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Revenue and Expendituee. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. m From Government ... ... 374 16 6 Rations ... ... ... 169 19 0 Local bodies ... ... ... 374 16 5 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 32 8 0 Patients' payments ... ... 59 13 6 Surgery and dispensary ... 90 10 5 Fuel and light ... ... 39 2 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 22 13 4 Furniture and earthenware ... 18 14 0 Washing and laundry ... ... 12 3 10 Salaries and wages ... ... 344 13 8 Repairs ... ... ... 23 13 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... 11 5 9 ; Interest ... ... ... 6 5 11 ■ Insurance ... .. ... 717 6 Other expenses ... ... 30 0 0 Total ... £809 6 5 Total ... ... £809 6 5 This is a very satisfactory institution. It is airy, comfortable, and clean. The nursing is excellent, the doctors attentive, and the patients very contented. This is, however, as I pointed out last year, an illustration of the heedless determination of the people of New Zealand to have hospitals at their doors in every centre of population.

HOKITIKA HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1898 ... ... ... 34 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 156 Total under treatment ... ... ... 190 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 131 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... 27 Remaining on 31st March, 1899 ... ... ... ... 32 Sex. —149 males, 41 females. Locality from which Patients came. —Westland. Country. —England, 52; Scotland, 23 ; Ireland, 39; Germany, 10; Italy, 4; New Zealand and Australia, 49 ; China, 1; Austria, 4 ; Switzerland, 3; Norway, 2; France, 1 ; America, 2. Religion. —Church of England, 67 ; Presbyterian, 41; Roman Catholic, 60; Freethinker, 1 ; Lutheran, 12 ; Wesleyan, 7 ; Church of Christ, 1 ; Confucian, 1. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 11,333 ; individual average days' stay, 59-64. Daily average cost per head, 4s. ljd.; less patients' payments, 3s. llfd. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 319 ; attendances, 695. Revenue and Expendituee. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 1,115 14 11 I Rations ... ... ... 653 0 3 Local bodies ... ... ... 627 1 8 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 33 19 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 370 9 9 Surgery and dispensary ... 211 2 7 Patients'payments -... ... 82 10 0 Fuel and light ... ... 133 8 9 Other sources ... ... 32 14 10 Bedding and clothing ... ... 34 12 1 Balance from last year ... 104 17 6 Furniture and earthenware ... 6 6 6 Salaries and wages ... ... 843 16 4 Funerals ... ... ... 11 11 0 Repairs ... ... ... 212 14 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... 36 7 8 Interest ... ... ... 0 18 0 Insurance ... ... ... 24 4 0 Commission ... ... ... 19 2 3 Other expenses ... ... 113 16 9 Total ... ... £2,333 8 8 Total ... ... £2,334 19 2 This Hospital is in a very satisfactory condition as regards its medical and surgical work, its nursing and the general comfort of the patients. The vigilance of the Trifetees is perhaps excessive. Only in one or two matters they need to have their memories refreshed. A new bath is badly wanted in the south male ward, and it is not right that such a fine piece of garden-land on the flat should be leased for a trifle, and the patients allowed to go without a first-rate supply of vegetables, which they might so easily get if the gardener were of any use. Another piece of neglect is that the bread is not good.

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