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Eevenue and Expenditure. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 6,724 14 11 Eations ... ... ... 2,682 12 5 Local bodies ... ... 3,460 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 183 2 2 Subscriptions and donations ... 515 17 4 Surgery and dispensary ... 761 12 11 Bents ... ... ... 1,705 4 5 Fuel and light ... ... 847 10 7 Patients'payments ... ... 995 8 5 Bedding and clothing... ... 382 7 0 Other sources ... ... 3,001 2 1 Furniture and earthenware ... 78 6 4 Balance from last year ... 356 10 5 Washing and laundry ■ ... 281 18 9 Salaries and wages ... ... 2,615 17 6 Water-supply ... ... 145 2 0 Funerals ... ... ... 38 10 6 Eepairs ... ... ... 164 2 5 Additions to buildings ... 5,539 6 7 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... 62 13 9 Interest and principal ... 340 5 8 Insurance ... ... ... 37 1 4 ' Commission ... ... 30 2 11 Other expenses ... ... 112 17 1 Total ... ... £16,758 17 7 Total ... ... £14,303 9 11 Wellington Hospital. A new wing, containing a large new ward and accommodation for the increased nursing staff, has been added this year, so that Wellington is amply provided with hospital accommodation for years to come, especially when the new drainage scheme shall have banished typhoid. The management of the hospital and the attention and. skill of the medical staff, and especially of Dr. Ewart, has made this institution so popular that a new phase of the hospital system is showing itself. What with the closer organization of the friendly societies, and the enormously-increased extent of the outdoor cases (2,720 individual cases and 10,850 attendances last year), it looks as if collectivism were first to make itself really triumphant in respect to the medical profession. Certainly, individualism is in a bad way among the doctors.

WESTPOET HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1893 ... ... ... 15 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 55 Total under treatment ... ... ... 70 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 47 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 Eemaining on 31st March, 1894 ... ... ...' .'.. 17 Sex. —66 males, 4 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Borough of Westport and Buller district. Nationality. —English, 22; Scotch, 11; Irish, 15; Welsh, 5; New-Zealand-born, 8; American, 3 ; German, 2 ; Swedish, 2 ; Tasmanian, 1; Austrian, 1. Religion. —Church of England, 21; Eoman Catholic, 17; Presbyterian, 12; Wesleyan, 3; Methodist, 4 ; Lutheran, 5 ; others, 8. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 6,580 ; individizal average days' stay, 94. Daily average cost per head, 3s. 3d.; less patients' payments, 3s. Id. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 96. Bevenue and Expenditure. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Prom Government ... ... 487 17 3 Rations ... ... ... 316 411 Local bodies ... ... ... 469 12 5 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 13 16 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 33 4 0 Surgery and dispensary... ... 62 5 7 Patients'payments ... ... 49 6 2 Fuel and light... ... ... 33 9 0 Other sources ... ... 33 17 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 28 14 3 Furniture and earthenware ... 59 18 10 Salaries and wages ... ... 410 14 7 Funerals ... ... ... 22 2 0 Eepairs ... ... ... 97 5 8 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 11 17 6 Insurance ... ... ... 7 17 4 Other expenses ... ... 2 10 6 Total ... ... £1,073 16 10 Total ... ...£1,066 17 2