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Eeceipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 1,048 14 1 Eations ... ... ... 228 10 6 Local bodies ... ... ... 887 5 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 10 12 3 Subscriptions and donations ... 138 3 9 Surgery and dispensary ... 125 6 5 Patients' payments ... ... 147 7 1 Fuel and light ... ... 106 10 9 Balance from last year ... ... 743 14 1 Bedding and clothing ... ... 52 12 6 Furniture and earthenware ... 28 6 6 Washing and laundry ... ... 27 17 7 Salaries and wages ... ... 603 510 Funerals ... ... ... 2 15 0 Eepairs ... ... ... 20 9 8 Additions to buildings ... ... 17 9 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 29 5 1 Interest ... ... ... 213 Insurance ... ... ... 18 19 6 Commission ... ... ... 28 10 6 Other expenses ... ... 35 9 11 Total ... ...£2,965 4 0 Total ... ...£1,338 2 3 Visited 22nd March and 27th May.—The well-known defects of this Hospital, so often reported on by me, it seems impossible to remedy because of the see-saw policy of the local bodies. I inspected the new hospital-site, and though not, in my opinion, equal to the one I formerly approved, still it will be a good site for a hospital when connected with local drainage and watersupply. It consists of sor 6 acres of good land resting on a shingle subsoil.

MEECURY BAY HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1902 ... ... ... 2 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 43 Total under treatment ..'. ... ... 45 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 40 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 Remaining on 31st March, 1903 ... 1 Sex. —39 males, 6 females. Locality from which Patients came. —Mercury Bay District. Nationality. —British. Religion. —Protestant, 40; Eoman Catholic, 5. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 588; individual average days' stay, 13-6. Daily average cost per head, £1 lis. 2d.; less patients' payments, £1 9s. lOd. Outdoor Patients. —Individual cases, 360 ; attendances, 1,750. Eeceipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s . d. From Government ... ... 440 12 7 Rations ... ... ... HO 410 Subscriptions and donations ... 362 6 6 ; Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 19 13 4 Rents ... ... ... 20 8 6 | Surgery and dispensary ... 94 10 2 Patients'payments ... ... 38 17 4 Fuel and light ... ... 20 4 9 Balance from last year ... 296 2 2 i Bedding and clothing ... ... 19 2 5 Furniture and earthenware ... 996 Washing and laundry ... ... 10 19 10 Salaries and wages ... ... 532 12 11 Funerals ... ... ... 700 Eepairs ... ... ... 24 15 8 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... 21 0 0 Insurance ... ... ... 714 6 ! Other expenses ... ... 39 8 2 Total £1,158 7 1 £916 16 1 Visited 24th March.—No change to report. Dr. Cairns has taken the place of Dr. Slater and goes to Kuaotunu once a week and to Tairua when wanted. The Hospital is admirably looked after by Mr. and Mrs, Parker, and Mr. O'Brien, the Chairman, takes extreme interest in all its concerns.