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Eeceipts and Expendituee. Beceipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 647 3 8 Eations ... ... ... 371 0 3 Local bodies ... ... ... 275 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 62 6 8 Subscriptions and donations ... 306 4 5 Surgery and dispensary ... 86 5 6 Patients'payments ... ... 260 18 4 Fuel and light ... ... 98 18 2 Other sources ... .. ... 95 0 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 21 11 0 Balance from last year ... ... 59 5 7 Furniture and earthenware ... 93 10 6 Washing and laundry ... ... 17 19 6 Salaries and wages ... ... 713 10 0 Funerals ... ... ... 3 18 0 Eepairs ... ... ... 20 15 0 Additions to buildings ... ... 15 0 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 56 11 1 Interest, ... ... ... 060 Insurance ... ... ... 3 15 0 Other expenses ... ... 34 7 2 Total ... ...£1,643 12 0 Total ... ...£1,599 13 10 Visited 21st December. —Fifteen men and one woman. Mr. and Mrs. Preshaw have resigned after twenty-nine and twenty-six years' faithful and good service in charge of this Hospital. On the day of visit, the Hospital was in a transition state. Miss Gosling (Wellington certificate) has been appointed Matron.

EIVEETON HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1901 ... ... ... 16 Admitted during the year ... .. ... ... 150 Total under treatment ... ... ... 166 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 146 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 Eemaining on 31st March, 1902 ... ... 15 Sea;. —127 males, 39 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Waiau, Orepuki, Colac, Eiverton, Otautau, Thornbury, Tapanui, Invercargill. Nationality. —English, Scotch, Irish, Chinese, New Zealand. Beligion. —Church of England, Presbyterian, Wesleyan, Eoman Catholic, Confucian. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 4,767; individual average days' stay, 28-71. Daily average cost per head, 6s. 6Jd.; less patients' payments, ss. 5-|d. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 60; attendances, 101. Eeceipts and Expendituee. Beceipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 898 0 0 Eations ... ... ... 362 16 6 Local bodies ... 885 18 11 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 15 6 6 Subscriptions and donations ... 600 Surgery and dispensary ... 146 9 7 Patients' payments ... ... 250 4 0 Fuel and light ... ... 91 10 0 Other sources ... ... 14 10 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 17911 Furniture and earthenware ... 39 0 5 Washing and laundry ... ... 13 7 0 Salaries and wages ... ... 725 11 4 Water-supply ... ... 1 12 0 Eepairs ... ... ... 13 13 6 New buildings ... ... 240 9 0 Additions ... ... ... 261 18 3 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 7 17 9 Interest ... ... ... 0 19 8 Insurance ... ... ... 13 14 9 Other expenses ... ... 104 14 1 Total £2,054 12 11 Total £2,056 10 9 Visited 30th April.—Ten men and three women patients. This Hospital has been on the up grade for the last two years, and Dr. Trotter and Miss Willis deserve much credit for its increasing efficiency.

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