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Total collective hospital days, 3,140; individual average stay, 69-77 days. Average daily cost per patient, 4s. 9Jd.; less patients' repayments, 4s. 5Jd. Out-patients, 42; attendances, 236. Revenue and Expendituee. Revenue. & s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 377 15 10 Eations ... ... ... 167 5 6 From Board ... ... ... 180 5 6 Wines, spirits, &c. ... ... 11 0 6 Subscriptions and donations ... 232 3 6 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 1626 Patients' payments ... ... 52 8 6 Fuel and light ... ... ... 4106 Other sources ... ... ... 500 Bedding and clothing ... ... 180 Furniture and earthenware ... 2 13 0 Salaries and wages ... ... 420 8 6 Funerals ... ... ... 10 0 0 Eepairs ... ... ... 28 13 0 Printing, advertising, &c. ... ... 31 it 0 Interest and exchange ... ... 312 9 Insurance ... ... ... 8 15 0 Other expenses ... ... ... 820 Total ... ... £847 13 4 Total ... ... £749 15 3 Inspection. On the day of my visit, the 15th February, 1889, this hospital contained six male and two female patients. Of the six males one was a blind man, sixty-two years of age, who had been eighteen months in the hospital; another was seventy-five years of age, and had been eight months in the hospital; and another had been four months. One of the female patients was an old woman suffering from chronic bronchitis. The condition of the hospital and its surroundings was very satisfactory, and it was clear that every detail was carefully looked after. The master and his wife seemed to me capable of managing a much larger institution.

LAWEENCE HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1888 ... ... ... 13 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 140 Total under treatment ... ... ... 153 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 131 Died 14 Total remaining, 31st March, 1889 ... ... ... 8 All the patients came from Tuapeka County. Sex. —111 males, 42 females. Nationality. —England, 27 ; Scotland, 36; Ireland, 26; Colonial, 50; China, 6; France, 2; Germany, 2 ; America, 2 ; Poland, 2. Beligion. —Not recorded. Total collective number of hospital days, 5,127; individual average stay, 33J days. Daily average cost per head, 4s. 3d.; less repayments by patients, 3s. 2-|d. Out-patients—individuals, 58; attendances, unknown. Revenue and Expbnditubb. Bevenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d, Amount received from Government 672 18 0 Eations ... ... ... 330 9 3 From local bodies ... ... 214 16 3 Wines, spirits, ale, and porter ... 36 5 6 Subscriptions and donations ... 12 10 0 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 93 16 3 Patients' payments ... ... 248 19 3 Fuel and light ... ... ... 90 15 9 Other sources ... ... ... 880 Bedding and clothing ... ... 55 19 2 Furniture and earthenware ... 600 Washing ... ... ... 100 Salaries and wages ... ... 361 0 0 Water... ... ... ... 10 0 0 Funerals ... ... ... 3 13 6 Eepairs .. ... ... 860 Printing, advertising, Ac... ... 10 16 9 Interest ... ... 2 9 1 Insurance ... ... ... 526 Other expenses ... ... ... 53 12 6 Total ... £1,157 11 6 Total ... £1,069 6 3 Inspection. I inspected this hospital on the 28th January, 1889. All the beds except two in the front male-ward are worn out, and ought to be replaced by Rowcliff s patent beds. The bath is so

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