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Bevenue and Expendituee. Bevenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Fom Government ... ... 2,970 6 4 Eations ... ... ... 1,814 6 5 Local bodies ... ... ... 2,700 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c... ... 145 4 9 Subscriptions and donations ... 264 8 5 Surgery and dispensary ... 1,240 8 4 Patients'payments ... ... 1,393 9 9 Fuel and light ... ... 698 3 1 Other sources ... ... 304 5 6 Bedding and clothing ... ... 72 17 6 Balance from last year ... 274 15 3 Furniture, earthenware, &c. ... 210 6 3 Salaries and wages ... ... 2,166 8 7 Water-supply ... ... 115 6 0 Funerals ... ... ... 16 17 6 Repairs ... ... ... 351 9 0 Additions to buildings ... ... 300 0 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... 62 2 9 Interest ... ... ... 0 2 6 Insurance ... ... ... 35 4 3 Commission ... ... ... 14 0 0 Honorary medical staff ... 91 18 0 Other expenses ... ... 169 15 5 Total ... ... £7,907 5 3 Total £7,504 10 4 The management of this hospital is admirable, and the nursing staff is highly efficient. The difficulties that were at one time chronic between the Board and certain members of the medical staff have happily disappeared, owing to a juster appreciation of the immense value to the hospital and the province of the medical school. The new operating theatre is designed on the most approved ideas of modern surgery. The old theatre is to be converted into a kitchen, thus removing the worst feature of the old arrangements. The Trustees, and especially their Chairman, take the greatest interest in all that concerns the welfare of this the most important of all our hospitals.

DUNSTAN HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1896 ... ... ... 3 Admitted during the year ... .. ... ... 50 Total under treatment ... ... ... 53 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 44 Died ... ... ... ... ... - ... ... 6 Eemaining on 31st March, 1897 ... ... ... ... 3 Sex. —40 males, 13 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Clyde, 8; Alexandra, 16; Matakanui, 5; Baldhill Flat, 4; Ida Valley, 3 ; Barnscleugh, 5 ; Ophir, 7 ; Macetown, 1; Bannockburn, 1; Hawkden's, 1; Chatto Creek, 1; Pembroke, 1. Country. —England, 9; Ireland, 12; Scotland, 7 ; New Zealand, 15; Australia, 3 ; Germany, 2 ; Austria, 2; Sweden, 1; Wales, 1; China, 1, Beligion. —Church of England, 14; Eoman Catholic, 19; Presbyterian, 18; Wesleyan, 1; Confucian, 1. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 1,557; individual average days' stay, 29 - 37. Daily average cost per head, Bs. lid.; less patients' payments, 7s. ll^d. Outdoor Patients. —40 ; attendances, 200. Revenue and Expenditube. Bevenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 299 5 4 Eations . ... ... ... 104 13 10 Local bodies ... ... ... 193 1 3 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 914 8 Subscriptions and donations ... 110 17 9 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 35 9 7 Patients'payments ... ... 74 6 0 Fuel and light ... ... ... 34 2 2 Other sources ... ... ... 313 10 Bedding and clothing ... ... 15170 Balance from last year ... ... 7 710 Furniture and earthenware ... 34 3 3 Salaries and wages ... ... 365 0 0 Water-supply ... ... ... 17 610 Funerals ... ... ... 16 0 0 Repairs .... ... ... 980 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 717 6 Interest ... ... ... 156 Insurance ... ... ... 12 19 6 Commission ... ... ... 10 3 5 Other expenses ... ... ... 20 19 9 Total ... ... £688 12 0 Total ~. ... £695 1 0 2—H. 22.

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