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Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 350 16 6 "Rations ... ... ... 264 12 6 Local bodies ... ... ... 233 19 10 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 7 8 6 Subscriptions and donations ... 787 4 4 Surgery and dispensary ... 97 511 Rents ... ... ... 4 0 0 Fuel and light... ... ... 38 2 3 Patients'payments ... ... 50 1 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 12 1 2 Other sources... ... ... 132 14 2 Salaries and wages ... ... 394 17 6 Furniture and earthenware ... 24 18 0 Repairs ... ... ... 434 2 8 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... .. 15 7 4 Interest ... ... ... 14 4 9 Insurance ... ... ... 2281 Commission ... ... ... 0 16 0 Other expenses ... ... 241 19 4 Total ... ...£1,558 15 10! Total ... ...£1,568 4 0 Visited 27th May. —A neat new cross-block in brick, roofed with Marseilles tiles, has been added to this Hospital. Mrs. Bassett, the Matron, is leaving, but her husband, a very capable and useful man, stays. Dr. Bey's attention to his work is all that could be desired. The arrangements with Mr. Bassett will be difficult to carry out.

THAMES HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1902 ... ... ... 38 Admitted during the year ... ... ... .. 383 Total under treatment ... ... ... 421 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 343 Died ... . . ... ... ... ... ... 29 Eemaining on 31st March, 1903 ... ... 49 Sex. —300 males, 121 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Thames, 378 ; Auckland, 1 ; East Coast, 3; Waikato, 3 ; Eotorua, 1. Country. —New Zealand, 155; England, 66; Ireland, 97 ; Scotland, 20 ; Australia, 23 ; Wales, 1; America, 4 ; Cape Colony, 2 ; Austria, 5 ; Sweden, 2 ; Aboriginal, 4 ; Finland, 1 ; Russia, 2 ; Tahiti, 1; China, 1 ; Belgium, 1; Italy, 1. Religion. —Church of England, 223; Roman Catholic, 83 ; Presbyterian, 39 ; Wesleyan, 30; Congregationalist, 1 ; Salvation Army, 2; Primitive Methodist, 1; Church of Christ, 1 ; Lutheran, 1 ; Baptist, 2 ; Jewish, 1; Unitarian, 1 ; Theosophist, 1. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 13,951; individual average days' stay, 3313. Daily average cost per head, 3s. 7Jd. ; less patients' payments, 2s. 7Jd. Outdoor Patients. —Individual cases, 329 ; attendances, 1,002. Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 1,523 16 4 Eations ... ... ... 490 18 7 Local bodies... ... ... 1,271 8 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 4 10 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 9570 Surgery and dispensary ... 296 13 6 Bequests ... ... ... 279 17 6 Fuel and light ... ... 153 18 2 Patients'payments ... ... 698 13 4 Bedding and clothing, &c. ... 168 4 2 Balance from last year ... 199 5 9 Salaries and wages ... ... 1,056 13 10 Rates ... ... ... 51 0 10 Funerals ... ... ... 18 11 6 Repairs ... ... ... 25 1 1 Additions to buildings and new buildings ... ... ... 290 14 3 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... 40 11 4 Interest ... ... ... 266 Insurance ... ... ... 38 18 9 Other expenses ... ... 170 17 7 Total ... ... £4,068 711 Total ... ... £2,809 0 1 Visited 20th March.—The surgical work at this Hospital is extremely satisfactory, and the nursing and careful management deserving of the utmost praise. The position of the Medical Officer to this Hospital is somewhat peculiar. He is allowed to receive outside patients at his house, but, without express permission, can only visit outside as a consultant.