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Revenue and Expendituee. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 704 410 Rations, fuel, and light... ... 452 8 7 Local bodies ... ... ... 617 10 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 11 16 3 Subscriptions and donations ... 554 4 5 Surgery and dispensary ... 183 9 3 Rents... ... ... ... 18 0 0 Bedding and clothing, furniture, Patients'payments ... ... 332 15 3 and earthenware ... ... 65 8 7 Balance from last year ... ... 160 5 1 Salaries and wages ... ... 775 12 7 Water-supply and rates ... 32 5 10 Funerals ... ... ... 18 12 6 Repairs and additions ... ... 44 11 7 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 30 0 2 Insurance ... ... ... 1589 ' ' Chloroform-fees ... ... 91 7 0 Other expenses ... ... 53 8 3 Total ... ...£2,386 19 7 Total ... .....£1,774 9 4 This Hospital, so far as management is concerned— i.e., both as regards the work of the surgeon and the nurses —is one of the best in the colony, but as regards the building it is the very worst. lam thankful that at length the people of the district are showing some indications of a desire to help themselves, so as to make it possible for the Government to give effective aid. Plans for a new hospital have been forwarded to me, but I can never be a party to building a new hospital on the present site —it would be a crime against the future of the Thames were I to do so ; while to spend more money on the present building would be quite unjustifiable.

TIMARU HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1898 ... ... ... 26 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 234 Total under treatment ... ... ... 260 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 213 Died ... ' ... ... ... ... 26 Remaining on 31st March, 1899 ... ... ... ... 21 Sea;.—lss males, 105 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Hospital district, 234; outside hospital district, 26. Nationality. —English, 54; Scotch, 24; Irish, 34; Colonial, 143; Swede, 2; Norwegian, 1; German, 1; Belgian, 1. Religion. —Church of England, 100; Roman Catholic, 60 ; Presbyterian, 58; Wesleyan, 20; Salvation Army, 3 ; Brethren, 3 ; Congregationalist, 3 ; Primitive Methodist, 12 ; Lutheran, 1. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 7,567 ; individual average days' stay, 29-10. Daily average cost per head, ss. 10|d.; less patients' payments, ss. 3d. Outdoor Patients. —Individual cases, 129; attendances, 323. Revenue and Expendituee. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 1,417 10 1 Rations ... ' ... ... 497 2 4 Local bodies ... ... ... 1,417 10 1 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 39 14 6 Subscriptions and donations ... 2610 0 Surgery and dispensary ... 219 6 0 Rents ... ... ... 10 0 0 Fuel and light ... ... 189 4 2 Patients'payments ... ... 229 7 2 Bedding and clothing ... ... 103 11 2 Other sources ... ... ... 100 Furniture and earthenware ... 98 10 5 Washing and laundry ... ... 28 2 0 Salaries and wages ... ... 783 3 5 Water-supply... ... ...8 0 0 Bepairs ... ... ... 121 13 7 Additions to buildings ... ... 881 8 8 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 48 3 0 Insurance ... ... .;. 16 14 6 Members' travelling-expenses ... 15 18 4 Other expenses ... ... 51 5 3 Total ... ■ ...£3,101 17 4 Total . . ...£3,101 17 4