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BE VENUE AND ExPENDITUEE. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ...1,019 17 11 Bations ... ... ... 454 3 1 Local bodies ... ... ... 854 1 5 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 58 17 8 Subscriptions and donations ... 603 19 3 Surgery and dispensary... ... 232 15 6 Bents... ... ... ... 12 9 8 Fuel and light... ... ... 159 10 10 Patients'payments ... ... 529 11 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 53 15 10 Furniture and earthenware ... 227 2 8 Washing and laundry ... ... 40 16 6 Salaries and wages ... ... 622 17 7 Water-supply ... ... ... 10 0 0 Bepairs .. ... ... 65 16 3 New buildings... ... ... 849 2 6 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 34 4 2 Interest ... ... ... 2 7 4 Insurance ... ... ... 16150 Other expenses ... ... 53 11 7 Hawera Cottage Hospital ... 138 2 10 Total ... ...£3,019 19 3 Total ... ...£3,019 19 4 New Plymouth, 22nd December, 1893. At the time of my visit, Miss Blackley, the matron, who has since got married, was absent on leave, and has been succeeded by Miss Fernandez, a very satisfactory appointment. Dr. O'Carroll's orderly is getting too old for his work. The fire-hose was in a bad condition, and ought to be replaced. I think the system of drainage faulty and dangerous to the whole neighbourhood bordering the gullies into which it is discharged ; but how to remedy it until the town as a whole is drained I do not see.

OAMAEU HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1893 ... ... ... 11 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 131 Total under treatment ... ... ... 142 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 127 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 Bemaining on 31st March, 1894 ... ~. ... ... 9 Sex. —los males, 37 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Oamaru, 70; Waitaki County, 50 ; other places, 22. Country. —England, 36 ; Scotland, 26 ; Ireland, 20; New Zealand, 35; Australia, 5 ; America, 3; Europe, 17. Beldgion. —Church of England, 60 ; Boman Catholic, 25 ; Presbyterian, 40 ; Wesleyan, 2; Salvationist, 7 ; other religions, 8. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 3,728; individual average days' stay, 26-25. Daily average cost per head, ss. 3Jd.; less patients' payments, 4s. 9-J-d. Outdoor Patients. —Individual cases, 94 ; attendances, 590. Be VENUE AND EXPENDITURE. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 99 9 4 Bations ... ... ... 210 19 3 Subscriptions and donations ... 92 17 9 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 12 19 0 Bents... ... ... 753 4 6 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 85 16 6 Patients'payments ... ... 89 15 0 Fuel and light ... ... ... 54 10 10 Interest, &c. ... ... ... 187 0 3 Bedding and clothing ... ... 17 6 4 Other sources ... ... ... 13 17 0 Furniture and earthenware ... 19 8 10 Balance from last year ... ... 2819 Washing and laundry ... ... 310 0 Salaries and wages ... ... 500 15 3 Funerals ... ... ... 7 0 0 Bepairs ... , 9 12 2 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 10 13 0 Insurance ... ... ... 5 12 0 Other expenses .. ... ... 45 17 1 Total .... ... £1,264 5 7 Total ... ... £984 0 3 Oamaru Hospital, 13th March, 1894. This hospital is admirably managed in every respect. I have no fault to find, and nothing to suggest. 3—H. 22.