Bsi Grants Aid Mission
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Medical Services
From a Special Correspondent MISSIONS operating in tin British Solomon Islands an pleased by the decision 01 the Administration to allocate tin sum of £3,000 per annum to h divided among all Christian Mis sions in the area as a subsidy fo; medical services to the natives.
The basis of the allocation is; £3OO for each doctor, £lOO foi each fully-qualified nurse, anc £5O for each partly-qualified nurse If the total amount claimed b: the Missions exceeds £3,000, then the amount per medical worker wil be reduced proportionately.
An additional sum of £2,500 pe: annum is to be spent on drugs foi distribution among the various mis sions in accordance with the worl they carry out.
Comment by the Methodist Mis sionary Society of NZ, which ha one doctor and about 15 Nev Zealand nurses in BSI and Bou gainville is: “While these grant are small compared with thos< made by the Administration o Papua and New Guinea, they ar more generous than a few year ago.”