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Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st March, 1908. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance from last year ... 117 3 7 Rations ... ... ... 283 2 9 From Government ... ... 861 1 3 Wines, spirits, ale, and porter ... 110 Local bodies... ... ... 691 10 0 Surgery and dispensary ... 127 6 2 Subscriptions and donations ... 181 10 0 Fuel and light ... ... 113 11 1 Patients' payments ... ... 257 12 6 Bedding and clothing ... 35 13 1 Government Accident Insurance 49 15 0 Salaries and wages ... ... 701 14 9 Tickets .. ... ... 1456 Repairs and grounds ... ... 302 11 1 Telephone .:. ... ... 030 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery... ... ... 16 10 0 Insurance ... ... ... 23 4 2 Other expenses (principal items— Government Accident Insurance, Nurse McLarnon, injury to hand, £30; refund subsidy overpaid, £5 6s. 3d. ; ambu-lance-hire, £6 ; cow, £7) ... 84 15 4 Total ... ... £2,173 010 Total ... £1,689 9 5 Visited 11th January, 1908.—This Hospital was only opened in June, 1906, but already the Trustees talk of erecting an additional ward for not less than twelve beds. At the time of my visit there were twelve patients in the institution —ten men and two women. The women could only be accommodated in small side wards. With two exceptions, all the male patients were accident cases. There therefore seemed good grounds for a new ward; but I told the Chairman, Mr. Wratt, that a strong local effort should be made to provide the necessary funds. The Hospital is very well managed. The Trustees do not interfere unduly with the Hospital staff and Matron. The medical staff consists of the medical men practising in the town, who are allowed to attend their own cases there. It says much for the tact and judgment of the local practitioners that no friction is occasioned by this arrangement. As compared with hospitals of a similar size, there are few operations. The Matron, Miss Godfray, has been granted leave of absence to visit the Old Country.

28. NASEBY HOSPITAL. Governing body : Naseby Hospital Trustees. Stipendiary medical staff: Dr. MacKnight. Nursing staff: Matron, Miss Scolau ; and 3 probationers. Domestic staff : 1 cook, 1 laundress, 1 porter, 1 gardener. Number of beds available for males, 12; for females, 9: total, 21. Number of patients under treatment during year: In-patients—male 91, female 45—total 136; out-patients, 87 (number of attendances, 223). In-patients: Average days' stay, 21*4; average daily cost per head, Bs. (cost after deducting patients' payments, ss. 3d.). Percentage of cost of administration on maintenance expenditure, 51. Locality from which patients came: Maniototo County. Nationality of patients: New-Zealanders, 68; English, 10; Scotch, 27; Irish, 15; Australian, 5; Chinese, 6; various, 5. Religion: Church of England, 28; Roman Catholic, 28; Presbyterian, 72; others, 8. Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st March, 1908. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance from last year ... ... 130 10 7 Rations ... ... ... 234 13 1 From Government ... ... 317 4 7 Wines, spirits, ale, and porter ... 4 16 Local bodies ... ... ... 15p 0 0 Surgery and dispensary ... 130 12 9 Subscriptions and donations ... 122 7 9 Fuel and light ... ... 89 4 0 Patients'payments ... ... 403 11 2 Bedding and clothing ... ... 7 8 0 Accident Insurance ... ... 9 15 4 Furniture and earthenware ... 31 4 6 Miscellaneous... ... ... 665 Washing and laundry ... ... 738 Salaries and wages ... ... 563 19 0 Water-supply... ... ... 800 Repairs ... ... ... 6 18 0 Alterations ... ... ... 28 0 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 21 13 1 Insurance ... ... ... 5 19 6 Newspapers ... ... ... 2 11 6 Accident payment ... ... 9 15 4 Legal expenses ... ... 5 14 0 Fowl-feed ... ... ... 3 2 6 Grounds ... ... ... 3 9 10 Private telephone ... ... 2 0 0 Miscellaneous... ... ... 10 4 0 Total ... ...£1,139 15 10! Total ... ...£1,175 14 3