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Recommendation.

Governor's Decision.

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT,—Continued.

Fees for 2nd class patients to be raised to $5 a day.

Wives of Police and Sanitary Inspectors to be treated at privileged rates for Civil Servants as 3rd class patients only.

Immediate.

Savings.

Prospective.

Minimum. Maximum. Minimum, Maximum.

$

$

$

Brought forward.......

42,510

16,053

10,534

11,689

Approved,

:

Do.,

Deletion of the item "Temporary Staff,

Do.

1,000

1,000

Kennedy Town Hospital "-$1,000.

Reductions in the following votes:

Do.

Health Officer of Port.

Coal, &c., for Launch,

Incidental Expenses,..

Civil Hospital.

MOL

$200 50

200

200

50

50

Fnel and Light,

200

200

200

Furniture,

200

200

200

Incidental Expenses,.

50

50

50

Medical Comforts,

300

300

300

Provisions for Patients,.

4,000

4,000

4,000

Washing,

200

200

200

Lunatic Asylums.

Bedding and Clothing,

50

50

50

Fuel and Light,

250

250

250

Provisions for Patients,

100

100

100

Kennedy Town Hospital.

Provisions, &c.,

500

500

500

Victoria Hospital.

Provisions,

500

500

500

180

180

That research work should be regarded as forming an adjunct to the Bacteriologist's other duties, to be performed in any spare time remaining over after their perform-

ance.

That the supply of local English News- papers should be reduced from 10 to 5.

SANITARY DEPARTMENT.

Abolition of Plague Inspectors.

That each District Inspector should be solely responsible for his district.

That the staff of Inspectors should be reduced from 28 (including one acting as Storekeeper) to 21.

Approved, but in normal times theBacteriologist should be able to devote a sufficient time to it,

Approved,

The Plague Inspectors as such have been abolished, and

in the Estimates for 1939 none appear under that name,.

Approved,

Decided to have 24 In- spectors + 1 Storekeeper who is to be shown separately in the Estimates. Savings:

2 Inspectors at $1,800-

:

:

:

Do..

2,040, Exchange Coin-

peusation,

3,600

1,080

2,571

2,914

Do.,

Ilouse Allowance

to 1,

360

360

Carried forward,.

56,821

61,187

10.584

11,689