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Bevenue and Expenditure. Bevenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 229 311 Eations, fuel, and light ... ... 92 10 8 Local bodies ... ... ... ... Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 114 6 Subscriptions and donations ... 163 15 0 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 30 19 11 Patients'payments ... ... 36 15 6 Bedding and clothing ... ... 512 5 Balance from last year ... ... 42 1 4 Furniture and earthenware ... 17 5 2 Salaries and wages ... ... 159 10 8 Funerals ... ... ... 120 Eepairs ... ... ... 43 3 1 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 200 ; Insurance ... ... ... 4100 i Other expenses ... ... 4 17 8 Total ... ...£47115 9 Total ... ...£363 6 1 A very commendable feature of this Hospital is the fact that the individual average stay is sixteen days, the lowest in the colony, and that notwithstanding the temptation to Teduce the daily average cost by allowing patients to stay on. The Hospital is well managed, and the patients are well looked after. One of the two detached cottages has been moved close up to the back door, thus giving additional ward space, and greatly adding to the convenience of the Hospital. Ido not think it a safe plan to depend so largely on water drawn from a well close to the back door, and sunk through a deposit of shingle.

HOKITIKA HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1891 ... ... ... 29 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 192 Total under treatment ... ... ... 221 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 172 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... 19 Eemaining on. 31st March, 1892 ... ... ... ... 30 ' Sex. —l7l males, 50 females. Locality from which Patients came. —Westland. Nationality. —English, 56; Scotch, 36; Irish, 52; German, 14; Italian, 9; Colonial, 45; Chinese, 9. Beligion. —Church of England, 65; Eoman Catholic, 66; Presbyterian, 62; Lutheran, 8; Baptist, 7 ; Confucian, 13. Total 'collective days' stay in hospital, 11,700 ; individual average days' stay, 52-94. Daily average cost per head, 3s. 6Jd.; less patients' payments, 3s. sd. Outdoor Patients. —Individual cases, 217 ; attendances, 348. Bevenue and Expenditure. Bevenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 1,032 2 9 Eations ... ... ... 592 0 3 Local bodies ... ... ... 375 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c... ... 88 2 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 569 4 6 Surgery and dispensary ... 148 16 8 Bequests ... ... ... 7 2 0 Fuel and light ... ... 124 3 2 Patients'payments ... ... 58 14 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 98 16 2 Other sources ... ... 16 2 7 Furniture and earthenware ... 13 4 0 j Washing and laundry ... ... 28100 , Salaries and wages ... ... 772 6 8 : Funerals ... ... ... 30 4 0 Eepairs ... ... ... 35 9 8 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 38 4 8 Interest ... ... ... 0 19 9 Insurance ... ... ... 26 5 0 Commission ... ... ... 200 Other expenses ... ... 5816 Total ... ... £2,058 510 Total ... ... £2,057 3 6 This institution has been reorganized since my last visit, and I observe that a reduction of £300 has been made in the sum paid for salaries and wages. A matron and an assistant nurse have now sole charge of the nursing.

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