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Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. . £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 1,953 18 8 Rations ... ... ... 995 9 6 Local bodies... ... ... 1,877 17 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 7 15 6 Subscriptions and donations ... 41 13 0 Surgery and dispensary ... 533 19 9 Rents ... ... ... 106 9 0 Fuel and light ... ... 190 1 8 Patients' payments ... ... 1,017 1 3 Bedding and clothing ... ... 131 0 5 Other sources ... ... 13 14 0 Furniture and earthenware ... 154 7 8 Balance from last year ... 1,662 5 7 Salaries and wages ... ... 1,470 12 9 Water-supply ... ... 18 16 3 Funerals ... ... ... 21 1 0 Repairs, new buildings, and additions ... ... ... 3,412 3 8 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... .. ... 35 3 10 Interest ... ... ... 149 Insurance ... ... ... 25 6 9 Other expenses ... .. 259 12 9 Total ... ... £6,672 18 6 Total ... ... £7,256 16 3 Visited 25th October, 1905. —This Hospital is overfull, but a new wing is being built. The nurses work on.the eight-hours system. -The probationers are chosen by the Board without reference to the Matron or Doctor. They are chiefly chosen from local candidates, and apparently no question of fitness conies in. A Maori half-caste probationer is doing her work well. With the exception of its crowded state, and the building operations now in progress, the Hospital is much as usual. A new steriliser has been purchased. WAIMATE HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1905 ... ... ... 14 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 113 Total under treatment ... ... ... 127 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 105 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 Remaining on 31st March, 1906 .. ... 12 Sex. —7B males, 49 females. Locality from which Patients came. —Waimate County. Country. —England, 18; Scotland, 9; Ireland, 20; New Zealand, 69; Australia, 6; Germany, 2; Sweden, 2; France, 1. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 2,616 ; individual average days' stay, 206. Daily average cost per head, 10s. 4fd.; less patients' payments, 9s. lOd. Outdoor Patients. —Individual cases, 25 ; attendances, 120. Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 590 19 10 Rations ... ... ... 164 16 10 Local bodies ... ... ... 589 19 10 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 16 13 6 Subscriptions and donations ... 41 2 6 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 120 2 3 Patients'payments ... ... 69 18 7 Fuel and light ... ... ... 7116 0 Other sources ... ... ... 10 0 9 Bedding and clothing ... ... 37 10 0 Furniture and earthenware ... 81 9 0 Salaries and wages ... ... 570 14 10 Funerals ... ... ... 12 10 6 Repairs ... ... ... 34 13 6 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 14 7 0 Interest ... ... ... 0 18 6 Insurance ... .. ... 9 3 10 Other expenses... ... ... 224 13 5 Total .. £1,302 1 6 Total ... £1,359 9 2 Visited 28th February, 1906. — The feeling for separation from the Timaru Hospital Board is very strong in the district. At the time of the visit there were only six patients. Mrs. Chapman, who had for many years faithfully served the Trustees, recognising the new order of things retired from nursing duties, but continued to act as housekeeper. She has since died, and her death severs a link with the past.