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Beceipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... .. 1,597 6 5 Eations ... ... ... 754 13 2 Local bodies ... ... 596 6 8 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 85 2 4 Subscriptions and donations ... 228 0 0 Surgery and dispensary ... 108 14 2 Patients'payments ... ... 551 10 0 Fuel and light ... ... 128 1 0 Other sources ... ... 32 9 5 Bedding and clothing ... ... 55 9 11 Balance from last year ... 599 18 8 Furniture and earthenware ... 74 8 1 Washing and laundry ... ... 30 0 0 Salaries and wages ... ... 871 5 0 Funerals ... ... ... 32 10 0 Eepairs ... ... ... 27 12 2 New buildings ... ... 1,096 6 7 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... 73 17 6 Interest ... ... ... 30 16 6 Insurance ... ... ... 30 0 0 Other expenses ... ... 27 9 6 Total ... ... £3,605 11 2 Total ..- ... £3,426 511 Visited 2nd November. —The extension of this building is well advanced, and will, when finished, be one of the best district hospitals in the colony, being modelled on the admirable Wanganui model. I hope Mr. Atkins's skill will be taken advantage of in carrying out all the details which are so vital in a building of this kind. I found the institution working most satisfactorily.

4 HAWEEA HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1899 ... ... ... 3 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 88 Total under treatment ... ... ... 91 Discharged ... ... ... •■• ... ... 81 Died 4 - Eemaining on 31st March, 1900 ... ... 6 S ex . —62 males, 29 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Hawera, 71 ; Stratford, 2; Taranaki, 1; New Plymouth, 1; other districts, 8. Nationality. —Colonial, 43; English, 30; Irish, 12; Scotch, 2; French, 1; American, 2; Dane, 1. Religion. —No record. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 1,756; individual average days' stay, 19-29. Daily average cost per head, lls. Id.; less patients' payments, 9s. 7fd. Outdoor Patients. —No record. Eeoeipts and Expenditube. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 424 1 4 Eations ~. ... ... 162 8 5 Local bodies... ... ... 424 1 41 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 7 18 0 Patients' payments ... ... 126 4 3 Surgery and dispensary ... 68 9 2 Fuel and light ... ... 40 16 6 Bedding and clothing ... ... 20 1 4 ; Furniture and earthenware ... 31 19 i Washing and laundry ... ... 11 15 0 Salaries and wages ... ... 412 16 3 ! Eepairs ... ... ... 129 8 6 J Printing, advertising, postage, : and stationery ... ... 43 1 0 j Interest ... ... ... 170 Insurance ... .. ... 717 0 Other expenses ... ... 36 9 5 Total ... , £974 6 11 Total £974 6 11 Visited 3rd February.—Six men and two women patients. This Hospital has suffered a loss in the death of Miss Tyers, a conscientious and hardworking Matron. Shortly before my visit Wardsman Duffy had made trouble, but the Matron was exonerated from all blame, and her position rightly defined and strengthened. All was in excellent order.