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Bevenue and Expenditure. Bevenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 382 18 0 Eations ... ... ... 91 011 Local bodies ... ... ... 257 19 6 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 8 7 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 11l 9 0 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 32 16 8 Fatients' payments ... ... 120 10 6 Fuel and light ... ... ... 2575 Other sources ... ■■■ ••• 080 Bedding and clothing ... ... 614 11 Balance from last year ... ••• 95 611 Furniture, earthenware, and repairs 20 18 2 Salaries and wages ... ... 385 0 0 Water-supply ... ... ... 15 12 6 Funerals ... ... ... 400 Fencing and grounds ... ... 400 Eepairs and additions ... ... 816 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 2220 Interest and exchange ... ... 014 6 Insurance ... ... ... 12 19 6 Bent of office ... ... ... 5 0 0 Other expenses ... ... ... 2610 Total ... ... £968 11 11 Total ... ... £669 10 7 "• ' """"' ~"' ~ T-iiim ■ —■-■■ ii I found this Hospital in good order. On looking through the cases treated during the year I ascertained that the trustees had gone to the expense of sending a patient suffering from stricture to Dunedin without any necessity for doing so. My visit having this year taken place earlier than usual, and before the dry weather had set in, I found the garden in good order, and well stocked with vegetables. There were only two patients in the house on the date of my visit, The average daily cost per head is 9s. Bfd.

GISBOENE HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1891 ... ... ... 7 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 156 Total under treatment ... ... ... 163 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 133 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 19 Eemaining on 31st March, 1892 ... ... ... ... 11 Sex. —118 males, 45 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Borough of Gisborne, and Cook and Waiapu Counties. Nationality. —British, 157 ; foreign, 9. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 4,160; individual average days' stay, 25-52. Daily average cost per head, ss. 5Jd.; less patients' payments, 4s. 2fd. Outdoor Patients. —Nil. Bevenue and Expenditure. Bevenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. s. d. From Government ... ... 453 3 3 Eations ... ... ... 177 2 7 Local bodies ... ... ... 300 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c.... ... 24 8 7 Subscriptions and donations ... 146 17 9 Surgery and dispensary ... 71 11 0 Eents ... ... ... 60 16 0 Fuel and light ... ... 6.115 7 Patients'payments ... ... 252 0 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 53 17 4 Other sources ... ... 20 4 0 Furniture and earthenware ... 55 16 0 Balance from last year ... 64 18 0 Salaries and wages ... ... 446 19 6 Eepairs and additions to buildings 172 12 5 Brinting, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 22 5 4 Insurance ... ... ... 16 16 3 Other expenses ... ... 28 12 4 Total ... ... £1,297 19 0 Total ... ... £1,131 16 11 The daily cost per head has fallen this year from 7s. Ofd. to ss. SJ-d., mainly owing to an increase in the number treated during the year, which rose from 114 to 163, with an average individual stay of twenty-five instead of twenty-six days. There were twenty-six cases of typhoid up to the time of my visit on the 4th January. The matron and her assistants must have had a heavy time of it, and 1 have since been informed by Dr. Innes that Nurse Gifford deserved great credit for her efforts. A nurses' room is very much wanted. The hall and large ward have been freshly painted, and look much better than at my last visit.

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