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Ebceipts and Expendituee. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure, £ s. d. From Government ... ... 1,567 211 Eations ... ... ... 576 17 10 Local bodies ... ... ... 425 0 0 "Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 28 3 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 433 8 3 Surgery and dispensary ... 228 1 4 Bequest ... ... ... 10 0 0 Fuel and light ... ... 95 2 3 Patients'payments ... ... 357 12 11 Bedding and clothing ... ... 16 1 7 Furniture and earthenware ... 69 15 5 Washing and laundry ... ... 51145 Salaries and wages ... ... 645 2 4 Funerals ... ... ... 9 8 0 Sanitation ... ... ... 47 10 0 New buildings and additions ... 743 17 1 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 75 5 5 Insurance ... ... ... 8 19 5 Other expenses ... ... 78 13 9 Total ... ...£2,793 4 1 Total ... ...£2,674 1110 Visited 13th and 14th September and 10th December.—Twenty-five inmates, sixteen being those infirm from old age, and nine hospital cases proper. The new ward is occupied, and the Ross double-current ventilator has proved a success. Miss Gosling, the Matron, carries out her duties well.

EIVERTON HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1903 ... ... ... 19 Admitted during the year ... .. ... ... 172 Total under treatment ... '... ... 191 Discharged ... ... ... - ... ... ... 169 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 8 Remaining on 31st]March, 1904 ... ... 14 Sex. —l3l males, 60 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Waiau, Orepuki, Colac, Eiverton, Otautau, Thornbury, Nightcaps, Tapanui, Fairfax, Round Hill, Kelso. Nationality. —English, Scotch, Irish, Chinese, Maori. Religion.— Church of England, Presbyterian, Wesleyan, Roman Catholic, Confucian. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 4,646; individual average days' stay, 24-32. Daily average cost per head, 7s. 5Jd.; less patients' payments, 6s. 3fd. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 150; attendances, 202. Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 912 7 4 Rations ... ... ... 379 19 10 Local bodies ... ... ... 875 17 9 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 15 7 3 Subscriptions and donations ... 15 10 8 Surgery and dispensary ... 149 16 1 Patients'payments ..." ... 266 13 6 Fuel and light ... ... 115 16 3 Other sources ... ... 16 0 6 Bedding and clothing ... ... 41 18 11 Balance from last year ... ... 138 011 Furniture and earthenware ... 19 111 Washing and laundry ... ... 14 2 6 Salaries and wages ... ... 728 2 6 Water-supply ... ... 18 9 6 Repairs ... ... ... 36 18 1 Additions to buildings ... 413J-1 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 8 11 11 Interest ... ... ... 0 13 2 Insurance ... ... ... 12 16 3 Other expenses ... ... 191 19 0 Total ... ...£2,224 10 8 Total £2,146 14 2 Visited 6th May. — This Hospital is well managed medically and surgically and also economically. The cement in the bath-room is falling, possibly owing to bad workmanship. There is also defective workmanship shown in the operating-room.