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Eeceipts and Expenditure. Beceipts. £ s. d. | Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 3,088 8 5 Eations ... ... ... 2,059 14 7 Local bodies... ... ... 2,825 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 196 6 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 238 1 2 ! Surgery and dispensary ... 756 910 Patients'payments ... ... 1,534 8 7 j Fuel and light ... ... 724 011 Other sources ... ... 261 15 9 Bedding and clothing ... ... 25 4 0 Furniture, earthenware, &c. ... 257 13 5 Washing and laundry machinery 155 12 0 Salaries and wages ... ... 2,470 16 9 Water-supply ... ... 181 14 3 Funerals 20 12 6 Eepairs ... ... ... 438 4 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... 62 0 5 Interest ... ... ... 0 13 3 Insurance ... ... ... 39 7 6 Commission ... ... ... 10 0 6 Other expenses ... ... 291 1 5 Total ... ... £7,947 13 11 Total ... ... £7,689 11 4 Visited 2nd December and 14th May.—The new children's ward is in every respect an admirable structure. There is no town in the colony where such skill and pains have been devoted to hospital construction as Dunedin, except, perhaps, Wanganui. The general management and the medical and surgical work are deserving of the highest praise.

DUNSTAN HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1899 ... ... ... 4 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 64 Total under treatment ... ... ... 68 Discharged ... .... ... ... ... ... 60 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 Eemaining on 31st March, 1900 ... ... 4 Sex. —sB males, 10 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Dunstan district, Alexandra, Clyde, Earnscleugh. Country. —England, 12 ; Ireland, 14; Scotland, 11; New Zealand, 24; Sweden, 2 ; Tasmania, 1; Australia, 4. Beligion. —Church of England, 28; Eoman Catholic, 15; other religions, 25. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 1,053; individual average days' stay, 15-48. Daily average cost per head, 14s. 6£d.; less patients' payments, 12s. 4d. Outdoor Patients. —4o; attendances, 67. Eeceipts and Expenditure. Beceipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 457 15 1 Eations ... ... ... 116 18 7 Local bodies ... ... ... 421 6 7 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 17 18 9 Subscriptions and donations ... 117 2 6 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 61 2 9 Patients'payments ... ... 116 11 0 Fuel and light ... ... ... 27 8 8 Other sources ... ... ... 15 10 3 Bedding and clothing ... ... 793 Balance from last year ... ... 162 12 10 Furniture and earthenware ... 26 19 8 Salaries and wages ... ... 414 10 0 Water-supply ... ... ... 22 13 2 Funerals ... ... ... 400 Eepairs ... ... ... 2 0 0 Additions to buildings ... ... 187 4 2 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 21 10 10 Interest ... ... ... 196 Insurance and rents ... ... 9 14 6 Commission ... ... ... 2 10 5 Other expenses... ... ... 29 13 11 Total ... ..,£1,290 18 3 Total ... ... £953 4 2 Visited 15th December.—Four men and one woman. With the general prosperity of the district this Hospital at Clyde has improved. The water-supply is now good, and the storeroom well stocked with linen, &c. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson keep all in good order. The old part of the building with its leaky roof is to come down and another ward be added.