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Eeceipts and Bxpendituee. Receipts. £ 8. d. Expenditure. £ s a. Prom Government 748 8 1 Rations 244 19 8 Local bodies ... ... ... 609 5 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 817 d Subscriptions and donations ... 220 1 9 j Surgery and dispensary ... 103 5 5 Patients , payments 120 6 8 i Fuel and light ... • ... 97 311 Bents ... .. ... 11 0 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 24 10 6 Other sources 52 8 1 Furniture and earthenware ... 28 3 3 Balance from last year ".'.". '.'.'. 1,637 11 9 Washing and laundry 21 14 10 Salaries and wages ... ... obi y A Water-supply... ... .-• 4 15 6 Funerals ... ... ■•■ 11 0 0 Eepairs ... ... ••• 3 15 6 Land 75 0 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ••■ 20 5 5 Interest ... ... ••• 21 6 6 Insurance ... ... ••• 22 1 9 Commission ... ... ... 25 1 6 Costs Empowering Bill and title to land ■ ... 12 14 0 Telephone and rent of meeting-room 17 15 0 Other expenses ... ... 4 11 6 Total £3,399 1 4 Total £1,308 10 8 Visited 6th July.—lt says much for the staff that the results of treatment here are satisfactory, because the" building is absolutely unfitted for its purpose, and was condemned by this Department years ago. The plans for a new hospital on a better site are now under consideration, as they have been for the last few years.

MERCURY BAY HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1903 ... ... ... 1 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 59 Total under treatment ... ... . • 60 Discharged ... ... ■■■ ••• ••• ••• 57 Died ••• ° Remaining on 31st March, 1904 ... ... 3 Sex. —42 males, 18 females. Locality from which Patients came. —Whitianga. Nationality.—British, 56 ; half-caste, 4. Beligion. —No record. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 703; individual average days stay, 11-71. Daily average cost per head, £1 7s. 6d.; less patients' payments, £1 ss. Outdoor Patients. —Individual cases, 979 ; attendances, 1,631. Receipts and Bxpendituee. Receipts. £ B. d. Expenditure. & s. d. From Government ... ... 436 11 8 Rations ... ... ... 128 3 2 SubscriDtions and donations ... 44118 5 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 7 5 3 Eents ' ... ... ... 17 16 0 Surgery and dispensary ... 166 13 6 Patients'payments ... ... 87 5 5 Fuel and light ... ... 21 5 4 Other sources ... ... 186 Bedding and clothing ... ... 8159 Balance from last year ... 24111 0 Furniture and earthenware ... 914 6 Washing and laundry ... ... 6 14 1 Salaries and wages ... ... 513 1 4 Repairs ... ... ... 27 2 4 I Additions to buildings... ... 12 11 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... 15 1 1 Insurance ... ... ••■ 11 8 3 Other expenses ... ... 38 13 2 Total £1,226 11 0 £966 8 9 Visited 15th January.—l found this Hospital in its usual satisfactory condition, assuming its peculiar constitution.