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Eeceipts and Expenditube. Beceipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ a. d. From Government ... ... 235 7 8 Eations ... ... ... 117143 Local bodies ... ... ... 196 14 10 "Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 25 14 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 32 4 0 Surgery and dispensary ... 854 Patients'payments ... ... 90 10 0 Fuel and light ... ... 40 0 0 Other sources... .. ... 33 6 5 Bedding and clothing ... ... 478 Salaries and wages ... ... 264 10 0 Eepairs ... ... ... 9 15 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 10 0 11 Interest ... ... ... 10 0 Insurance ... ... ... 500 Other expenses ... ... 101 15 9 Total ... ' ... £588 211 Total ... ... £588 211 Visited 15th March. —This Hospital is a kindly, comfortable, old-man's home. The time has now come when Mr. and Mrs. Bowden should be retired on account of age. The Board should acknowledge their long service to the utmost of their power. Owing to the age of the building and the advent of large industries, as well as the probable completion of the railway, a new building would be justified.

QUBBNSTOWN HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1899 ... ... ... 6 Admitted during the year ~. ... ... ... 109 Total under treatment ... ... ... 115 Discharged ... .., ... ... ... ... 102 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... 8 Eemaining on 31st March, 1900 ... ... 5 Sex. —9o males, 25 females. Localities from which Patients came. — Lake County, 109; Vincent County, 4; Clutha County, 2. Country.—New Zealand, 39 ; England, 20; Ireland, 21; Scotland, 19 ; Australia, 6; Holland, 2 ; Germany, 2 ; Tasmania, 2; America, 2 ; Wales, 1; Canada, 1. Religion. —Church of England, 25 ; Eoman Catholic, 29 ; Presbyterian, 53; Wesleyan, 2 ; Baptist, 5 ; Methodist, 1. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 2,919; individual average days' stay, 2538. Daily average cost per head, 6s. 3d. ; less patients' payments, 3s. 9-Jd. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 77 ; attendances, 136. Beceipts and Expenditube. Beceipts. £ s. d i Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 333 1 8 Eations ... ... ... 174 7 5 Local bodies ... ... ... 255 0 0 Wines, &c. ... ... ... 800 Subscriptions and donations ... 52 1 9 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 43 18 11 Patients'payments ... ... 359 611 Fuel and light ... ... ... 85 0 9 Other sources ... ... ... 046 Salaries and wages ... ... 430 6 6 Balance from last year ... ... 1379 Bedding, clothing, furniture, and repairs ... .. ... 72 16 1 Funerals ... ... ... 300 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 413 0 Insurance ... ... ... 15 5 3 Commission ... ... ... 18 15 4 I Other expenses ... ... 54 16 4 Total ... £1,013 2 7 Total ... £910 19 7 Visited 12th December,—Eight men and one woman. An isolation-ward has been added, but it has neither water-closet, nor a room for a nurse, and would therefore be of little use for any serious infectious case. The nursing of the Hospital is in the hands of Mr. and Mrs. Davendale,