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Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. I Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 1,559 2 7 Rations ... .. ... 912 4 6 Local bodies ... ... ... 1,100 0 0 Wines, &c. ... ... ... 26 2 6 Subscriptions and donations ... 128 11 8 Surgery and dispensary ... 370 5 3 Patients'payments ... ... 281 8 6 Fuel and light ... ... 152 3 1 Other sources... ... ... 16 8 9 Bedding and clothing ... ... 62 10 8 Balance from last year ... ... 84 12 10 Furniture, earthenware,and repairs 275 12 6 Washing and laundry ... ... 83 4 0 Salaries and wages ... ... 1,034 12 4 Funerals ... ... ... 12 10 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 31 6 0 Insurance ... ... ... 43 11 6 Other expenses ... ... 89 4 3 Total ... ...£3,170 4 4 Total ... ...£3,093 6 7 Visited 12th September and 21st March.—This Hospital continues to do admirable work. The large ward is airy, but very plain ; it might be relieved by a little colour. A new operatingroom, with tiled floor and well-cemented walls, has been added. A very kindly atmosphere pervades the whole place.

WAIROA HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1902 ... ... 2 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 32 Total under treatment ... ... ... 34 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 32 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Remaining on 31st March, 1903 ... ... 1 Sex. —27 males, 7 females. Localities from which Patients came. — Hawke's Bay and Wairoa Counties and Waikaremoana. Country. —New Zealand, 22 ; England, 3; Scotland, 1; Ireland, 5 ; Austria, 1. Religion. —Church of England, 19 ; Roman Catholic, 8 ; Presbyterian, 4; Wesleyan, 1. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 846 ; individual average days' stay, 24-88. Daily average cost per head, lis. 3Jd.; less patients' payments, 9s. lOd. Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ a. d. From Government ... ... 311 1 0 Eations ... .. ... 96 15 3 Local bodies ... ... ... 187 3 3 Surgery and dispensary ... 54 18 Subscriptions and donations ... 102 10 10 Fuel and light ... ... 372 Patients'payments ... ... 60 14 1 Bedding and clothing ... ... 3 17 Other sources ... ... ... 0 18 3 Furniture, &c. ... ... 8 7 0 Salaries and wages ... ... 250 18 6 Eepairs ... ... ... 0 17 6 New grounds ... ... ... 175 3 6 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 8 10 2 Interest ... ... ... 050 Insurance ... ... ... 340 Other expenses ... ... 12 0 7 Total ... ... £662 7 5 Total ... ... £651 19 8 Visited 17th March.—There are seven beds in the present Hospital (a disused Courthouse), and there were two patients under the care of Mr. and Mrs. Stone on the day of visit. Dr. Moore has been appointed Medical Officer. The site for the new Hospital is a good one, on a slight rise near the town. The timber was lying on the ground, but the erection of the building had not started.