the Port Fund exceeded those of the previous year by Rs. 3,136. The net cost
to Government, exclusive of the salaries of the Covenanted Medical Officers,
was Rs. 42,199. The total expenditure during the year was Rs. 1,36,237
against Rs. 1,23,126 in 1883. The increase was chiefly due to the expenditure
under buildings and repairs. "Besides quadrennial repairs to the central
building, converting eastern and western building into private wards, dis-
mantling old guard-room and cook-house, and constructing partition wall and
brick nogging partition, the Calcutta filtered water was laid on." The average
cost of daily diet was 7 annas and 9 pies, the same as it was in the previous year.
13. The total receipts from local sources at the Campbell Hospital
amounted to Rs. 33,384, of which Rs. 30,000 were paid by the Municipality,
and the remainder from port funds, paying-patients, sale of medicines, &c.
Government contributed Rs. 27,340 against Rs. 44,437 in 1883. The total
expenditure amounted to Rs. 60,724 against Rs. 75,868 in the previous year.
This decrease is only due to a less amount having been expended on "buildings
and repairs" than was expended in 1883. In all other items there was an
increase of expenditure, which is said to be due to the large accession in the
number of small-pox cases treated during the year.
14. The total expenditure incurred at the Police Hospital during the
year was Rs. 15,786 against Rs. 16,685 in 1883, showing a decrease of Rs. 899.
Of the total amount expended, five-sixths were paid by the Calcutta and
Suburban Municipalities and one-sixth by Government. The daily cost per
head was the same as in the previous year, viz., 2 annas and 2 pies. The
expenditure on clothing fell from Rs. 554 in 1883 to Rs. 231 in the year
under report.
15. The total income from local sources of the Mayo Hospital and its
dispensaries during the year amounted to Rs. 23,304, of which Rs. 16,858
represented interest on investments. The invested capital of the institution
at the close of the year stood at Rs. 3,47,400, or Rs. 5,000 more than it was
at the beginning of the year. The amount contributed by Government was
Rs. 37,366. The total expenditure amounted to Rs. 56,745 against
Rs. 55,124 in 1883. Deducting the amount spent on buildings in the
two years, the expenditure was Rs. 54,568 against Rs. 52,524. Of the
total expenditure, Government contributed 66 per cent., the remaining 34 per
c e n t n t . h a v i n g b e e n m e t f r o m t h e p r i v a t e f u n d s o f t h e i n s t i t u t i o n . T h e s u r p l u s
balance at the close of the year was Rs. 5,760. The Lieutenant-Governor
agrees with the Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals in thinking that the
time has arrived for reconsidering the Government grant to this institution.
If the amount of savings which are being annually invested were utilized in
defraying the expenses of the Hospital, so large a contribution from Govern-
ment as is now being given will not be necessary. The Inspector-General
will be requested to forward a special report on this matter.
16. At the Howrah General Hospital the total income from private
sources during the year amounted to Rs. 21,292 against Rs. 22,674 and
Rs. 22,885 in the two preceding years. Of the total amount received, Rs. 6,486
were paid by the Port Trust for diet of sick seamen, Rs. 2,600 by the Muni-
cipality, Rs. 1,680 were derived as interest on investments, Rs. 10,495 were
received as subscriptions from Europeans, and Rs. 31 as subscriptions from
natives. Government contributed Rs. 4,413 in the shape of European medi-
cines, registers and forms, diet of police cases, salaries and special allowances.
The total expenditure amounted to Rs. 25,499 against Rs. 24,639 in 1883.
The increase was chiefly due to a larger amount being spent on " buildings
and repairs." There was an increase of Rs. 377 in the cost of establishment.
The average cost of each diet was 8 annas and 3 pies in the case of Europeans,
and 2 annas and 3 pies in the case of natives. The corresponding figures in
the previous year were 9 annas, and 2 annas and 1 pie respectively.
By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal,
J. WARE EDGAR,
Offg. Secretary to the Govt. of Bengal.