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Sex.- — lBl males, 5 females. Locality from which Patients came. —lnangahua County. Country. -^England, 22 ; Scotland, 14; Ireland, 53; New Zealand, 28; Australia, 4 ; Tasmania, 1; 'Greece, 5; Austria, 2; Sweden, 2; Italy, 1; Switzerland, 1; Germany,!; United States of America, 1; China, 1. Religion. —Church of England, 43; Roman Catholic, 67; Presbyterian, 14; Wesleyan, 2; Bible Christian, 1; Lutheran, 1; Greek Church, 5 ; Pagan, 1; no religion, 2. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 4,110; individual average days' stay, 30-22. Daily average cost per head, 6s. 4d. ; less patients' payments, ss. 10-J-d. Outdoor Patients.- —Individual cases, 130; attendances, 424. Revenue and Expenditure. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 764 9 7 Eations ... ... ... 275 14 6 Local bodies ... ... ... 110 00 | Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 44 11 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 532 18 3 j Surgery and dispensary ... 142 0 1 Patients' payments ... ... 92 5 6 Fuel and light... ... ... 60 15 7 Other sources ... ... 3 17 6 ■ Bedding and clothing ... ... 38 5 7 Balance from last year ... 10 I 0 Furniture and earthenware ... 35 11 6 Washing and laundry ... ... 5 12 6 i Salaries and wages ... ... 534 0 0 I Water-supply .... ... ... 14 17 6 Funerals ' ... ... ... 15 7 6 Eepairs ... ... ... 960 Additions to buildings ... ... 19 1 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 35 12 0 ; Interest ... ... ... 160 i Insurance ... ... ... 939 ', Commission ... ... ... 28 11 0 I Other expenses ... ... 51 11 2 Total ... £1,513 11 10! Total ... £1,321 6 8 The Eeefton Hospital continues to be as comfortable and well managed as any in the colony. He would indeed be hard to please who could find any fault with it. The large sum of £532 18s. 3d. was received last year as subscriptions and donations, than which there could be no better proof of the appreciation of the public.

EIVEETON HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... ... 12 Admitted during the year ... • ... ... ... 82 Total under treatment ... ... ... 94 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 77 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 Bemaining on 31st March, .1891 ... .... ... ... 12 Sex. —69 males, 25 females. Locality from which Patients came. —Wallace County. Country. —England, 17; Scotland, 20; Ireland, 21 ; New Zealand, 22; Tasmania, 2; China, 9 ; Germany, 1; Maoris, 2. Religion. —No record kept. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 3,682; individual average days' stay, 39-17. Daily average cost per head, 6s.- 9d.; less patients' payments, ss. llfd. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 123; attendances, 173. Eevenub and Expenditure. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 671 2 2 .Rations ... ... ... 265 16 10 Local bodies ... ... ... 445 00j Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 37 15 5 Subscriptions and donations ... 200 410 Surgery and dispensary ... 128 8 4 Patients' payments ... ... 152103! Fuel and light ' ... ... 63 6 9 Other sources ... ... ... 34 5 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 12 15 7 Furniture and earthenware ... 66 9 10 Salaries and wages ... ... 582 11 10 Funerals ... ... ... 3 0 0 ; Eepairs ... ... ... 47 14 0 i Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 11 14 3 i Fencing ... ... ... 54 5 1 Interest ... ... ... 12 8 4 ■^Insurance ... ... ... 7 12 6 Other expenses; ... .. 9 4 6 Total ... £1,503 2 3 Total ... £1,303 3 3