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TABLE IV. —Showing Hospital Expenditure for Twelve Years ending 31st March, 1909.

Year. No. of Hospitals. o a »! Ph Mean Rations Popula- and tion. Provisions Wines, Ale, &c. Surgery and Dispensary. Fuel ana Light. Bedding Furniture Washing and and and Clothing. Crockery. Laundry. Salaries and Wages. 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 41 11,532 724,681 42 11,580 739,193 43 12,493 752,644 44 12,399 765,668 45 14,233 781,356 47 14,649 802,419 47 15,033 826,902 48 15,278 851,964 49 16,216 877,469 50 17,521 901,920 53 19,160 915,727 54 19,653 945,063 £ 3. d. 21,081 12 4 21,415 16 11 21,645 10 6 22,281 16 3 25,852 19 0 28,104 1 10 29,933 10 10 30,725 17 2 33,546 9 2 37,098 6 2 39,410 14 9 42,484 14 4 1 £ a. d. £ s. d. 1,214 3 9 8,311 9 4 1,268 9 3 8,765 2 9 1,284 8 1 8,485 3 8 1,190 4 i 9,305 12 8 1,398 2 7 9,362 11 4 1,544 9 110,782 12 10 1,355 2 011,639 18 9 1,219 12 712,567 5 11 1,152 1 4 13,732 14 9 1,174 7 4 15,144 13 3 1,083 12 4 15,430 14 1 985 15 515,973 7 4 £ a. d. 6,599 4 0 6,573 7 3 6,959 16 4 7,578 15 10 8,642 0 1 9,392 13 5 9,847 10 1 10,374 8 6 10,616 12 0 11,616 8 3 13,248 5 1 14,747 18 6 £ s. d. 2,487 7 2 2,982 7 7 2,313 18 6 3,157 3 5 3,088 3 6 3,761 6 11 3,385 4 9 3,905 5 7 4,734 2 9 4,266 7 5 4,907 14 6 6,017 10 0 £ s. d. 1,938 3 7 2,355 4 1 4,062 17 8 2,899 0 5 3.321 4 1 2,940 18 1 4,778 0 8 3.322 8 0 4,885 12 1 4,699 11 5 6,649 7 8 6,351 9 11 £ a. d. 1,213 8 9 1,317 3 8 1,378 9 6 1,374 6 9 1,445 3 8 1,477 19 9 1,874 4 6 1,481 15 10 1,391 8 8 1,638 15 5 1,707 14 8 1,257 12 10 £ s. d. 31,612 3 2 33,836 2 5 35,278 10 2 36,392 12 1 38,797 3 5 40,082 15 3 43,963 6 7 46,515 18 0 50,833 13 4 55,652 15 7 63,171 8 8 71,924 9 4 31-9 70-4 30-4 I J 101-5 Peroent&ge of Increase ur Decrease. 18'7 92-2 ider each Ite 121-9 im. 141-9 221-8 3-6 127-5 'ear. Watersupply. Funerals. Repairs. Additions to .J^I&f.' For Interest. For ComInsurance. mission. Other Expenses. Totals. 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 £ s. d. 980 0 2 960 17 11 1,070 0 1 968 0 5 912 15 9 934 11 9 1,224 0 1 1,366 18 7 1,900 1 2 1,542 15 9 1,756 17 11 1,738 7 0 £ s. d. 414 16 5 473 7 8 490 17 10 347 9 0 433 18 9 460 0 6 442 1 0 527 17 0 530 17 11 609 3 9 509 9 9 495 2 3 £ s. d. 3,848 5 10 2,965 16 10 4,481 17 6 4,078 13 1 3,905 19 3 4,346 15 4 5,178 1 3 5,315 13 0 5,089 0 11 4,876 9 6 5,236 G 7 5,645 14 10 £ s. d. 8,624 18 2 13,771 14 2 9,087 2 11 18,648 13 5 15,095 16 2 17,647 16 10 27.507 18 10 28,640 9 6 20,378 19 11 31.508 2 7 39,498 12 2 55,837 7 3 £ s. d. 1,158 19 9 1,263 15 1 1,220 7 11 1,377 11 3 1,267 6 1 1,394 3 0 1,521 2 10 1,413 18 8 1,745 17 6 1,861 2 3 2,020 18 10 2,043 11 10 £ s. d. 852 0 8 855 1 7 730 3 6 740 16 1 497 14 2 819 6 10 611 8 10 809 16 9 1,059 17 1 1,062 13 8 t t £ s. d. 657 4 11 730 2 2 711 5 3 770 15 0 976 10 7 1,007 9 7 1,161 8 11 1,249 13 5 1,095 19 10 1,017 17 11 1,270 0 11 1,146 3 3 £ s. d. 158 11 11 173 2 2 181 2 2 172 0 10 209 4 11 193 14 2 130 13 0 147 19 1 268 0 8 216 1 4 t t £ s. d. 4,547 8 0 6,044 16 8 8,874 19 7 6,251 17 6 8,159 5 6 13,136 1 10 9,214 15 7 16,688 13 2 14,475 14 8 11,956 8 3 15,020 8 2* 10,154 3 7* £ 95,700 105,752 108,257 117,535 123,366 138,027 153,768 166,277 167,437 185,942 210,780 236,803 Perce: intage of Incri 76-3 rease under ea ,ch Item. 123-3 I i 147-4 77-3 19-2 I 46-8 547-8 74-6 - 1 * Including interest and commission. t Included in other expenses.