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Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 223 2 6 Rations ... ... ... 165 2 8 Local bodies... ... ... 103 2 6 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 14 19 4 Subscriptions and donations ... 79 7 6 Surgery and dispensary ... 37 5 4 Rents ... ... ... 10 0 0 Fuel and light ... .. 13 5 5 Patients' payments ... ... 105 3 9 Bedding and clothing ... ... 26 7 9 Balance from last year ... 42 17 8 Salaries and wages ... ... 178 0 0 Furniture ... ... ... 4 6 2 Repairs ... ... ... 4186 New buildings ... ... 30 0 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 11 3 9 Insurance ... ... ... 273 Other expenses ... ... 28 18 3 Total ... ... £563 13 11 Total ... ... £516 14 5 Visited 19th November.—A newly married couple, Mr. and Mrs. O'Donnell, are in charge of this Hospital. A cottage has been built close up to the hospital building. In other respects it remains the same kindly old men's home it has ever been.

CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1902 ... ... ... 90 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 1,590 Total under treatment ... '•. ... ... 1,680 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,456 Died ... ... ... ... ...... ... 131 Remaining on 31st March, 1903 ... 93 Sex. —l,o4l males, 639 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Christchurch, 896; Suburbs, 341; North Canterbury, 137; Lyttelton, 101 ; Akaroa, 30; Bealey, 1; Ashburton, 7; Waikari, 7; Greymouth, 1; Kaikoura, 11; Chathams, 2; Amuri, 2; Oamaru, 2; Rakaia, 2; Waimate, 2; Hororata, 3; Otago, 2; Dunedin, 1; Auckland, 1; Masterton, 1; unknown, 130. Country. —New Zealand, 744 ; England, 331; Ireland, 167 ; Scotland, 86 ; Australia, 62 ; Wales, 7; Ceylon, 1; Chathams, 2 ; Norway, 8; France, 3; Tasmania, 7; China, 1; Germany, 11; Canada, 1; Holland, 2 ; Denmark, 2 ; America, 5 ; Austria, 2; West Indies, 3 ; East Africa, i ; Greece, 1; Sweden, 1; unknown, 232. Religion. —Church of England, 702; Eoman Catholic, 270; Presbyterian, 233; Methodist, 148; Baptist, 23 ; Salvation Army, 17 ; Lutheran, 15; Brethren, 5; Congregational, 3; Jewish, 2; Quaker, 1; Church of Christ, 1; unknown, 260. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 38,286 ; individual average days' stay, 22-80. Daily average cost per head, 4s. 9fd. ; less patients' payments, 4s. 3fd. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 1,269 ; attendances, 9,141. Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 5,691 5 7 Eations ... ... ... 2,450 4 3 Local bodies... ... ... 5,296 13 2 Wines, spirits, &c. ... ... 6112 10 Subscriptions and donations ... 29 7 0 Surgery and dispensary ... 761 12 6 Patients'payments ... ... 927 11 5 Fuel and light ... ... 1,388 4 10 Other sources ... ... 103 13 9 Bedding and clothing ... ... 321 7 3 Balance from last year ... 741 12 9 Furniture and earthenware ... 107 13 10 Salaries and wages ... ... 3,958 0 4 Funerals ... ... ... 25 14 6 Repairs ... ... ... 281 0 7 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 53 6 2 Interest ... ... ... 19 0 Insurance ... ... ... 85 4 5 Other expenses ... ... 1,286 17 5 Total ... £12,790 3 8 Total ... £101782 711 Visited 27th and 28th October, 21st February, and 2nd June.—There is nothing special to report about this hospital. Some money should be expended on the lavatories and bathrooms attached to the older wards. It is urgently necessary that enlarged accommodation be provided in this direction, and hat the old baths and closets should be replaced by more modern fittings.