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Bevenue and Expendituee. Bevenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. dFrom Government ... ... 294 19 8 Bations ... ... ... 137 19 11 Local bodies ... ... ... 131 11 9 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 11 3 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 173 15 9 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 24180 Patients'payments ... ... 70 410 Fuel and light ... ... ... 27 6 6 Balance from last year ... ... 249 8 5 Bedding and clothing ... ... 918 5 Furniture, earthenware, and repairs 54 12 8 Salaries and wages ... ... 374 4 4 Water-supply ... ... ... 680 Funerals ... ... ... 400 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 23 6 8 Insurance ... ... ... 12 19 6 Commission ... ... ... 12 5 10 Other expenses ... ... ... 53 6 6 Total ... ... £920 0 5 Total ... ... £752 9 4 Dunstan Hospital, 26th December, 1892. I found a good deal of difficulty about the working of the Local Bodies Contractors Act, owing, as at Arrowtown, to the smallness of the community. The hospital itself I found in good order.

GISBOBNE HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1892 ... ... ... 11 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 162 Total under treatment ... ... ... 173 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 147 Died 13 Bemaining on 31st March, 1893 ... ... ... ... 13 Sex. —l4l males, 32 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Cook and Waiapu Counties, and Borough of Gisborne. Nationality. —British, 162 ; foreign, 11. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 4,501; individual average days' stay, 26-02. Daily average cost per head, ss. ljd.; less patients' payments, 4s. Ofd. Bevenue and Expendituee. Bevenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 617 10 4 Bations ... ... ... 185 6 9 Local bodies ... ... ... 410 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c.... ... 22 7 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 167 18 7 Surgery and dispensary ... 65 10 4 Bents and interest ... ... 54 12 0 Fuel and light ... ... 73 0 5 Patients'payments ... ~. 244 12 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 57 12 0 Balance from last year ... 166 2 1 Furniture and earthenware ... 62 16 0 Salaries and wages ... ... 515 6 8 Bepairs ... ... ... 119 3 6 Additions to buildings ... ... 402 17 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 22 9 9 Insurance ... ... ... 21 8 9 Other expenses ... ... 1425 Total ... ... £1,660 15 0 Total ... ... £1,562 0 7 Gisborne Hospital, 28th October, 1892. I found this institution working satisfactorily. The doctor is attentive, and the nursing staff very good.

GBEY BIVEB HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1892 ... ... ... 47 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 94 Total under treatment ... ... ... 141 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 79 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... 22 Bemaining on 31st March, 1893 ... ... ... 40 Sex. —128 males, 13 females. Localities from which Patients came.- —Grey Valley, 41; Arnold, 23; Dunganville and Marsden, 23 ; Greymouth, 15 ; Brunnerton, 10; North Beach, 10; South Beach, 9; Eeefton, 4 ; Lyell, 1; Kumara, 1; Blenheim, 1; Dunedin, 1; Wellington, 1; Sydney, 1.