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Eeceipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. I Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 1,726 16 2 Rations ... ... ... 997 15 9 Local bodies ... ... 750 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 77 8 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 394 9 4 Surgery and dispensary „, 163 17 9 Rents ... ... ... 10 50 j Fuel and light ... ... 166 4 3 Patients'payments ... ... 607 0 8 Bedding and clothing ... ... 284 19 11 Other sources ... ... 12 17 9 Furniture and earthenware ... 83 11 7 Salaries and wages ... . . 917 3 4 Funerals ... ... ... 12 2 0 Repairs ... ... .. 103 3 7 New buildings ... ... 750 2 0 Additions to buildings... ... 44 15 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... 62 14 3 Interest ... ... ... 25 9 6 Insurance ... ... ... 30 0 0 Rent and rates ... ... 22 10 0 Other expenses ... ... 15 17 2 Total ... ... £3,501 811 Total ... ... £3,757 14 1 Visited 14th November.—No changes observable either in the conditions or administration of this Hospital, excepting the resignation of Miss Barclay, the Matron, and the appointment of Miss Fothergill (Wellington certificate) in her place. Under the care of Drs. Morice, senior and junior, this Hospital has always been, so far as their work is concerned, admirably managed. The difficulty that has always hampered the Trustees has been the large number of chronic cases. This has made the Greymouth Hospital more of an old men's home than a hospital properly so called. This will necessarily continue to be the characteristic of all the West Coast Hospitals until such time as the people of Westland determine to have an old men's home somewhere in the neighbourhood of Greymouth, the natural centre of all means of communication on the Coast. Westport, though isolated by land except via Reefton, is still easily accessible by sea.

HAWEEA HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1902 ... ... ... 11 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 148 Total under treatment ... ... ... 159 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 138 Died... ... ... ... ... ... ... 12 Eemaining on 31st March, 1903 ... ... 9 Sex. —109 males, 50 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Hawera County, 138 ; Taranaki County, 4 ; Patea County, 5; Stratford County, 2 ; New Plymouth, 2 ; Auckland, 2; other places, 6. Nationality.— English, 38; Irish, 23; Scotch, 13; Colonial, 77 ; Welsh, 2 ; Swiss, 1; Danish, 1; Indian, 1 ; Italian, 1; Norwegian, 1; German, 1. Religion. —No record. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 3,785; individual average days' stay, 23-80. Daily average cost per head, 7s. 4fd.; less patients' payments, 6s. 3d. Outdoor Patients. —No record. Eeceipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 598 13 2 Eations ... ... ... 199 11 2 Local bodies... ... ... 516 9 2 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 18 15 6 Subscriptions and donations ... 68 10 0 Surgery and dispensary ... 69 8 3 Patients'payments ... ... 214 9 6 Fuel and light ... ... 109 11 6 Bedding and clothing ... ... 13 16 9 Furniture and earthenware .. 68 14 8 Salaries and wages ... ... 384 1 6 Additions and repairs ... ... 27 15 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... 31 9 11 Interest ... ... ... 39 11 6 Insurance ... ... ... 650 Commission ... ... ... 220 Other expenses ... ... 426 19 1 Total ... ... £1,398 110 Total ... ... £1,398 110