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Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. ! Expenditure. £ s. i. From Government ... ... 669 0 0 Eations, fuel, and light... ... 363 15 5 Local bodies ... ... ... 669 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 319 6 Subscriptions and donations ... 415 311 Surgery and dispensary ... 129 3 0 Rents... ... ... ... 1800 Bedding and clothing, furniture, Patients' payments ... ... 393 5 1 and earthenware ... ... 70 14 10 Other sources ... ... ... 810 0 Salaries and wages ... ... 773 14 7 Balance from last year ... ... 612 10 3 Water-supply and rates ... 30 16 8 Funerals ... ... ... 8 19 0 I Repairs and additions ... ... 511 15 9 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 12 10 i Insurance ... ... ... 15 8 9 Other expenses ... ... 127 8 3 Total £2,785 9 3 Total ... ...£2,088 8 7 Dr. Aubin promises to be a worthy successor to Dr. Williams, who made this Hospital, in spite of the worn-out buildings, one of the best-working hospitals in the colony. A large new Hospital is being built, in spite of my remonstrances, on the old site, which is low-lying, only one acre and a tenth in size, and close up in the angle between two streets. The local authorities will by-and-by be sorry that they did not secure a more suitable site for this institution. As regards the management, and especially the nursing, I have nothing but commendation.

TIMARU HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1899 .. ... ... 21 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 290 Total under treatment ... ... ... 311 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 268 Died 23 Remaining on 31st March, 1900 ... ... ... ... 20 Sea;.—2ol males, 110 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Hospital district, 278; outside hospital district, 33. Country. —England, 70; Scotland, 33 ; Ireland, 42; New Zealand, 146 ; Australia, 2 ; Germany, 6 ; Newfoundland, 1; Finland, 1; Switzerland, 1; Mauritius, 1; Denmark, 1; Norway, 3; Cape Colony, 1; Turkey, 1; Sweden, 2. Religion. —Roman Catholic, 71; Episcopalian, 124; Presbyterian, 69; Salvation Army, 4; Brethren, 4 ; Christadelphian, 1; Wesleyan, 22; Primitive Methodist, 10; Congregationalist, 1 ; Lutheran, 1; Church of Christ, 1 ; Baptist, 1; Unitarian, 2. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 9,801; individual average days' stay, 3151. Daily average cost per head, ss. ljd.; less patients' payments, 4s. s£d. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 226 ; attendances, 633. Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 1,065 12 10 Rations ... ' ... ... 603 3 8 Local bodies ... ... ... 1,065 12 10 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 38 4 6 Subscriptions and donations ... 38 6 8 Surgery and dispensary ... 259 14 6 Rents ... ... ... 5 0 0 Fuel and light ... ... 239 8 4 Patients'payments ... ... 326 11 6 Bedding and clothing ... ... 120 19 10 Other sources ... ... ... 4196 Furniture and earthenware ... 73 10 2 Salaries and wages ... ... 888 19 10 Water-supply... ... ... 14 18 8 Repairs ... ... /:. 78 0 9 Additions to buildings ... ... 51 4 8 » Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 37 4 11 Insurance ... ... ... 15 13 6 Members' travelling-expenses ... 21 2 9 Other expenses ... ... 63 17 3 Total ... ...£2,506 3 4 Total ... ...£2,506 3 4 "Visited 20th December. —Twenty-six patients. This Hospital now has a resident Medical Officer; Dr. Gabites had taken up office shortly before my visit. In the attractive grounds and within the building the careful supervision of Major Jowsey was in evidence. The bathrooms and lavatories at Timaru are models. The institution deserves the public confidence in every respect.