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Table XXI.— Average Cost of each Patient per Annum.

Note.—Including the first five item- in Table XX., the net cost per patient is £22 9s. Bd., as against £21 19s. Ofd. for ihe previous year, beiug an increase of 10s. 7Jd. per head.

Table XX.— Showing the Expenditure for the Year 1900.

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Items. Auckland. Christchurch. Dunedin (Seaclifi). Hokitika. Nelson. Porirua. ellington. Total. Inspector* Assistant Inspector* Clerk* Medical fees* Contingencies* Official Visitors Visiting Medical Officers Superintendents Assistant Medical Officers Clerks Matrons Attendants and servants Rations Fuel and light Bedding and clothing Surgery and dispensary Wines, spirits, ale, and porter.. Farm Necessaries, incidental, and miscellaneous £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,000 0 0 87 0 0 197 10 0 998 13 6 289 0 5 151 4 0 369 17 10 3,447 0 0 1,081 5 6 726 13 4 617 1 5 ■ 21,117 4 8 17,683 6 5 4,463 9 6 5,291 4 4 399 11 0 123 9 7 3,664 3 2 11,021 1 2 •• -- •• ■• • • 25 4 0 12 12 0 50 8 0 12 12 0 150 0 0 3C0 0 0 12 12 0 219 17 10 200 0 0 75 0 0 1,204 8 1 1,182 9 8 280 2 4 202 4 8 42 15 5 8 3 6 274 3 0 620 7 6 2,j 4 0 600 0 0 91 13 4 120 0 0 84 19 9 3,443 16 4 2,883 14 10 953 11 2 824 11 6 58 18 5 19 11 3 781 14 7 1,980 13 8 12 12 0 576' 3 4 250 0 0 120 0 0 88 15 0 2,482 12 0 2,113 15 4 669 6 3 485 10 8 55 8 7 44 7 0 250 4 6 1,408 14 9 570 16 8 600 0 0 239 12 2 250 0 0 108 6 8 190 0 0 88 6 8 95 0 0 3,672 3 8 3,986 10 4 3,305 14 3 3,218 15 2 764 7 3 1,267 8 2 946 19 10 1,324 19 11 43 18 1 106 4 2 13 0 0 9 10 456 1 3 817 9 7 1,618 4 4 1,860 12 2 600 0 0 250 0 0 188 6 8 100 0 0 5,273 12 10 3,973 8 10 475 6 2 1,276 5 3 74 19 2 22 3 4 1,084 10 3 3,278 4 1 85 0 0 1,054 1 5 1,005 8 4 53 8 2 230 12 6 17 7 2 7 3 6 254 4 8 Totals Repayments, sale of produce, &c. 11,852 14 10 13,738 12 6 3,253 12 9 3,366 12 6 j I j 16,647 4 7 : 3,966 12 7 3,169 17 9 315 2 7 4,322 4 0 933 18 2 11,868 8 10 1,479 0 11 8,557 9 5 2,259 9 8 72,728 15 10 15,574 9 2 Actual cost .. 8,599 2 1 j 10,372 0 0 6,297 19 9 57,154 6 8 12,680 12 0 2,854 15 2 3,388 5 10 10,389 7 11 * Not included in Table XXI.

Asylums. Provisions. Salaries. Bedding _ . , Surgery Wines, and T?iht and Spirits, Ale, Clothing, j Dispensary. &c. Farm. Total Cost Repayment and lis Per forWainceSaneous. Patient - tenauce - Total Cost per Head, less Repayments j for "Maintenance Total Cost 'ZTLTiL per Head, less of Receipts I \\XfndT oreof ad kinds, p™^ Decrease in 1900. Increase in 1900. j i £ s. d. " £ s. d. j £ s. d. £ s. d. j £ s.' d. £ s. d. Auckland .. 6 19 5| 9 18 6 1 19 11J 1 12 3£ i 0 1 10J I 0 0 6* Christchurch .. 6 6 5 10 1 8| 2 12 0J 2 9 9§ ' 0 4 2 ! 0 0 4J Dunedin (Seaclifi) 6 9 7£ 10 10 10 ■ 2 1 7J 0 15 6 0 2 5J : 0 0 8| Hokitika .. 8 3 5| 13 0 5} 1 17 6 0 8 8J . 0 2 9| ' 0 1 2 Nel-on .. .. 8 12 l\ 12 9 10} . 1 9 6J 2 0 10J i 0 6 3 0 1 21 Porirua .. 6 12 10} 10 1 2J j 1 18 0 2 3 ll| j 0 2 8£ | 0 0 10} Wellington ..879 14 0 2 | 1 18 6£ 2 13 1} : 0 4 4§ j 0 3 6| Averages .. 6 19 1J 10 16 5J 2 1 7} 1 15 1J '' 0 3 1} | 0 0 11} £ s. d. 0 19 2* 1 12 li 1 15 4J 2 0 01 1 16 01 0 19 10J 1 8 9} I £ s. a. 3 8 3J 3 13 11 5 6 ll| 2 1 4 4 10 6} 4 11 3J 5 11 9J £ s. d. 25 0 1 26 19 9 27 3 1 25 15 5 31 10 11} 27 6 11 33 19 2 £ s. d. 5 7 11 5 7 4} 4 15 1 2 6 0J 5 14 0| 2 13 9 7 13 91 4 17 41 £ s. d. 19 12 2 21 12 41 22 8 0 23 9 4} 25 16 ll| 24 13 2 26 5 4} I £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 18 2 9J 20 8 51 2 5 7} 20 7 5} 19 7 4 20 13 8 20 3 01 23 42 23 751033 24 14 7} 21 15 2} ! 23 18 9 21 5 10 24 19 10 23 13 2 £ s. d. 1 0 1} 0 10 7} 2 19 5 2 12 11 16 8 i 1 21 9 51 20 16 11} 0 12 5A 4 6 8i 27 11 11} 22 14 7J