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Eeceipts and Expendituke. Beceipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 607 7 7 Eations ... ... ... 166 4 1 Local bodies ... ... ... 566 9 5 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 13 13 6 Subscriptions and donations ... 17 11 6 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 95 18 7 Patients'payments ... ... 137 2 5 Fuel and light ... ... ... 53 15 4 Other sources ... ... ... 15 13 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 66 010 Balance from last year ... ... 513 2 Furniture and earthenware ... 27 1 6 Salaries and wages ... ... 498 16 2 Funerals ... ... ... 150 Eepairs ... ... ... 124 10 4 Additions 127 10 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 11 17 3 Interest ... ... ... 066 Insurance ... .. ... 13 9 0 Other expenses... ... ... 146 1 11 Total ... £1,349 17 1 Total ... £1,346 10 0 Visited 19th December.—Six men and five women. This pretty little Hospital was fresh with paint, new linoleum, and new blankets. Mrs. Chapman makes all comfortable and homelike, and Drs. Barclay and Cruickshanks look well after the patients.

WAIPAWA HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1899 ... ... ... 37 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 265 Total under treatment ... ... ... 302 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 254 Died 20 Eemaining on 31st March, 1900... ... ... ... 28 Sex. —217 males, 85 females. Localities from which Patients came. —-Bush, 118; Kaikora (Coast), 34; Waipukurau, 18; Waipawa, 16 ; Makaretu, 29; Hastings, 8 ; Dannevirke, 50; Woodville, 8 ; Te Aute, 10; Napier, 4 ; Wanganui, 1; Alfredton, 4 ; Palmerston, 1 ; Feilding, 1. Nationality. —Colonial, 128; English, 79; Swedish, 9; Irish, 32; Scotch, 16; American, 1; Norwegian, 9; German, 3 ; Welsh, 2; Canadian, 1; Danish, 13 ; Tasmanian, 2 ; Eussian, 1; East Indian, 1; Bohemian, 1; Australian, 3; West Indian, 1. Beligion. —Church of England, 140; Eoman Catholic, 38 ; Presbyterian, 47 ; Wesleyan, 19; Methodist, 3 ; Plymouth Brethren, 2 ; Salvationist, 8 ; Lutheran, 37 ; Adventist, 1; Unitarian, 1; Christadelphian, 2 ; Freethinker, 1 ; no religion, 3. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 9,387 ; individual average days' stay, 31 - 8. Daily average cost per head, 4s. Id.; less patients' payments, 3s. 6Jd. Eeceipts and Expbnditueb. Beeeipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 1,101 13 6 Eations ... ... ... 488 2 8 Local bodies ... ... ... 725 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, and porter ... 19 17 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 219 1 8 Surgery and dispensary .:. 138 5 4 Patients'payments ... ... 258 2 6 Fuel and light ... ... 143 5 1 Balance from last year... ... 299 4 6 | Bedding and clothing ... ... 35 0 7 Washing and laundry ... ... 33 13 6 Salaries and wages ... ... 798 11 0 Funerals ... ... ... 21 8 0 Furniture and repairs ... ... 136 10 5 Additions to buildings ... ... 127 12 8 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 24 16 9 Insurance ... ... ... 36 5 1 Other expenses ... ... 47 3 5 Total ... ...£2,603 2 2 Total ... ...£2,050 11 6 Visited 6th March.—Ten men and ten women. All very satisfactory, and nursing specially good. Miss Godfray has received six months' leave of absence to spend in the Transvaal, and Dr. Go fray is also in South Africa. . The arrangements made during their absence seem to be quiie satisfactory.