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      3. The financial liabilities of the Association are met from five sources:—

          Interest on the Endowment Fund.

          Government Grant.

          Donations.

          Subscriptions.

          Fees.

     4. It is the practice of the Association to invite people to become annual
subscribers. This carries with it two advantages; priority of claim to the
services of a Sister, and a reduction in the fees paid for those services. The
normal fee for non-subscribers is Rs. 14 per day, while for subscribers it
varies from 6/8/- to Rs. 10 according to income. For maternity cases
an additional fee of Re. 1 a day is charged in the case of subscribers.

     5. The control of the Association is in the hands of two Committees—
one in England and one in India.

     The English Committee is responsible for the recruitment of the majority
of the staff, but if it happens that suitably and fully trained women are
obtainable in India, the Central Committee in India has the power to
enlist them on the spot.

     In addition to this duty the Indian Committee deals with all matters
of administration, delegating to the Provincial Branches questions of local
significance.

     6. Branches have been founded in the Punjab, United Pròvinces,
Bengal, Assam, Rajputana, Burma, Simla and Delhi, while the following
Nursing Homes and Hospitals are staffed by Minto Sisters:—

          Georgina MacRobert Hospital, Cawnpore.
          B. B. & C. I. Railway Hospital, Ajmer.
          Kashmir Nursing Home, Srinagar.

      7. At the end of the year 1937 the Association had in its employment:—

          1 Chief Lady Superintendent.

          4 Lady Superintendents.

         74 Nursing Sisters.

6. LADY AMPTHILL NURSES' INSTITUTE AND THE SOUTH
INDIAN NURSING ASSOCIATION.

     In 1904 the Lady Ampthill Nurses' Institute was established by Her
Excellency Lady Ampthill. From this Institute nurses could be supplied
to all parts of the Presidency where the need for skilled nursing was very
great.

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