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Revenue and Expendituee. Revenue. £ s. d. ' Expenditure. £ ~, s. d. From Government ... ... 4,278 15 5 i Rations. ... ... ... 3,097 6 9 Local bodies ... ... 3,900 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 114 3 7 Subscriptions and donations ... 1,044 11 1 Surgery and dispensary ... 1,509 1 8 Rents ... ... ... 2,082 15 2 Fuel and light ... ... 845 4 3 Patients'payments ... ... 1,840 0 5 Bedding and clothing ... 451 11 11 Other sources ... ... 27 10 0 Furniture and earthenware ... 161 5 4 Balance from last year ... 3,066 1 2 Washing and laundry ... 329 19 1 Salaries and wages ... ... 3,585 16 8 Water-supply ... ... 180 8 0 Funerals ... ... ... 30 19 6 Repairs ... ... ... 268 16 2 Additions to buildings ... 2,029 9 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... 63 2 0 Interest and principal ... 403 12 0 Insurance ... ... ... 41 17 6 Other expenses ... ... 287 7 3 Total... ...£16,239 13 3' Total... ...£13,400 0 8 This Hospital is so well known for its vigorous and successful administration that I have nothing new to say about it. I am sorry to find that there is a falling-off of about £200 in the patients' payments for the year. Auckland Hospital collected £2,795, as against £1,840 for Wellington. The eight-hours system has been introduced for the nurses, and here, if anywhere, it is justified, for on the day of my last visit practically every bed was full. I was present when the bed in which a patient had just died was being got ready for another who was just being put into it. The new operating-room, which is well designed, is rapidly approaching completion. The new Matron appears, after a certain amount of inevitable difficulty, to have got everything well in hand. I think the time has come when Dr. Ewart ought to accept the assistance of a junior surgeon. Miss Godfrey has retired from the position of Matron, which for many years she filled so satisfactorily, carrying with her the good-will and respect of all who knew her.

WESTPORT HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1898 ... ... ... 29 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 119 Total under treatment ... ... ... 148 Discharged ... ..... ... ... ... ... 114 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 17 Remaining on 31st March, 1899 ... ... ... ... 17 Sex. —126 males, 22 females. Locality from which Patients came. —Buller County. Country. —England, 26 ; Ireland, 25 ; Scotland, 21; New Zealand, 34 ; Australia, 8 ; Tasmania, 4; America, 8; Germany, 15; Italy, 5; China, 2. ■?■! Religion. —Church of England, 46; Roman Catholic, 66; Presbyterian, 20; Wesleyan, 9; Lutheran, 3; Adventist, 2 ; Confucian, 2. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 9,043; individual average days' stay, 61-10. Daily average cost per head, 3s. 7f d. ; less patients' payments, 3s. 3d. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 90 ; attendances, 273. J Revenue and Expendituee. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 941 13 1 Rations ... ... ... 373 1 9 Local bodies... ... .... 661 0 5 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 27 16 1 Subscriptions and donations ... 233 17 '3 Surgery and dispensary ... 81 17 5 Patients'payments ... ... 178 9 5 Fuel and light... ... ... 87 17 11 Other sources... ... ... 25 1 5 Bedding and clothing ... ... 44 3 6 Furniture and earthenware ... 52 12 1 Salaries and wages ... ... 581 3 2 Funerals ... ... ... 39 15 0 Repairs ... ... ... 286 13 11 Additions ... ... ... 391 18 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery, &c. ... ... 32 5 9 Insurance ... ... ... 11 12 3 Commission ... ... ... 5 9 4 Other expenses ... ... 23 15 5 Total ... ... £2,040 1 7 Total ... ...£2,040 1 7