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Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 349 910 Rations ... ... ... 220 2 0 Local bodies ... ... ... 167 7 5 Wines, spirits, &c. ... ... 116 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 205 2 8 Surgery and dispensary ... 59 1 8 Rents ... ... ... 10 0 Fuel and light... ... ... 52 4 4 Patients'payments ... ... 139 010 Bedding and clothing ... ... 29 17 0 Other sources... ... ... 4 17 3 Furniture and earthenware ... 75 12 5 Balance from last year... ... 497 0 7 Washing and laundry ... ... 14 0 0 Salaries and wages ... ... 517 711 Repairs ... ... ... 156 Additions to buildings ... ... 164 11 8 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... .. 25 6 4 Insurance ... ... ... 1435 Other expenses ... ... 13 8 6 Total £1,363 18 7 Total £1,188 16 9 This Hospital is a luxury which the district cheerfully pays for and treats with great generosity. It is always a plsasure to visit this Hospital. The administrature is efficient, and the Doctor and his staff very attentivs A suitable Fever Hospital, with accommodation for six beds, has been built since my last visit, and is now ready for opening. STRATFORD HOSPITAL. This is a new, fully equipped, modern Hospital, sufficiently close to either New Plymouth or Wanganui to make its existence an expensive luxury for the ratepayers, but in all other respects unexceptionable. It is the people's own business. It will soon be open for patients. THAMES HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1905 ... ... ... 34 Admitted during the year- ... ... ... ... 419 Total under treatment ... ... ... 453 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ••• 403 Died 17 Remaining on 31st March, 1906 ... ... 33 Sex. —328 males, 125 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Thames Hospital District, 423; Waikato, 12; Waihi, 14; Auckland, 4. Country. —New Zealand, 270 ; England, 72 ; Scotland, 20 ; Ireland, 40 ; Australia, 21; Cape Colony, 3; America (United States), 6 ; Sweden, 3; Austria, 1; Germany, 5 ; Canada, 1; Norway, 3; Poland, 3; Italy, 1; New Caledonia, 1; Spain, 1; Greece, 1; Holland, 1. Religion. —Church of England, 228 ; Roman Catholic, 110; Methodist, 37 ; Presbyterian, 50; Congregationalist, 2 ; Primitive Methodist, 6; Baptist, 8 ; Church of Christ, 1 ; Lutheran, 2; Salvation Army, 2 ; Mormon, 1; Unitarian, 1 ; Jewish, 3 ; unknown, 2. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 11,222; individual average days' stay, 24-77. Daily average cost per head, 4s. ljd.; less patients' payments, 3s. l£d. Outdoor Patients. —Individual cases, 320 ; attendances, 1,750. Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 812 8 3 Rations ... ... ... 482 17 0 Local bodies... ... ... 670 2 11 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 7 3 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 118 11 1 Surgery and dispensary ... 213 810 Eents ... ... ••• 36 0 0 Fuel and light ... ... 153 18 0 Patients' payments ... ... 566 17 2 Bedding and clothing, furniture, Other sources ... ... 37 4 7 and earthenware ... ... " 139 17 0 Balance from last year ... 1,423 18 6 Salaries and wages ... ... 954 11 2 Consultations ... ... 132 6 0 Funerals ... ... ... 11 10 6 Repairs ... ... ... 14 1 3 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... 35 18 6 Interest ... ... .. 116 Insurance ... ... ... 30 16 9 Other expenses ... ... 131 15 11 Total ... . .£3,665 2 6 Total ... ... £2,309 5 5