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Beceipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 3,80115 4 Bations ... ... ... 2,199 16 9 Local bodies... ... ... 4,867 8 10 Wines, spirits, &c. ... ... 83 7 9 Subscriptions and donations" ... 18 1 9 Surgery and dispensary ... 709 9 4 Patients'payments ... ... 747 2 1 Fuel and light ... ... 1,026 2 9 Other sources ... ... 27 14 1 Bedding and clothing ... ... 424 0 0 Balance from last year .. 1,144 5 2 Furniture and earthenware ... 545 15 7 Salaries and wages ... ... 3,768 11 5 Funerals ... ... ... 20 9 6 Bepairs ... ... ... 578 9 2 Additions ... ... ... 797 19 6 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 57 7 9 Interest ... ... ... 20 14 0 Insurance ... ... ... 69 7 5 Casual Ward, Lyttelton ... 118 17 6 Other expenses ... ... 543 16 9 Total ... £10,606 7 3 Total ... £10,964 5 2 Visited 7th December and 26th April.—The Hyam Marks wards are now occupied, and prove a very satisfactory addition. The transformation of the old wards into an out-patient department and dispensary is a good arrangement. I observe that the nurses here do not wear washing dresses. Dr. Crooke expresses strongly the need for a separate infirmary, where chronic incurable and helpless cases could be sent. The cost to the ratepayers of treating such cases in a- hospital is great and quite unnecessary, provided my recommendations, so often reiterated, could be carried out.

Akaroa Hospital. Number of patients on 31st March, 1900 ... ... ... 0 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 21 Total under treatment ... ... ... 21 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 18 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Bemaining on 31st March, 1901 ... .- 2 Sex. —l 6 males, 5 females. Locality from which Patients came. —Akaroa County. Country. —New Zealand, 10; England, 8; Scotland, 2; Sweden, 1. Religion. —Church of England, 17 ; Presbyterian, 2 ; Boman C»tholic, 2. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 357 ; individual average days' stay, 17-00. Daily average cost per head, 17s. 8-J-d. Beceipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 158 1 3 Bations ... ... ... -72 11 8 Derived from North Canterbury Wines, &c. ... ... ... 100 Hospital Board, of which it is a Surgery and dispensary ... . . 901 branch hospital ... ... 158 1 4 Fuel and light ... ... ... 18 4 0 Salaries and wages ... ... 150 0 0 Bepairs .. ... ... 39 10 0 Other expenses ... ... 25 16 10 Total ... ...£316 2 7 Total ... ...£316 2 7

COBOMANDEL HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1900 ... ... ... 5 Admitted during the year ... .. ... ... 92 Total under treatment ... ... ... 97 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 85 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 Bemaining on 31st March, 1901 ~, ... 7