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Receipts and Expenditure. Beceipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 3,605 Oil Bations ... ... ... 2,453 811 Local bodies... ... ... 3,000 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 124 19 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 246 17 6 Surgery and dispensary ... 977 0 3 Bequests ... ... ... 300 0 0 Fuel and light ... ... 897 2 0 Patients'payments ... ... 1,734 18 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 125 7 0 Other sources ... ... 338 19 5 Furniture, earthenware, &c. ... 359 12 9 Washing and laundry (steam-dis-infector) ... ... ... 223 17 1 Salaries and wages ... ... 2,819 3 1 Water-supply ... ... 157 0 0 Funerals ... ... ... 34 0 0 Eepairs ... ... ... 475 6 2 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... 64 4 9 Interest ... ... ... 4 13 9 Insurance ... ... ... 57 6 6 Commission ... ... ... 13 8 10 . Other expenses ... ... 358 13 5 Total ... ... £9,225 15 10 Total ... ... £9,145 3 6 Visited 30th November and 30th April.—This Hospital is working well. It has been found necessary to increase the accommodation of the nurses' home. A new steam-disinfector has been installed. Notwithstanding the many advantages conferred on Dunedin Hospital by connection with a medical school, there are some drawbacks, and one of these I find is that the students do so much of the surgical dressings and other work in the wards that I fear the nurses have not the same advantages as the nurses in other training-hospitals.

DUNSTAN HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1903 ... ... ... 5 Admitted during the year ... .. ... ... 44 Total under treatment ... ... ... 49 Discharged ... ... ... "... ... ... 37 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 8 Remaining on 31st March, 1904 ... ... 4 Sex. —43 males, 6 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Alexandra district, 18; Clyde, 9; Cromwell and Clutha, 8 ; Ophir and Matakanui district, 13 ; Wellington, 1. Nationality. —British, 22; New Zealand, 15; Australian, 4; European, 4; Chinese, 4. Religion. —Church of England, 19; Roman Catholic, 8; Presbyterian, 14; Wesleyan, 4; Confucian, 4. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 1,519; individual average days' stay, 3TOO. Daily average cost per head, 10s. lid.; less patients' payments, 9s. B£d. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 36 ; attendances, 80. Receipts and Expenditure. Beceipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 545 8 9 Rations ... ... ... 146 1 2 Local bodies ... ... ... 319 6 1 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 8 17 4 Subscriptions and donations ... 161 18 1 Surgery and dispensary ... 38 8 4 Patients'payments ... ... 91 12 3 Fuel and light ... ... 38 19 0 Other sources ... ... 040 Bedding and clothing ... ... 096 Balance from last year ... 5 14 7 Furniture and earthenware ... 21 16 6 Salaries and wages ... ... 461 18 6 Water-supply ... ... 38 15 7 Funerals ... ... ... 8 0 0 Additions and repairs ... ... 179 12 4 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 2470 Interest, &c. ... ... ... 10 3 Insurance ... ... ... 17 4 2 Other expenses ... ... 23 2 0 Total ... ... £1,124 3 9 Total ... ... £1,008 11 8 Visited 11th May.—A good Hospital for the district and well managed,

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