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Beceipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. j Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 604 6 8! Bations ... ... ... 341 17 6 Local bodies ... ... ... 150 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 39-9 8 Subscriptions and donations ... 384 19 3 Surgery and dispensary ... 125 18 9 Patients'payments ... ... 240 1 5 Fuel and light ... ... 80 5 9 Balance from last year ... ... 19 5 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 30 12 7 Furniture and earthenware ... 10 15 5 Washing and laundry ... ... 853 Salaries and wages ... ... 589 19 0 Funerals ... ... ... 11 6 6 Bepairs ... ... ... 20 9 2 ; Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 47 17 7 Interest, &c. ... ... ... 0 9 0 Insurance ... ... ... 3 15 0 Commission ... ... ... 4 5 10 Other expenses ... ... 23 19 9 Total ... ...£1,398 12 4 Total ... ...£1,339 6 9 Visited 13th August and 4th May.—Thirteen men and two women patients. Mr. and MrsPreshaw give every attention to their patients, and the Hospital and its surroundings were in firstrate order.

BIVEETON HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1900 ... ... ... 18 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 146 Total under treatment ... ... ... 164 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 139 Died ... ... ... ... ... -... 9 Bemaining on 31st March, 1901 ... ... 16 Sex. —ll7 males, 47 females. Localities from xvhich Patients came. —Orepuki, Lumsden, Nightcaps, Otautau, Waimatuku, Tapanui, Waikaka, Kelso, Wairio. Nationality.— -English, Scotch, Irish, Chinese, New Zealand. Religion. —Church of England, Presbyterian, Wesleyan, Boman Catholic, Salvation Army. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 6,332; individual average days' stay, 38-61. Daily average cost per head, ss. l^d.; less patients' payments, 4s. sd. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 80; attendances, 168. Beceipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 660 14 4 Bations ... ... ... 383 6 9 Local bodies ... ... ... 643 10 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 25 12 10 Subscriptions and donations ... 10 1 0 Surgery and dispensary ... 119 14 3 Patients'payments ... ... 224 18 0 ; Fuel and light ... ... 54 4 1 Other sources ... ... 7 17 6 : Bedding and clothing ... ... 26 18 2 Furniture and earthenware ... 26 19 4 Washing and laundry ... ... 14 12 6 Salaries and wages ... ... 661 15 6 Water-supply ... ... 51 10 8 Funerals ... ... ... 2 17 6 Bepairs ... ... ... 90 5 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 31 18 6 Interest ... ... ... 050 Insurance ... ... ... 9 15 3 Other expenses ... ... 123 8 2 Total ... ...£1,547 010 j Total ... ...£1,623 3 6 Visited 18th December and 7th May, 1901.—Twenty-six men and six women patients. Excellent in every respect. Miss Willis (Wellington certificate), as Matron, has made great improvement in this Hospital, and it bids fair to come into front rank. With the opening of the Orepuki Shale-works, and a consequent increasing population, this Hospital is now of great importance to the district.