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Receipts and Expenditure. Beceipts. £ s. d. I Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 121 3 7 Rations ... ... ... 70 18 9 Derived from North Canterbury Wines, &c. ... ... ... 2 10 0 Hospital Board, of which it is a Surgery and dispensary ... ... 15 11 3 branch hospital ... ... 121 3 8 Fuel and light ... ... ... 16 19 3 Patients' payments ... ... 22 3 0 Salaries and wages ... ... 150 0 0 Other expenses ... ... 8110 Total £264 10 3 Total £264 10 3

COROMANDEL HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1899 ... ... ... 9 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 113 Total under treatment ... ... ... 122 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 108 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9 Remaining on 31st March, 1900 ... ... 5 Sex. —80 males, 42 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Coromandel, 110; Waikino, 1; Rotorua, 1; New Plymouth, 1. Nationality. — England, 29; Ireland, 14; Scotland, 3; New Zealand, 51; India, 2; America, 2; Norway, 1; Russia, 1; Hanover, 1; Tasmania, 3; Italy, 1; Wales, 3; Japan, 1; Sweden, 1. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 2,887 ; individual average days' stay, 2366. Daily average cost per head, Bs. 9fd. ; less patients' payments, 7s. 6d. Outdoor Patients. —Individual cases, 344 ; attendances, 419. Receipts and Expenditube. Beceipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 718 19 11 Rations ... ... ... 201 8 3 Local bodies ... ... ... 200 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, and portei* . .-i 9146 Subscriptions and donations ... 365 17 3 Surgery and dispensary ... 104 11 5 Patients'payments ... ... 192 1 6 Fuel and light ... ... 65 19 9 Other sources ... ... 0 13 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 15 11 1 Balance from last year ... 121 4 1 Furniture and earthenware ... 49 19 5 Washing and laundry ... . . 4163 Salaries and wages ... ... 595 3 4 Additions to buildings... ... 149 6 0 Commission ... ... .... 164 *» Insurance .. ... ... 13 11 3 Other expenses ... ... 211 16 3 Total ... ...£1,598 15 9 Total ... ... £1,423 310 Visited 27th February.—Four men patients and four women. Sister Mary Agatha (a nurse trained in St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney) is in charge, with two assistant sisters, a wardsman, and a cook-laundress. The Hospital is bright, clean, and excellently managed. Dr. Bull is well satisfied with the nursing skill of the sisters, and patients speak gratefully of their gentle attention.

CROMWELL HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1899 ... ... ... 1 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 77 Total under treatment ... ... ... 78 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 73 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 Remaining on 31st March, 1900