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Revenue and Expendituee. Revenue. £ s. d. j Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 352 12 0 j Rations ... ... ... 256 4 0 Local bodies... ... ... 173 5 3 | Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 8 2 7 Subscriptions and donations ... 135 7 6 Surgery and dispensary ... 14 411 Patients'payments ... ... 114 11 6 Fuel and light ... ... 44 19 1 Balance from last year ... 39 3 9 Bedding, clothing, furniture, &c. 88 17 1 Salaries and wages ... ... 347 15 6 Funerals 15 0 0 Additions to buildings... ... 14 2 9 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 11 7 6 Interest ... ... ... 4 10 0 Insurance ... ...• ... 690 Total ... ... £815 0 0 Total... ... £81112 5 This is a very comfortable Cottage Hospital, well managed in every respect, and stands about midway between the large hospitals of Hokitika and Greymouth, which are distant from each other only twenty-four miles by rail. In the male ward all the cases were chronics, and the female ward was empty.

LAWRENCE HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1898 ... ... ... 6 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 116 Total under treatment ... ... ... 122 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 108 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9 Remaining on 31st March, 1899 ... ... ... ... 5 Sex. —B6 males, 36 females. Locality from which Patients came. —Tuapeka County. Country. —New Zealand, 38; England, 25 ; Scotland, 18; Ireland, 25; China, 5 ; Victoria, 3; Denmark, 1; Nova Scotia, 1; Fiji, 2 ; Germany, 1; Sweden, 3. Religion. —No record. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 2,616; individual average days' stay, 21-44. Daily average cost per head, ss. 9^d.; less patients' payments, ss. lfd. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 60. Revenue and Expendituee. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 344 4 11 Rations ... ... ... 232 11 2 Local bodies ... ... ... 260 2 6 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 36 710 Patients'payments ... ... 112 17 7 Fuel and light ... ... ... 52 1110 Other sources ... ... ... 813 3 Bedding and clothing ... ... 16 19 1 Balance from last year ... ... 264 10 11 Salaries and wages ... ... 375 0 0 Water-supply ... ... ... 10 0 0 Eepairs ... ... ... 13 18 10 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 511 0 Insurance ... ... ... 5 12 9 Other expenses... ... ... 9 13 6 Total ... ... £990 9 2 Total ... ... £758 6 0 This is a well-designed Hospital, very well managed, and a credit to the district.

MASTERTON HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1898 ... ... ... 6 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 85 Total under treatment ... ... ... 91 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 74 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11 Remaining on 31st March, 1899 ... ... ... ... 6 Sex. —64 males, 27 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Masterton, 28 ; Suburbs, 9; Eketahuna, 7 ; Mauriceville, 7; Alfredton, 5 ; Tenui, 4; Taueru, 2; Carterton, 7; Gladstone, 2 ; Brancepeth, 5 ; Bideford, 2; East Coast, 3; Hawke's Bay, 3; Lower Valley, 1; Palmerston North, 1; Christchurch, 1; Pahiatua, 4.