascoigne Governor Sir Blake - 1900 [7-9] — Page 20

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Solosure. Statement.

Ordinary cases.

Infectious cases.

Per day

$3

$4

week

20

26

fortnight 40

50

month

80

100

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5. The expenditure incurred in connection with

these Nurses and the amount of fees (which are paid into the

Treasury) earned by them, are shown in the enclosed statement.

6. It will be seen that the Nurses have been a

source of considerable expense which however is inevitable see-

ing that to cover their salaries alone, which are now at the rate of $70 a month each, they would have to he continuously employed, which with long hours and night work would entail an amount of labour which it would be physically impossible for

them to perform.

The fees have now been increased as follows;

Ordinary cases.

Infectious cases.

Fer day

$4

$5

we ek

25

35

fortnight 50

70

month

100

125

and the effect of these increased fees will be reported to you at the end of the year.

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The agreements of Nurses Robins and Milling- ton expire in June next year, and I understand that they are

not likely to renew their engagements in which case it will

be