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Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 851 18 5 Rations ... ... ... 564 4 1 Local bodies ... ... ... 357 10 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 58 1 6 Subscriptions and donations ... 421 10 7 Surgery and dispensary ... 77 13 6 Patients'payments .. ... 310 1 0 Fuel and light ... ... 116 14 2 Balance from last year ... ... 43 18 2 Bedding and clothing ... ... 54 3 8 Furniture and earthenware ... 101 17 10 Washing and laundry ... ... 47 2 1 Salaries and wages ... ... 635 3 1 Funerals ... ... ... 9 16 0 Repairs ... ... ... 17 7 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 76 18 5 Interest ... ... ... 0 12 0 Insurance ... ... ... 3 15 0 Commission ... .. .. 7 8 0 Purchase of vegetable-garden ... 125 0 0 Other expenses ... ... 102 9 7 Total ... ...£1,984 18 2 Total ... ...£1,998 511 Visited 17th November.—Great delay has taken place in effecting the structural improvements contemplated in this Hospital. I hope that now all difficulties have been removed. It was impossible to avoid extending the buildings without a corresponding increase of work for the administration. I found everything in good order in the capable hands of Miss Gosling.

RIVEETON HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1902 ... ... ... 15 Admitted during the year ... .... ... ... 121 Total under treatment ... ... ... 136 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 104 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 13 Eemaining on 31st March, 1903 ... ... 19 Sex. —96 males, 40 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Waiau, Orepuki, Colac, Riverton, Otautau, Thornbury, Tapanui, Invercargill, Fairfax, Round Hill, Pahia, Waimatuku, Te Tua, &c. Nationality. —English, Scotch, Irish, Chinese, New Zealand, Canadian, Tasmanian. Religion. —Church of England, Presbyterian, Wesleyan, Roman Catholic, Confucian. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 2,723; individual average days' stay, 20. Daily average cost per head, 12s. 9fd.; less patients' payments, lis. 7d. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 179 ; attendances, 200. Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 850 11 6 Eations ... ... ... 359 8 3 Local bodies ... ... ... 843 7 6 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 15 17 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 30 8 0 Surgery and dispensary ... 96 6 0 Patients'payments ... ... 169 7 6 Fuel and light ... ... 112 1 9 Other sources ... ... 23 19 11 Bedding and clothing ... ... 53 3 6 Furniture and earthenware ... 84 6 10 Washing and laundry ... ... 14 7 6 Salaries and wages ... ... 713 6 3 Water-supply ... ... 70 13 5 Funerals ... ... ... 3 17 6 Eepairs ... ... ... 112 11 1 New buildings ... ... 37 14 6 Additions ... ... ... 117 17 9 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 12 4 9 Interest ... ... ... 078 Insurance ... ... ... 12 2 9 Other expenses ... ... 85 6 4 Total ... ...£1,917 14 5 Total ... ...£1,901 12 10