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Bevenue and Expendituee. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 158 6 10 Eations ... ... ... 7651 Local bodies ... ... ... 150 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 3 7 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 6 19 0 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 0 9 6 Patients'payments ... ... 18 15 6 Fuel and light ... ... ... 25 11 5 Other sources ... ... ... 319 Bedding and clothing ... ... 498 Furniture and earthenware ... 29 9 8 Salaries and wages ... ... 200 0 0 Eepairs ... ... ... 7 11 3 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 351 Interest ... ... ... 1 6 10 Insurance ... ... ... 1 17 6 Other expenses ... • ... ... 3 5 0 Total ... ... £337 3 1 Total ... ... £356 18 0 Patea Hospital, 7th February, 1894. This hospital is rendered still more superfluous by the recent establishment of a fine new hospital at Hawera. lam bound to say, however, that it is well and economically managed. I have always found it in good order. The daily cost per head is 9s. IOJd., and the total treated during the year was twenty-six, with an average individual stay of 27'88 days.

PICTON HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1893 ... ... ... 9 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 32 Total under treatment ... ... ... 41 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 26 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 Bemaining on 31st March, 1894 ... ... ... ... 11 Sex. —36 males, 5 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Picton Hospital District, 39; Blenheim, 1; Wellington, 1. Country. —England, 13 ; Scotland, 6 ; Ireland, 5 ; New Zealand, 6 ; Australia, 1; Holland, 1; Germany, 3 ; Denmark, 1; Norway, 2 ; aboriginal natives, 3. Beligion. —No record kept. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 3,482; individual average days' stay, 84-93. Daily average cost per head, 3s. 4Jd.; less patients' payments, 3s. 2-J-d; Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 16. Bevenue and Expenditure. Bevenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 100 17 6 Eations ... ... ... 140 11 6 Local bodies ... ... ... 91 17 4 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 12 13 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 27 5 0 Surgery and dispensary... ... 27 9 8 Eents and interest ... ... 17 9 0 Fuel and light... ... ... 391511 Patients'payments ... ... 27 9 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 7 4 4 Other sources ... ... ... 9141 Furniture and earthenware ... 8 19 10 Balance from last year ... ... 309 14 6 Washing and laundry ... ... 14 19 2 Salaries and wages ... ... 254 0 0 Water-supply ... ... ... 3 10 0 Funerals ... ... ... 11 0 0 Eepairs ... , ... ... 21 12 3 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 11 14 5 Insurance ... ... ... 600 Other expenses ... ... 24 16 4 Total ... ... £584 6 5 Total ... ... £584 6 5 Picton Hospital, Ist May, 1894. It has long been evident to me that it is only a question of time when this hospital must be converted into an old man's home for Marlborough. For the present the local bodies are stre-