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Expenditure. The total expenditure of Hospital and Charitable Aid Boards was £549,830, and compares in detail with that of 1912-13 as follows:— 1912-13. 1913-14. £ £ Hospital maintenance* .. .. .. .. 228,337 249,911 Charitable aid .. ..* .. .. .. 90,687 94,735 Public health .. .. .. .. 7,803 11,867 Administration .. .. .. .. ..22,210 21,323 Capital expenditure .. .. .. .. .. 100,822 140,840 Other expenditure .. .. .. .. ..19.928 31,153 £469,787 £549,830 * Includes expenditure on pathological, dental, and tuberculosis out-patients departments. The total expenditure by separate institutions was, — 1912-13. 1913-14. £ £ Hospital maintenance .. .. .. .. 2,801 3,181 Charitable aid .. .. .. .. .. 6,784 8,315 Administration .. . . .. .. .. 590 951 Capita] expenditure .. .. .. .. .. 2,527 1,637 Other expenditure .. .. .. .. .. . 1,548 1,452 £14,249 £15,536 The expenditure on Government institutions (Te Waikato Sanatorium and St. Helens Hospitals) was, — 1912-13. 1913-14. £ £ Maintenance .. .. .. .. .. 10,979 12,176 Administration .. .. .. .. .. 524 445 Capital expenditure .. .. .. .. .. 4,813 1,051 Other expenditure .. .. .. .. .. 93 657 £16,407 £14,329 There was also expended by the Department on other means of medical and nursing assistance a sum of £5,241, made up of— £ (1.) Subsidies to medical men in the backblocks.. .. .. .. 864 (2.) Medical and nursing attendance on Maoris .. .. .. 4,377 The total expenditure by Hospital and Charitable Aid Boards, separate institutions, and the Department in the relief of the sick and needy was therefore £584,936 ; and this is apart from the expenditure of private charitable organizations.

Hospital Expenditure. The total expenditure on account of hospitals for the last four years was as follows :—

Hospital Maintenance Expenditure. The gross cost of hospital " maintenance " —for Boards, Government, and separate institutions— was last year £262,007, as against £240,527 the previous year : —

Year. Maintenance. Administration. Capital. Miscellaneous. Total. I 909-10 910-11 911-12 912-13 .913-14 m £ 187,922 I'.i!t. 573 225,796 240.527 262,007 £ 10,406 11,586 13,255 12,644 13,948 £ £ 59,213 4,699 70,814 5,830 84,798 5,663 98,051 3,598 130,343 4,856 £ 262,241 287,803 329,513 354.818 411,454

Patients under Treatment during Year. Average Number under Daily Treatment. Year. General Special T . . Hospitals. Hospitals. lota1, General Hospitals. l reatment. Special Hospitals. Total. 900-10 910-11 911-12 912-13 913-14 21,108 1,420 20,695 23,584 1,607 25,191 24,681 1,879 26,560 26,979 1,789 28,768 28,885 1,761 30,646 1,709 1,839 1,900 2,131 2.234 138 186 178 200 234 1,847 2,025 2,078 2,231 2,468