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Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 1,253 3 7 Rations ... ... ... 808 4 9 Local bodies ... ... ... 727 3 4 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 40 2 4 Subscriptions and donations ... 374 2 4 Surgery and dispensary ... 195 9 2 Patients'payments ... ... 565 9 2 Fuel and light ... ... 119 18 5 Other sources ... ... 47 14 5 Bedding and clothing ... ... 47 7 11 Balance from last year ... 267 16 3 Furniture and earthenware ... 36 10 9 Salaries and wages ... ... 786 14 8 Funerals ... ... ... 20 0 0 Repairs ... ... ... 239 14 1 Additions to buildings ... ' ... 139 17 7 New buildings ... ... 293 12 6 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... 56 13 1 Insurance ... ... ... 26 2 8 Commission ... ... ... 14 8 0 Other expenses ... ... 259 2 2 Total ... ... £3,235 9 1 Total ... ... £3,083 18 1 Visited 27th December, 1905^—No change. The building is really not up to the mark, but whether a large hospital is required here is another matter. However, the Trustees have a grant towards the erection of a new hospital. The idea is to add the wards bit by bit as necessary. Visited 18th July, 1906. —The total number of inmates is 34: Males, 26, of whom 19 are hospital cases, and the rest simply old people; the women are 8 in number, of whom 5 are chronics. The Hospital is working well. The position of the new ward which is to be an instalment of a well-designed brick hospital has been pegged out. INVERCARGILL HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1905 ... ... ... 38 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 505 Total under treatment ... ... ... 543 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 445 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... 50 Remaining on 31st March, 1906 ... ... 48 Sex. —37o males, 173 females. Localities from which Patients came. —-Southland County, Wallace County, Lake County, Fiord County, Stewart Island County. Country. —England, 61; Scotland, 90; Ireland, 54 ; New Zealand, 270; Victoria, 27; New South Wales, 4 ; South Australia, 2; Queensland, 1; Tasmania, 6; Cape of Good Hope, 2 ; India, 3; Italy, 1 ; Damascus, 2 ; America, 3 ; China, 6; Norway, 1; Wales, 1; Poland, 1; Sweden, 2 ; Isle of Man, 3 ; Prussia, 1; Germany, 2. Religion. — Church of England, 127 ; Presbyterian, 230; Roman Catholic, 107 ; Wesleyan, 18; Protestant, 17 ; Baptist, 5 ; Confucian, 5; Salvation Army, 10; Primitive Methodist, 11; Lutheran, 2; Congregational, 2; Plymouth Brethren, 2 ; Church of Christ, 3; Latter-day Saints, 2 ; no religion, 2; Christian, 1. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 17,512 ; individual average days' stay 32-25. Daily average cost per head, 4s. 6d.; less patients' payments, 3s. 6fd. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 1,139 ; attendances, 1,960. Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Prom Government ... ... 1,538 0 0 Rations ... ... .. 1,073 8 3 Local bodies ... ... 1,538 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 14 18 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 27 2 9 Surgery and dispensary ... 302 3 4 Rents ... ... .. 32 8 0 Fuel and light ... ... 350 18 10 Patients'payments ... ... 829 9 2 Bedding and clothing ... ... 140 6 5 Other sources ... ... 151 10 3 Furniture and earthenware ... 124 9 6 Balance from last year ... 71 7 2 j Salaries and wages ... ... 1,484 7 5 i Water-supply ... ... 14 13 0 | Funerals ... ... ... 20 0 0 Repairs ... ... ... 134 15 11 Additions to buildings... ... 130 0 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... 32 2 3 I Insurance ... ... ... 34 1 4 Commission ... ... ... 0 10 0 I Other expenses ... ... 91 5 6 Total ... ... £4,187 17 4; Total ... .... £3,947 19 9