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Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 2,792 12 3 Eations ... ... ... 269 13 11 Local bodies ... ... ... 375 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 117 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 412 5 5 Surgery and dispensary ... 282 13 8 Patients'payments ... ... 175 17 0 ! Fuel and light... ... ... 296 6 6 Other sources... ... ... 17 10 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 257 2 6 Balance from last year... ... 621 3 5 Furniture and earthenware ... 415 6 0 Washing and laundry ... ... 35 17 8 Salaries and wages ... ... 426 0 0 Water-supply... ... ... 285 3 4 Funerals ... ... ... 2 5 0 New buildings... ... ...1,959 9 2 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 58 5 7 Interest ... ... ... 11 4 5 Insurance ... ... ... 24 12 6 Ground improvement ... ... 83 7 10 Other expenses ... ... 26 17 5 Total £4,394 8 1 Total £4,436 2 6 Visited Ist February and 21st June.—There are structural defects here that must add considerably to the difficulty of keeping this Hospital clean and at the same time well ventilated.

WAIKATO HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1903 ... ... ... 27 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 360 Total under treatment ... ... ... 387 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 328 Died... ... ... ... ... ... ... 30 Eemaining on 31st March, 1904 ... ... 29 Sex. —273 males, 114 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Waikato County, 45 ; Waipa County, 79 ; Piako County, 44 ; Eaglan County, 20; King-country and Kawhia County, 48; Eotorua, 19 ; Hamilton, 40; Cambridge, 13; Te Aroha, 24 ; Auckland, 7 ; other districts, 21. Country.— England, 64; Scotland, 23; Ireland, 27 ; New Zealand, 214; Australia, 12; Wales, 1; Germany, 4 ; Sweden, 1; America, 7 ; India, 2 ; Austria, 1; Norway, 1; Denmark, 1; Greece, 1; Poland, 1. Religion. —Church of England, 203 ; Eoman Catholic, 51; Presbyterian, 65; Wesleyan, 18 ; Lutheran, 4; Plymouth Brethren, 1; Jewish, 1; Quaker, 1 ; Greek Church, 1; Methodist, 1; Baptist, 1; Salvationist, 1; Mormon, 1; no religion, 8. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 10,634; individual average days' stay, 2748. Daily average cost per head, 6s. IOJd. ; less patients' payments, ss. o^d. Eecbipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. , Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 1,826 12 7 Eations ... ... ... 903 19 9 Local bodies... ... ... 1,497 3 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &o. ... 2212 6 Subscriptions and donations ... 96 11 4 Surgery and dispensary ... 487 8 4 Eents ... ... ... 118 9 0 Fuel and light ... ... 187 10 7 Patients'payments ... ... 962 0 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 95 10 8 Balance from last year ... 53 10 7 Furniture and earthenware ... 92 8 6 Washing and laundry... ... 125 19 4 Salaries and wages ... ... 1,181 12 4 Water-supply ... ... 17 18 5 Funerals ... ... ... 16 19 0 Eepairs ... ... ... 166 7 2 New buildings ... ... 512 10 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 80 2 7 Insurance ... ... ... 29 15 6 Other expenses ... .. 238 19 4 Total ... ... £4,554 6 6 Total ... ... £4,159 14 0 'Visited 30th January and 17th June.—A new hospital is needed here. The present building has become inadequate for the number of pacients and it is dilapidated. It was built of whitepine, and the boards are simply drilled with minute holes. The septic tank works satisfactorily.