Last year, with yearly expenses of $5.8 million, the society showed a deficit of $3.5 million.

At first, the hospital was not fully self sufficient, with the city often appropriating a sum of money towards its yearly expenses.

But Vanguard's yearly expenses are about half those at Price.

The company also said today that it expected to trim yearly expenses by $50 million as a result of several recent moves.

Even with $22,000 in yearly expenses, there is a $67,000 profit, before debts.

It instructed over 1,100 boys at a yearly expense of about $12,000.

The yearly expense, now $815 million, also is rising.

The center's yearly expenses are $1.4 million, Ms. Santomero said.

"The schools have yearly expenses of $1,500, and we raised nearly $8,000."

Average yearly expenses were estimated to be $50,000.