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Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 1,318; individual average days' stay, 23-96. Daily average cost per head, 10s. 10d.; less patients' payments, Bs. 11-fd. Beceipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. & s. d. From Government ... ... 695 16 0 Bations ... ... ... 124 8 9 Local bodies ... ... ... 495 18 11 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 15 9 2 Subscriptions and donations ... 401 10 0 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 30 2 4 Patients' payments ... ... 124 1 6 Fuel and light ... ... ... 30 3 6 Other sources ... ... ... 13 " 4 6 Bedding and clothing ... ... 3 6 3 Balance from last year ... ... 337 14 1 Furniture and earthenware ... 18 16 8 Salaries and wages ... ... 416 7 0 Water-supply ... ... ... 3 15 0 Funerals ... ... ... 800 Additions to buildings ... ...1,335 2 8 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery - ... ... ... 16 7 0 Interest and bank charges ... 1 13 3 Insurance ... ... ... 11 8 6 Commission ... .... ... 23 11 0 Other expenses... ... ... 10 710 Total ... ..£2,068 5 0 Total ...' ...£2,048 18 11 Visited 31st December.—Two male patients. The new wards were finished, but as the contractor had the key in Dunedin I could not see the female wards nor the quarters for the staff. Apparently there was no closet for the female ward.

GISBOBNE hospital. Number of patients on 31st March, 1900 ... ... ... 12 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 195 Total under treatment ... ... ... 207 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 163 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 17 Bemaining on 31st March, 1901 ... ... 27 Sex. —163 males, 44 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Cook and Waiapu Counties, and Borough of Gisborne. Nationality. —British, 197 ; foreign, 10. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 5,663; individual average days' stay, 27-35. Daily average cost per head, ss. 1 |d.; less patients' payments, 3s. 9d. Beceipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Govenjment ... ... 612 19 7 Bations ... ... ... 228 7 8 Local bodies... ... ... 500 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 10 1 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 223 1 4 Surgery and dispensary ... 154 18 11 Bents ... ... ... 46 19 0 Fuel and light ... ... 119 14 0 Patients'payments ... ... 388 2 10 Bedding and clothing ... ... 70 3 1 Interest ... ... ... 2200 Furniture and earthenware ... 59 13 6 Balance from last year ... 178 1 6 Salaries and wages ... ... 660 8 0 Bepairs ... ... ... 53 14 9 Additions to buildings... ... 660 16 11 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... 26 14 3 Interest ... ... ... 346 Insurance ... ... ... 26 16 8 Sanitation ... ... ... 24 5 0 Bates ... ... ... 2 10 9 Commission ... ... ... 5 16 8 Other expenses ... ... 540 Total ... ... £1,971 4 3 Total ... ... £2,112 9 8 Visited 24th October.—Twelve men and two women patients. The Hospital progresses steadily. The new bathrooms and lavatory are excellent, and the accommodation for the nurses greatly improved. There has been some difficulty experienced in getting the right sort of plaster for the walls of the new operating-room. Miss Stewart is both capable and kind in her management of the staff and patients.