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Year ended 31st 1905. £ s. d. Sanatorium fees .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,004 4 2 Out-patients' fees .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 871 6 6 Bath fees .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. 2,451 11 5 Mineral water .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 142 8 3 Dry massage and electrical treatment .. .. .. .. .. .. 312 18 0 Players' fees .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 101 8 3 Total.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. £4,883 16 7 Return of Baths. Year ended 31st March, 1906. £ s. d. Total number of baths paid for .. .. .. .. 86,496 ~ Sanatorium patients .. .. .. .. 10,641 779 4 3 „ out-patients, free .. .. .. 864 55 13 9 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 98,001 £834 18 0 Year ended 31st March, 1905. £ e. d. Total number of baths paid for - .. .. .. .. . 84,710 „ Sanatorium patients and outside patients, free .. 9,737 819 6 0 Total 94,447 £819 6 0

APPENDIX 111. REPORT OF RESIDENT MEDICAL OFFICER, TE AROHA. Tourist and Health Resorts Department, Sir,— Te Aroha Hot Springs, 14th May, 1906. I have the honour to submit herewith my annual report for the year ending the 31st March, 1906, and in doing so am very pleased to be able to state that we have just completed a most satisfactory year's work. A reference to the subjoined table will show an increase of £85 6s. 6d. in the revenue and an increase of 2,070 in the number of baths taken, as compared with the year ending the 31st March, 1905. Revenue. 1905. 1906. £ s. d. £ s. d. Bath fees .. .. .. .. 1,028 6 8 1,073 2 2 Out-patients'fees.. .. .. .. 365 0 6 413 10 0 Players' fees 49 3 3 72 4 0 Library fees .... .. .. .. 6 3 0 11 1 6 Towel-hire fees .. .. .. .. 42 15 8 17 16 8 Miscellaneous fees.. .. .. .. 51 5 6 40 6 9 Totals .. .. .. .. 1,542 14 7 1,628 1 1 Number of Baths Taken. J1905. | 1906. Private .. .. .. .. .. 24,328 21,015 Public: 14,531 19,891 Free ".'. .. .. .. .. .. 116 139 Totals 38.975 41,045 It will be seen that the private and public baths have changed places in public favour during the past year. I attribute this to the fact that during the year we have had some very large public excursions from the goldfields townships, and a large majority—ifi'not all—of these visitors naturally preferred the novelty of a warm plunge bath to a private bath ; in other words, they bathed for pleasure, rather than for the relief of ailments. The opening of the Waihi Railway has also helped to bring about the change, as the industrial classes have largely availed themselves of the cheaper and more convenient travelling facilities, and have patronised the less expensive baths. In addition to these reasons, there is the fact that during the year increased facilities for public bathing have been afforded by the opening of the cold-water swimming-bath. As I have had to rely almost entirely upon the thermic and chemical properties of the Te Aroha waters in the hydropathic treatment of my patients, without the aid of those mechanical contrivances