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Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Prom Government ... ... 955 62 j Bations ... ... ... 529 0 5 Local bodies... ... ... 700 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 230 Subscriptions and donations ... 120 17 10 Surgery and dispensary ... 200 5 8 Rents ... ... ... 18 0 0 Fuel and light ... ... 135 5 0 Patients'payments ... ... 774 16 6 j Bedding and clothing, furniture, Other sources ... ... 30 17 0 and earthenware ..„ ... 96 2 7 Balance from last year ... 1,339 5 7 Salaries and wages ... ... 1,023 10 1 Consultations ... ... 186 18 0 Funerals ... ... ... 11 14 0 Eepairs ... ... ... 18 18 9 Additions to buildings... ... 62 0 10 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... 46 19 9 Insurance ... ... ... 30 7 3 Other expenses ... ... 155 7 3 Total ... . .£3,939 3 1 Total ... ... £2,498 12 7 TIMARU HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1906 .. ... ... 40 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 518 Total under treatment ... ... ... 558 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 457 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 49 Remaining on 31st March, 1907 ... ... 52 Sex. —32s males, 193 females. Localities from ivhich Patients came. —-Belfast, 1 ; Timaru, 209 ; Levels County, 96 ; Mackenzie County, 50; Temuka, 38; Waimate County, 59; Geraldine County, 33 ; Oamaru, 7 ; Ashburton, 1; Christchurch, 4; Clinton, 1; Morven, 1; Seacliff, 1; Arundel, 1; shipping, 3; casual, 13. Country. —England, 89; Scotland, 59; Ireland, 77; New Zealand, 245; Australia, 22; Denmark, 1; Finland, 1; Anglo-Indian, 1 ; Italian, 1; Canadian, 1; Assyrian, 1 ; German, 2 ; Shetland Islands, 1; Dutch, 1 ; French, 3; Swede, 1 ; Tasmanian, 3 ; Swiss, 9. Religion. —Roman Catholic, 114 ; Episcopalian, 192; Presbyterian, 140 ; Salvation Army, 2 ; Primitive Methodist, y ; Wesleyan 36 ; Baptist, 2 ; Congregationalist, 6 ; Plymouth Brethren, 8; Quaker, 1; Lutheran, 2; Infidel, 1; Wesleyan Methodist, 36; Dutch Church, 1; Church of Christ, 1. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 18,848 ; individual average days' stay, 33-77. Daily average cost per head, ss. s£d.; less patients' payments, 4s. 6fd. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 608 ; attendances, 1,679. Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 2,189 19 7 Rations ... ... ... 1,736 16 9 Local bodies ... ... ... 2,377 4 4 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 12 5 3 Subscriptions and donations ... 121 16 6 Surgery and dispensary ... 397 12 7 Patients'payments ... ... 463 2 8 Fuel and light " ... ... 439 710 Other sources... ... ... 12 0 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 76 6 2 Furniture and earthenware ... 124 12 9 Salaries and wages ... ... 1,480 19 2 Water-supply... ... ... 65 2 0 Funerals .. ... ... 5 17 6 Repairs ... ... ... 130 15 1 Additions to buildings ... ... 391 8 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 69 15 5 Insurance ... ... ... 19 11 5 Other expenses ... ... 213 13 2 Total ... ...£5,164 3 1 Total ... ...£5,164 3 1 Visited 16th June, 1907.—Dr. Unwin, who so successfully managed this Hospital in the past, has joined the honorary staff, and Dr. Bett has succeeded him as Resident Surgeon. The institution was clean and in good order. The cross-ventilation of some of the wards is not good. A new operating-theatre is in course of erection, also a new laundry with modern machinery. Some old buildings and a fowl-run in the rear of the main building might well be removed.