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Bevenue and Expenditure. Revenue. £ s. d. I Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 240 0 4 Eations ... ... ... 12110. 8 Local bodies ... ... ... 208 0 5 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 15 14 0 Patients'payments ... ... 84 19 4 Surgery and dispensary... ... 31 2 11 Fuel and light... ... ... 20 10 5 Bedding and clothing ... ... 18 19 0 Furniture and earthenware ... 111311 Washing and laundry ... .. 15 12 5 Salaries and wages ... ... 249 6 8 Travelling-expenses ... ... 2 5 0 Funerals ... ... ... 10 0 0 Eepairs ... ~. ... 386 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery' ... ... ... 12 3 2 Insurance ... ... ... 680 Other expenses ... ... 1455 Total ... ... £533 0 1 Total ... ... £533 0 1 The opening of the Mahakipawa Goldfield has postponed indefinitely' the closing of this Hospital, which seemed at one time inevitable. It is a homely, well-managed institution, half hospital and half refuge. It contained eight patients on the last occasion on which I visited it. Of these, four were chronic cases, all of whom were over three years in the Hospital.

QUEENSTOWN HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1891 ... ... ... 12 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 92 Total under treatment ... ... ... 104 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 92 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 Eemaining on 31st March, 1892 .. ... ... ... 9 Sex. —79 males, 25 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Lake County, Queenstown, Arrowtown, Vincent County, Southland. Country. —New Zealand, 34; England, 13; Scotland, 23 ; Ireland, 21; China, 3 ; Australia, 2 ; Holland, 2; Italy, 1; Mexico, 1; Sweden, 1; America, 1; Austria, 1; Malta, 1. Beligion. —Church of England, 21; Eoman Catholic, 29; Presbyterian, 47; Confucian, 3; Wesleyan, 1; Salvationist, 1; Lutheran, 1; Freethought, 1. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 2,723; individual average days' stay, 26-18. Daily average cost per head, 7s. 2fd. ; less patients' payments, ss. 4d. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 38 ; attendances, 75. Bevenue and Expenditure. Bevenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 368 19 3 Eations ... :.. ... 207 5 10 Local bodies ... ... ... 266 5 0 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 52 16 4 Subscriptions and donations ... 117 0 8 Fuel and light ... ... ... 112 19 1 Patients' payments ... ... 259 11 7 Bedding, clothing, furniture, &c. ... 63 18 11 Salaries and wages ... ... 441 1 7 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 410 Other expenses ... ... ... 103 4 0 Total ... ... £1,011 16 6 Total ... ... £985 6 9 This Hospital contained four patients on the day of my inspection. The male ward is well designed and comfortably furnished. The centre block consists mainly of the doctor's quarters. It will probably be a long time before it will be either necessary or possible to complete the plan by providing a southern wing, and so give the whole a symmetrical appearance.

BEEFTON HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1891 ... ... ... 10 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 90 Total under treatment ... ... ... 100 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 85 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 Eemaining on 31st March, 1892 .., ~, , , ~, 5

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