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Sess. 11.—1891. NEW ZEALAND.

HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE AID. (RETURN OF AMOUNT CONTRIBUTED BY EACH CHARITABLE AID DISTRICT.)

Return to an Order of the House, of Representatives dated the 7th day of July, 1891. Ordered " That there be laid before this House a return showing as nearly as possible and in tabular form the valuation upon property, the population of each Charitable Aid District, and the amount contributed by each of such districts, either by rate or contribution from local revenue, for the purposes of Hospital or Charitable Aid. —(Mr. O'Conoe.)

Return of the Charitable Aid Districts in the Colony of New Zealand, and the amount contributed for the purposes of Hospital and Charitable Aid for the Year ended 31st March, 1891.

[Approximate Cost of Payer—Preparation, nil; printing (1,200 copies), £1 2s. od.]

By Authority : Geobge Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB9l. Price, 3d.]

District. Valuation. Population. Amount Contributed for Year ended 31st March, 1891. North of Auckland Hospital and Charitable Aid Auckland Hospital and Charitable Aid Waikato Hospital and Charitable Aid Coromandel Hospital Thames Hospital... Thames and Coromandel Charitable Aid Bay of Plenty Hospital and Charitable Aid ... Taranaki Hospital and Charitable Aid Patea Hospital "Wanganui Hospital Wanganui and Patea Charitable Aid "Wellington Hospital Wairarapa Hospital ... Wellington and Wairarapa Charitable Aid Cook Hospital and Charitable Aid ... Hawke's Bay Hospital Waipawa Hospital Waipawa and Hawke's Bay Charitable Aid ... Wairau Hospital and Charitable Aid Picton Hospital and Charitable Aid Nelson Hospital and Charitable Aid Buller Hospital and Charitable Aid Inangahua Hospital and Charitable Aid Grey Hospital and Charitable Aid ... Westland Hospital and Charitable Aid North Canterbury Hospital Ashburton Hospital Ashburton and North Canterbury Charitable Aid South Canterbury Hospital and Charitable Aid Waitaki Hospital and Charitable Aid Central Otago Hospital Tuapeka Hospital Otago Hospital Central Otago, Tuapeka, and Otago United Charitable Aid Southland Hospital and Charitable Aid £ 1,180,134 10,188,636 2,014,481 98,525 430,656 529,181 318,154 1,769,382 630,286 4,832,956 5,463,242 6,713,939 3,580,254 10,294,193 1,653,906 5,084,791 3,059,876 8,144,667 392,634 1,680,594 2,096,231 319,884 295,404 601,723 512,359 17,779,288 3,324,326 21,103,614 6,559,001 2,987,712 1,529,734 898,280 11,003,660 13,431,674 5,657,317 17,814 77,192 11,805 2,867 10,522 13,389 3,970 20,451 3,284 32,295 35,579 45,214 17,855 63,069 6,474 17,942 10,913 28,855 6,733 4,605 17,723 7,275 4,592 10,373 9,210 94,191 11,402 105,593 24,853 14,274 7,921 8,190 80,995 97,106 41,018 £ s. d. 599 10 6 4,301 5 10 949 10 10 200 0 0 700 16 5 830 8 7 160 14 6 1,197 12 6 125 0 0 418 13 8 777 18 0 2,447 1 2 15 0 0 3,707 10 3 300 0 0 422 7 5 500 0 0 1,094 11 4 890 6 6 300 18 1 1,312 10 0 1,023 2 1 475 0 0 1,232 2 7 1,391 13 4 2,483 3 2 510 0 0 5,808 7 0 2,738 10 7 327 0 11 537 13 0 515 13 6 2,674 9 9 5,778 3 3 3,341 0 10 £50,087 15 7 Note. i n the above return the valuation is the Property-tax valuation, 1888; of April, 1891 ; and the amounts contributed are for the year ended 31st March, 189: ;he population is from the census