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Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 383 6 8 Rations ... ... ... 147 12 10 Local bodies ... ... ... 256 0 0 Surgery and dispensary, &c. ... 34 8 7 Subscriptions and donations ... 73 19 1 Fuel and light ... ... ... 49 10 8 Patients'payments ... ... 280 14 11 Bedding and clothing ... ... 2 4 2 Balance from last year ... ... 113 13 9 Furniture and earthenware ... 78 15 7 Salaries and wages ... ... 466 14 0 Funerals ... ... ... 3 12 0 Repairs ... ... ... 80 0 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 10 16 8 Insurance ... ... ... 13 12 11 Commission ... ... ... 13 11 10 Other expenses ... ... 16 10 3 Total ... £1,107 14 5 Total ... ...£917 9 6 Visited 23rd September, 1905. —The outside of this Hospital needs painting, and the work is to be put in hand forthwith. The inside is to be distempered. The former Matron left about three months ago, and has been succeeded by Miss Clare, who is not a registered nurse. RAWENE HOSPITAL. Patients admitted since Ist July, 1905 ... ... ... 30 Total under treatment ... ... ... 30 Discharged ... ... ... ... .. ... 21 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 Remaining on 31st March, 1906 ... ... 4 Sex. —24 males, 6 females. Locality from which Patients came. —Hokianga, 28 ; Gisborne, 1; shipping, 1. Nationality. —British, 17; Maoris, 12; German, 1. Religion. —Protestant, 25 ; Roman Catholic, 5. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 671; individual average days' stay, 22-33. Daily average cost per head, 7s. 6£d.; less patients' payments, ss. 6d. Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. ] Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 225 7 7 l Rations ... ' ... ... 65 17 1 Local bodies ... ... ... 120 7 8 Wines, &c. ... ... ... 218 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 87 10 0 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 41610 Patients' payments ... ... 68 6 0 Fuel and light ... ... .. 7 5 5 Other sources ... ... ... 1 7 4 : Bedding, clothing, and furniture ... 11l 6 3 Salaries and wages ... ... 126 8 1 Repairs ... ... ... 113 11 5 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 580 Other expenses ... .. 3 18 0 Total ... ... £502 18 7 Total ... ... £477 19 1 Visited 18th October, 1905. —This Hospital, formerly an inn by the wharf, has undergone and is about to undergo some further alterations and additions. There is at present no closet on the femaleside. Tank-water is the only source of supply. A windmill to pump sea-water for flushing closets and ordinary bathing in order to conserve the supply seems advisable. There was only one patient in the Hospital when visited. The Matron, Miss Dickson, is a registered nurse and midwife. REEFTON HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1905 ... ... ... 24 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 81 Total under treatment ... ... ... 105 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 63 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 18 Remaining on 31st March, 1906 ... ... 24