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Revenue and Expendituee. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 211 0 6 Rations ... ... ... 150 3 3 Subscriptions and donations ... 158 4 2 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 950 Patients' payments ... ... 255 3 6 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 59 2 3 Balance from last year ... ... 100 17 1 Fuel and light ... ... ... 28 8 6 Bedding and clothing ... ... 15 16 6 Furniture and earthenware ... 28 3 0 Salaries and wages ... ... 375 16 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 713 0 Interest ... ... ... 0 7 3 Insurance ... ... ... 8 14 9 Other expenses... ... ... 49 7 4 Total £725 5 3 Total £732 16 10 This Hospital is looked after with the utmost solicitude by the Trustees and the people generally. A~ very pleasing feature of the general interest in the institution is the fact that a beautiful bookcase has been provided at the Trustees' expense. On the day of my visit there were four men and two women patients. In the fever hospital there was a case of phlegmonous erysipelas, and it was being treated with great care and skill by Dr. Thomson. The condition of the Hospital is quite satisfactory.

ASHBURTON HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1898 ... ... ... 12 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 163 Total under treatment ... ... ... 175 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 152 Died 10 Remaining on 31st March, 1899 ... ... ... ... 13 Sex. —140 males, 35 females. Locality from which Patients came. —Rakaia to Rangitata. Nationality. —English, 47; Irish, 43 ; Scotch, 15; New Zealand, 52; Australians, 12; Welsh, 2 ; Scandinavian, 4. Religion. —Church of England, 67 ; Presbyterian, 37; Roman Catholic, 46 ; Wesleyan, 19; Salvation Army, 2 ; Lutheran, 4. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 3,187; individual average days' stay, 18-21. Daily average cost per head, Bs. 7fd.; less patients' payments, Bs. 2-Jd. Outdoor Patients. —None. Revenue and Expendituee. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 614 0 11 Rations and light ... ... 396 14 4 Local bodies ... ... ... 630 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 10 8 8 Subscriptions and donations ... 11811 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 152 7 9 Patients'payments ... . 69 11 7 Fuel ... ... ... ... 56 911 Other sources ... ... ... 400 Bedding and clothing ... ... 37149 Balance from last year ... ... 106 8 3 Furniture and earthenware ... 30 211 Washing and laundry ... ... 550 Salaries and wages ... ... 486 15 8 Water-supply ... ... ... 11 1 6 Funerals ... ... ... 6 15 0 Repairs ... ... ... 61 7 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 817 9 Interest ... ... ... 0 2 6 Insurance ... ... ... 10 3 0 Commission ... ... ... 014 3 Other expenses... ... ... 102 18 3 Total ... £1,425 19 8 Total .. £1,377 18 3 On the 17th December this Hospital contained six men and three women. The enlarged ward and the new convalescent room are an immense improvement; the latter is in every respect most comfortable, and has a small waiting-room opening out of it. The Matron's household arrangements were all in their usual first-rate order.

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