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Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government 408 3 11 Eations ... ... ... 183 4 9 Local bodies ... ... ... 408 3 2 Wines, spirits, &c. ... ... 6 6 4 Subscriptions and donations ... 16 1 9 Surgery and dispensary ... 48 0 3 Patients' payments ... ... 103 6 1 Fuel and light ... ... 65 7 6 Other sources ... ... 6 0 0 Bedding and clothing, &c. ... 13 7 4 Salaries and wages ... ... 471 6 5 Additions to buildings... ... 2146 Other expenses ... ... 151 7 0 Total ... ... £941 14 11 Total ... ... £941 14 1 Visited 29th May.—An extremely well-designed and well-finished hospital, excepting that the wards are too small in proportion to the administrative centre. These wards would need extension if the existence of the institution could be justified. In consultation with Mr. Mcßeath, the acting member of the local Committee, it was agreed that the swamp to the immediate east of the Hospital ought to be drained,

PAHfATUA HOSPITAL.. Number of patients on 31st March, 1902 ... ... ... Nil. Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... ... 66 Total under treatment ... ... ... 66 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 55 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 Eemaining on 31st March, 1903 ... ... 6 Sex. —50 males, 16 females. Localities from which Patients Came. —Pahiatua, Mangatainoka, Woodville, Eketahuna, &c. Country. —England, 15; Scotland, 4; Ireland, 11; New Zealand, 30; Australia, 4; Wales, 1; Sweden, 1. Religion —Eoman Catholic, 15; Church of England, 28; Presbyterian, 10; Wesleyan, 6; Methodist, 3 ; Christadelphian, 1; Plymouth Brethren, 1 ; Salvationist, 1; no religion, 1. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 1,455 ; individual average days' stay, 22-05. Daily average cost per head, Bs. Ofd.; less patients' payments, 6s. 5d Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 577 19 8 Eations ... ... ... 156 5 10 Local bodies ... ... ... 340 0 0 Wines, &c. ... ... ... 7 0 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 162 1 0 j Surgery and dispensary ... 67 15 6 Eents ... ... ... 8 4 0 ! Fuel and light ... ... 26 1 6 Patients'payments ... ... 120 4 0 Furniture, Ac. . ... ... 211 9 3 Other sources ... ... 3 7 6 Salaries, &c. ... ... ... 243 8 8 Balance from last year ... ... 327 14 9 Grounds ... ... ... 129 4 0 Funerals ... ... ... 3 0 0 Repairs ... ... ... 18 9 3 New buildings ... ... 491 1 2 Printing, advertising, &c. ... 46 15 10 Interest ... ... ... 4 11 5 Insurance ... ... ... 11 2 0 Commission ... ... ... 27 10 0 Other expenses ... ... 5 13 11 Total ... £1,539 10 11 ! Total ... ...£1,449 8 4 Visited 21st March and 28th May.—This is a small hospital built on a flat piece of land with shingle subsoil some distance to the north of the township, not far from the railway. I was informed by Dr. Dawson and some members of the Committee that certainly within twelve months the land would be drained and water laid on. The future of the Hospital will depend on whether this promise is kept.