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Receipts and Expenditube. Receipts. £ s. d. I Expenditure. £ s. d. Prom Government ... ... 1,610 10 0 Rations ... ... . .. 675 9 6 Local bodies ... ... 1,610 10 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 58 8 9 Subscriptions and donations ... 28 510 Surgery and dispensary ... 239 0 5 Patients'payments ... .. 215 19 8 Fuel and light ... ... 299 18 6 Other sources ... ... 117 11 3 Bedding and clothing ... ... 266 12 6 Furniture and earthenware ... 301 19 7 Washing and laundry ... 54 11 7 Salaries and wages ... ... 1,173 12 2 Water-supply ... ... 14 9 0 Funerals ... ... ... 57 0 0 Repairs ... ... ... 289 19 8 i Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... 48 11 2 Interest ... ... • ... 6 11 0 Commission ... . . ... 010 0 Insurance ... ... ... 23 13 6 Other expenses ... ... 60 15 5 Total ... ... £3,582 16 9 Total ... ... £3,571 2 9 Visited Bth December.—Here is peace at last after the stormy times of the last few years. The Secretary, Mr. Gunn, has left. The whole place is in excellent order, notably the kitchen department, and the handsome new wards are a vast improvement upon the old surgical quarters. It is pleasant to visit this Hospital.

KUMARA HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1899 ... ... ... 17 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 84 Total under treatment ... ... ... 101 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 68 Died 16 Remaining on 31st March, 1900 ... ... 17 Sex. —B4 males, 17 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Kumara, 32 ; Dillman's, 26 ; Greenstone, 4 ; Jackson, 8; Westbrook, 10; Teremakau, 4; Otira, 7; Gillespie's, 2; Grey, 2; Kapitea, 6. Nationality. —English, 20; Irish, 24 ; Scotch, 9 ; New Zealand, 30; Chinese, 2 ; Danish, 4 ; French, 2 ; Italian, 1; Austrian, 1; Victorian, 2; Portuguese, 1; Channel Islanders, 5. Religion. —Church of England, 35; Roman Catholic, 39; Presbyterian, 14; Wesleyan, 4; Confucian, 2 ; Lutheran, 7. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 5,556 ; individual average days' stay, 55. Daily average cost per head, 3s. Id.; less patients' payments, 2s. 5Jd. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 293 ; attendances, 439. Receipts and Expendituee. Receipts. £ s. d. ; Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 334 14 9 Rations ... ... ... 311 8 11 Local bodies... ... ... 209 7 4 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 14 11 6 Subscriptions and donations ... 109 16 6 Surgery and dispensary ... 3110 Patients'payments ... ... 174 18 0 Fuel and light ... ... 37 10 0 Balance from last year .. 3 7 7 Bedding, clothing, furniture, &c. 61 19 9 Salaries and wages ... ... 346 5 0 Funerals ... ... ... 30 5 0 Repairs ... ... ... 2 10 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 976 Insurance ... ... ... 690 Other expenses ... ... 10 0 Total £832 4 2 J Total £852 7 8 Visited Ist November.—l found this Hospital in excellent order. The patients are well treated in every respect.