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Table XX.— Showing the Expenditure for the Year 1901.

Table XXI.—Average Cost of each Patient per Annum.

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Items. Auckland. Christchurch. Dunedin (Seacliff). Hokitika. Nelson. Porirua. Wellington. Total. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,000 0 0 210 0 0 215 0 0 1,110 5 0 247 11 8 126 0 0 357 4 5 3,422 18 4 1,104 3 4 756 0 6 638 15 0 22,748 0 1 19,181 17 2 4,617 12 3 5,561 4 5 667 2 3 139 2 6 4,605 12 5 11,208 7 2 77,916 16 6 19,384 9 8 Inspector* Assistant Inspector* Clerk* Medical fees* Contingencies* Official Visitors Visiting Medical Officers Superintendents Assistant Medical Officers Clerks Matrons Attendants and servants Rations Fuel and light Bedding and clothing Surgery and dispensary Wines, spirits, ale, and porter.. Farm Necessaries, incidental, and miscellaneous 25* 4 0 593 15 0 104 3 4 125 0 0 93 15 0 3,843 17 8 3,642 5 10 769 10 1 1,065 1 5 38 10 7 14 4 6 577 11 2 1,305 8 3 12,198 6 10 3,509 15 7 600 0 0 250 0 0 197 10 0 95 0 0 4,236 3 11 3,436 11 6 1,363 1 5 1,245 1 11 105 1 5 35 7 6 703 17 8 1,786 • 0 1 50* 8 0 600 0 0 250 0 0 133 19 2 100 0 0 5,611 9 2 4,097 17 2 536 1 10 1,237 3 8 150 4 10 20 16 3 1,778 18 6 3,888 7 4 12 12 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 85 0 0 1,077 3 5 977 12 6 44 10 1 171 0 8 0 3 6 5 0 0 207~ 4 5 200 0 0 75 0 0 1,217 8 3 1,199 2 4 329 8 3 158 15 1 68 19 10 16 7 6 509 0 1 695 13 10 25* 4 0 600 0 0 250 0 0 145 1 4 100 0 0 4,292 15 4 3,510 15 0 897 15 2 1,158 2 3 232 2 4 17 17 9 827 19 3 1,973 4 10 1212 0 529 3 4 250 0 0 154 10 0 90 0 0 2,469 2 4 2,317 12 10 677 5 5 525 19 5 71 19 9 29 9 0 208 5 9 1,269 13 1 289 19 9 Totals Repayments, sale of produce, &c. 14,053 15 5 4,629 5 1 18,455 5 11 5,650 13 4 3,113 1 11 223 15 7 4,676 19 7 949 8 3 14,030 17 3 2,522 3 1 8,605 12 11 1,899 8 9 Actual cost .. 8,688 11 3 9,424 10 4 12,804 12 7 2,889 6 4 3,727 11 4 11,508 14 2 6,706 4 2 58,532 6 10 * Not included in Table XXI.

Asylums. Provisions. Bedding Salaries. and Clothing. Fuel and Light. Surgery Wines, and : Spirits, Ale, Dispensary, i &c. Farm. Necessaries, Incidental, and Miscellaneous. Total Cost Repayments per for MainPatient, tenance. Total Cost per Head, less Repayments for Maintenance Total Cost I £g£JuE» per Head, less p £ r „f Bpppints I Receipts ot «ifont.wL all kinds proof all kinds. , vious Ye^ r Increase in 1901. Decrease in 1901. £ s. d. Auckland .. 7 5 1} Christchurch .. 6 8 8$ Dunedin (Seacliff) 6 7 3} Hokitika .. 8 8 6f Nelson .. .. 8 12 6$ Porirua .. 6 19 10$ Wellington .. 9 15 7 £ s. d. 9 10 8 10 1 5$ 10 9 6 14 0 1$ 12 4 6$ 10 15 8 14 15 9| £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 2 2 5} 1 10 8 , 0 1 6} 0 0 6f 2 6 7$ 2 11 OJ ! 0 3 ll| 0 14 1 18 5 0 16 7| 0 4 8 0 0 7| 1 9 5| 0 7 8 0 0 0$ 0 0 10J 1 2 10 2 7 4| 0 9 11} 0 2 4J 2 6 If 1 15 9} j 0 9 3 0 0 8J 2 4 4$ 2 17 If I 0 6 1 0 2 6f £ s. d. 1 3 0J 16 4} 2 15 3 £ s. d. 2 12 0 3 6 10| 6 0 9 2 10 0 5 0 1J 3 18 7} 5 7 If £ s. d. 24 6 0 26 6 4J 28 13 If 26 16 9 33 12 11$ 27 19 0 36 6 3$ 28 1 11$ £ s. d. 5 6 8 6 8 4f 7 0 11$ 1 14 0 6 5 0 4 5 2 7 1 2} 5 16 1 £ s. d. 18 19 4 19 17 11$ 21 12 2} 25 2 9 27 7 11$ 23 13 10 29 5 1J 22 5 10$ £ s. d. 17 6 2 17 12 llf 19 17 8 24 18 2 26 16 4} 22 18 6| 28 6 0 £ s. d. 18 2 9$ 20 7 5f 20 13 8 23 4 2 24 14 7| ! 23 18 9 1 24 19 10 £ s. d. - .. 1 li' 0 2 1 8$ £ s. d. 0 16 7$ 2 14 6 0 16 0 3 13 3 1 12 llf 0 17 7 1 0 2} 3 62 •• Averages .. 7 3 5f 2 1 7£ 1 14 6$ 0 4 llf 0 1 0$ 20 16 11$ 21 9 5} 0 12 5} 10 18 0$ 1 14 5J 4 3 10 -- Note. —Including the first five items in Table XX., the net cost per patient is £21 17s. 9Jd., as against £22 9s. 8d. lor the previous year, being a a decrease of lis. 10$d. per head.