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Revenue and Expendituee. Revenue. £ s. d. j Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 14117 7 Rations ... ... ... 76 17 2 Derived from North Canterbury Surgery and dispensary ... ... 6 18 6 Hospital Board, of which it is a Fuel and light ... ... ... 22 13 6 branch hospital ... ... 141 17 7 Salaries and wages ... ... 150 0 0 Patients' payments ... ... 20 0 0 Other expenses ... ... 4760 Total ... ... £303 15 2 Total ... ... £303 15 2 COROMANDEL HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1898 ... ... ... 7 Admitted during the year ... .. ... ... 71 Total under treatment ... ... ... 78 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 64 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 Remaining on 31st March, 1899 ... ... ... ... 9 Sex. —6l males, 17 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Coromandel, 23; Auckland, 5 ; Paeroa, 2 ; Kuaotunu, 2 ; Mercury Bay, 1; Napier, 1; Wanganui, 1; Manaia, 10; Opitonui, 3 ; Cabbage Bay, 2 ; Mercer, 2; Thames, 6; Whangapoua, 1; Kennedy's Bay, 8; Huntley, 2; Otago, 7; Australia and Tasmania, 2. Nationality. —English, 9 ; Irish, 20; Scotch, 7 ; New Zealand, 28; Maori, 10; Swiss, 1; Indian, 1; United States of America, 2. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 2,781; individual average days' stay, 35-65. Daily average cost per head, Bs. lljd. ; less patients' payments, Bs. 4d. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 149 ; attendances, 243. Revenue and Expendituee. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 1,031 6 7 Rations ... ... ... 242 12 1 Local bodies... ... ... 450 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, and porter ... 740 Subscriptions and donations ... 458 11 4 Surgery and dispensary ... 104 8 2 Patients'payments ... ... 81 2 0 Fuel and light ... ... 48 2 8 Balance from last year ... 1,127 13 9 Bedding and clothing ... ... 18 1 5 Furniture and earthenware ... 134 19 8 Washing and laundry ... . . 27127 Salaries and wages ... ... 501 3 0 Erection new Hospital ... 1,785 4 4 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... 13 7 10 Insurance ... ... ... 13 11 3 Other expenses ... ... 131 2 7 Total ...' ...£3,148 13 8 Total ... ... £3,027 9 7 At last Coromandel has got its new Hospital. It is built on a suitable site, well planned, well built, and admirably managed by Sister Mary Gonzaga and two other sisters. These ladies receive nothing for their services, and yet I cannot too highly praise the efficiency of their work. Dr. Bull and his partner, Dr. Cheeseman, have made this, as regards the quality of its medical and surgical work, one of the best hospitals in the colony.

CROMWELL HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1898 ... ... ... 2 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 42 Total under treatment ... ... ... 44 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 38 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 Remaining on 31st March, 1899 ... ... ... ... 1