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Revenue and Expenditube. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ..„ 1,113 0 10 Rations ... ... ... 735 10 8 Local bodies ... ... ... 350 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c... 100 8 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 620 11 8 Surgery and dispensary 57 16 3 Patients'payments ... ... 42 17 11 Fuel and light "... IP>3 6 9 Sale of produce ... ... 4 10 0 Bedding and clothing ... 127 12 11 Balance from last year ... 101 10 3 Furniture and earthenware 21 19 5 ! Salaries and wages ... ... 1,216 11 0 Funerals ... ... ... 9 8 6 Repairs ... ... 26 17 7 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 51 15 6 Interest ... ... 8 8 10 Insurance ... ... ... 30 0 0 Other expenses ... ... 45 5 0 Total ... ... £2,232 10 8 Total ... ... £2,565 0 5 Like most of the West Coast hospitals this one is largely occupied by cases which ought to be in a refuge. Of the forty-six inmates on the date of my vist, I found in one of the wards six patients, all chronics except one. Next ward contained nine beds, all occupied by chronic cases The large male ward (the surgical ward) contained thirteen beds, all occupied. One man was twice admitted this year, remaining thirteen weeks on former occasion, and this time had been admitted four weeks. Next case was two years and three months in the hospital; the next, seven years ; next man, twelve months; next, one year and nine months ; next, sixteen months; next, three months this year and eight months last year; the remainder may be taken as suitable hospital cases. Of the nine beds in the female ward, five were occupied—one patient thirteen years, one sixteen months, and one four months in Hospital. This mixed hospital and poorhouse is a very well-managed institution. The skill and attention of Dr. Morice are beyond question, and Mr. Willliams's management is quite satisfactory. A splendid Christmas dinner, provided by gifts from benevolent townspeople, was in preparation at the time of my visit, forming another of many proofs of the great interest that is taken in the Hospital. The small daily cost per patient—namely, 3s. IJd. —is, of course, explained by the high individual average stay of 99, which is by far the largest in the colony. With an average stay of thirty days, as it ought to have, a hospital of this size— i.e., with a total under treatment of 165, with an average stay of thirty days, would cost 10s. 4Jd. per day. A peculiarity of this Hospital deserves to be mentioned : Though the salaries here, as all over the Coast, are high, yet the Secretary and Treasurer are honorary officers, and give a great deal of attention to their duties.

GREYTOWN HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... ... 1 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 46 Total under treatment ... ... ... 47 Discharged ... ... ... .... ... ... 42 Died ... , ... 2 Remaining on 31st March, 1891 ... ... ... ... 3 Sex. —44 males, 3 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Greytown, 11; Featherston, 8; Martinborough, 11; Carterton, 5 ; Lower Valley, 4; East Coast, 3 ; Masterton, 2; Gladstone, 1; Morrison's Bush, 1; Matarawa, 1. Country. —England, 18; New Zealand, 11; Scotland, 6; Ireland, 6; Germany, 4 ; Wales, 1; Norway, 1. Religion. —Church of England, 33; Presbyterian, 9; Baptist, 1; Roman Catholic, 4. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 1,089; individual average days' stay, 23-17. Daily average cost per head, ss. 6f d.; less patients' payments, ss. lfd. Revenue and Expenditure. Revenue. £ s. d. j Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 148 16 1 Rations ... ... ... 63 18 8 Subscriptions and donations ... 131 6 4 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 015 0 Bequest ... ... ... 50 0 0 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 23 4 3 Patients'payments ... ... 22 10 0 Fuel and light ... ... .... 2 8 9 Other sources ... ... ... 420 Bedding and clothing ... ... 913 2 Balance from last year ... ... 88 9 4 Furniture and earthenware ... 1920 Salaries and wages ~. ... 150 0 0 Repairs ... ... ... 18 18 6 ! Printing, advertising, postage, and ;^ stationery ... ... ... 215 0 i Insurance ... ... ... 4 10 0 Other expenses ... .... ' .... 7 17 1 , . i , . Total £445 3 9 Total £303 2 5