The Consul-General emphasised! the fact that the year had been an} extremely strenuous one for the Hospital. Very wisely they had refrained from taking part in any. of the Red Cross work during the hostilities which "commenced in the autumn, but nevertheless, the fighting brought in such a tremen-_ ous influx of refugees from the stricken areas that the work was! very much heavier than it would! have been otherwise.
The speaker called the atte of the meeting to the following. Paragraph in the report:
Larger and better premises were' absolutely essential, and in proof fof the fact, he asked them to study the report carefully: That.
throughout. They would find heavy.
is, Sominant note strack increases in the working expenses fof the hospital during the year, due largely to the increase in the number of patients, the higher: cost of living and'the low value fof the copper coin, and also to the necessity for the increased use of serums and the more complicated operations. and treatment of patients.
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