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Beceipts and Expenditube. Beceipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Prom Government ... ... 890 9 4 Eations ... ... ... 692 11 8 Local bodies ... ... ... 847 0 2 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 37 11 9 Subscriptions and donations ... 33 510 j Surgery and dispensary ... 357 7 0 Eents ... ... ... 1,019 12 0 Fuel and light... ... ... 481 8 6 Patients'payments ... ... 296 910 Bedding and clothing ... ... 73 17 6 Other sources... ... ... 100 8 7 Furniture and earthenware ... 88 4 7 Salaries and wages ... ... 1,012 11 6 Water-supply... ... ... 80 0 0 Funerals ... ... ... 5 12 6 Eepairs ... ... ... 11 5 1 Additions to buildings ... ... 75 11 5 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 35 0 0 Interest ... ... ... 259 2 0 Other expenses ... ... 100 7 8 Total ... ...£3,187 5 9 Total ... ...£3,310 11 2 Visited Ist February.—Twenty-four men and eleven women. Dr. Anderson, Miss Allen, and staff are all working well together, and both Medical Officer and Matron very attentive to their duties. The great distance of the isolation-ward from the main building is a disadvantage. This Hospital is a credit to Wanganui.

WELLINGTON HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1899 ... ... 137 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 1,600 Total under treatment ... ... 1,737 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... 1,467 Died ... ... ... - 118 Eemaining on 31st March, 1900 ... ... ... 152 Sex. —1,033 males, 704 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Wellington, 1,135 ; Wellington suburbs, 202 ; ships in port, 45; Petone, 49; Hutt and surrounding districts, 21; Levin, 28; Johnsonville, 8; Pahautanui, 7; Otaki, 6; Porirua, 4 ; others from Wellington Hospital District, 29; Masterton, 17 ; Eketahuna, 10; Featherston, 8; Pahiatua, 7 ; Carterton, 4 ; Martinborough, 4 ; others from Wairarapa Hospital District, 22; Palmerston North, 20; Feilding, 14; others from Palmerston North Hospital District, 7 ; Wanganui, 6 ; others from Wanganui Hospital District, 8; Taranaki Hospital District, 7; Westport, 4; others from West Coast Hospital. Districts, 10; Napier, 4; others from Hawke's Bay, 13 ; Gisborne, 4; Nelson, 2 ; Canterbury District, 5 ; Otago District, 3 ; Southland District, 1; Auckland District, 3 ; no fixed address or address unknown, 20. Country.— Ne-w Zealand, 820; England, 446 ; Ireland, 186; Scotland, 130 ; Australia, 41; Germany, 16; Sweden, 12; Norway, 12; Denmark, 11; America, 10; China, 9; Wales, 7; Greece, 3 ; New Zealand (Maori), 3 ; Assyria, 3 ; Italy, 3; Poland, 3 ; Switzerland, 3; Jersey Islands, 2; Shetland Islands, 2 ; Spain, 2; France, 2;*Bussia, 2; Cape Colony, 1; India, 1; Austria, 1; Hungary, 1; Holland, 1; Syria, 1; Finland, 1; Honolulu Islands, 1; unknown, 1. Beligion. —Church of England, 809; Eoman Catholic, 363 ; Presbyterian, 277; Wesleyan, 144 ; Salvation Army, 26; Lutheran, 23 ; Brethren, 14 ; Church of Christ, 14 ; Primitive Methodist, 14 ; Baptist, 11; Congregationalist, 11; Jewish, 11; Seventh Day Adventist, 4; Methodist, 4 ; Confucian, 3; Greek Church, 2; Freethinker, 2; United Christian Mission, 1; Spiritualist, 1; unknown, 3. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 54,532 ; individual average days' stay, 31-39. Daily average cost per head, 4s. o^d.; less patients' payments, 3s. 2fd. Outdoor Patients. —Individual cases, 2,647 ; attendances, 12,311.