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BEVENUE AND ExPENDITUBE. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure,. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 195 11 3 Bations, fuel, and light ... ... 92 4 7 Subscriptions and donations ... 118 4 4 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 18 0 Patients' payments ... ... 900 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 19144 Other sources ... ... ... 600 Bedding and clothing ... ... 194 Balance from last year ... ... 63 0 3 Furniture and earthenware . ... 150 Salaries and wages ... ... 195 0 0 Bepairs ... ■ . ... ... 1 3 10 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 14 17 6 Insurance ... ... ... 4 10 0 : Other expenses ... ... ... 2 14 6 Total ... ... £391 15 10 .Total ... ... £334 7 1 Grey town Hospital. This hospital continues to be well managed in every respect.

HOKITIKA HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1893 ... ... ... 28 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 137 Total under treatment ... ... ... 165 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 126 Died 17 Bemaining on 31st March, 1894 ... ... ... ... 22 Sex. —l34 males, 31 females. Locality from which Patients came. —Westland. Country. —England, 41; Scotland, 36 ; Ireland, 28; Germany, 15 ; Italy, 2; New Zealand and Australia, 39 ; China, 1; America, 1; Switzerland, 2. Religion. —Church of England, 50; Presbyterian, 44 ; Eoman Catholic, 50; freethinkers, &a., 6 ; Lutheran, 5 ; Baptist, 3; Salvationist, 1; Wesleyan, 6. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 8,273; individual average days' stay, 50-14. Daily average cost per head, 4s. lOfd.; less patients' payments, 4s. Bd. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 174 ; attendances, 340. c Be VENUE AND EXPENDITURE. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. & s. d. From Government ... ... 1,017 010 Bations ... ... ... 565 0 5 Local bodies ... ... ... 605 8 4 Wines, spirits, ale, &c... ... 49 1 7 Subscriptions and donations ... 341 13 9 Surgery and dispensary ... 94 19 9 Patients'payments ... ... 87 14 6 Fuel and light ... ... 104 2 8 Other sources ... ... 14 8 0 Bedding and clothing .... ... 8 12 5 Balance from last year... ... 59 12 10 Furniture, earthenware, and ironmongery ... ... ... 22 15 5 Salaries and wages ... ... 712 11 3 Funerals ... ... ... 12 6 Bepairs and new tanks ... 313 3 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 53 18 9 Interest ... ... ... 0 7 6 Insurance ... ... ... 21 14 0 Commission ... ... ... 4 5 0, Other expenses ... ... 64 18 6 Total ... ... £2,125 18 3 * Total ... ... £2,016 12 9 * This expenditure is for thirteen months. Hokitika Hospital, 24th October, 1893. This hospital, since its reorganization, showed for a. time that a strenuous effort was being made to make it less of a refuge and more of a hospital. I am afraid, however, that the local conditions are again making themselves felt, for I find that, whereas last year the average stay was 43-69, it has risen this year to 50'14. There is a diminution of the daily average cost per head, notwithstanding that the actual expenditure was for thirteen months. lam glad to see that the percentage of cost of administration is moderate. A new bath has been provided, of very primitive design and inferior quality. The remaining baths are very old and battered. I found everything clean and orderly. The doctor is very attentive to his patients,