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Table XX.— Showing the Expenditure for the Year 1897.

Table XXI.— Average Cost of each Patient per Annum.

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Asylums. Provisions. I . . Bedding Salaries. and Clothing. Fuel and Light. Surgery and Dispensary. NonoM.rios Total Cost Wines, wirter,+ fl i Total Cost Repayment per Head, less Spirits, Ale, Farm. J-jm. ' P er for Main- Eepayments &c. ceDaneous. Patient tenance. (or Maintenance. Total Cost 3er Head, less Receipts of all kinds. Total Cost per Head, less Decrease Receipts of in all kinds pre- 1897. vious Year. Increase in 1897. Auckland Christchurch Dunedin (Seaclifl) Hokitika Nelson Porirua Wellington £ s. d. £ s. d. 8 1 If 11 2 3 6 5 5 10 3 24 6 9 11| i 10 4 10 8 16 8 13 12 24 8 2 54 10 14 9 7 B 74 9 14 2 7 17 24 10 11 1J £ s; d. 2 3 4J 2 7 104 2 16 1J 1 9 10f 2 1 84 2 '9 llf 2 1 114 £ s. d. 2 3 1J 2 8 44 0 13 6| 0 12 4| 1 12 1 2 0 11 1 12 6J £ s. a. 0 2 10 0 3 5| 0 3 2| 0 3 6 0 8 3f 0 4 10 0 4 64 '£ s. d. £ s. d. 0 1 0J 1 0 5| 0 0 3| 2 1 10 0 0 6f 2 0 8J 0 0 4J 0 1 10| , 1 15 2 0 2 6J 1 11 10 0 1 3£ 0 1Y 2 J £ s. d. 3 3 84 2 14 9J 5 15 ll| 1 17 04 4 4 1 3 7 0J 3 17 4J £ s. d. 27 17 11 26 5 3J 28 4 10 26 12 1 29 0 54 26 14 11 27 3 If £ s. d. 4 5 34 5 8 l| 5 0 6 3 1 8| 4 12 6 1 3 64 5 11 04 £ s. d. 23 12 74 20 17 2 23 4 4 23 10 4J 24 7 114 25 11 44 21 12 if £ s. d. ' 22 18 44 19 4 llf 22 8 3f 23 3 6| 23 5 4| 24 17 6J 21 1 If £ s. d. 22 5 84 16 16 8f 23 13 7| 24 10 94 20 7 114 23 7 8 20 4 114 £ s. d. 1 '5 34 1 7 3| £ s. d, 0 12 8 2 8 3 2 17 5 1 9 10J 0 16 2| • • Averages 7 4 If ; 10 11 2f 2 7 3f 1 12 11 0 3 104 0 0 llf 1 10 9 3 17 2 27 8 44 4 10 2J 22 18 2 22 0 04 21 6 2 0 13 lOi Note. —Including the first five items in Table XX., the m it cost per pi ,tient is £23 0s. 94d., as against £22 9s. 104d. for the previoi s year, beinj an increase of 10s. lid. per head.

Iteras. Auckland. Christchurch. Dunedin (Seacliff). Hokitika. Nelson. Porirua. Wellington. Total. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,000 0 0 77 0 0 180 0 0 875 8 0 269 11 11 151 4 0 350 0 0 2,820 0 0 1,195 11 3 655 0 0 583 6 8 18,695 6 1 16,684 0 3 3,811 4 6 5,475 8 7 449 3 10 113 7 10 3,558 17 5 8,933 5 2 Inspector* Assistant Inspector* Clerk* Medical fees* Contingencies* .. .. . ■ . . Official Visitors Visiting Medical Officers Superintendents Assistant Medical Officers Clerks Matrons Attendants and servants .. ... Rations .. .. .. \ Fuel and light Bedding and clothing Surgery and dispensary Wines, spirits, ale, and porter Farm Necessaries, incidental, and miscellaneous 25 4 0 550 0 0 250 0 0 120 0 0 85 0 0 3,681 17 2 3,416 13 0 914 0 2 919 5 1 59 19 10 21 18 6 434 3 6 1,350 4 3 12 12 0 600 0 0 250 0 0 180 0 0 90 0 0 3,836 3 0 3,066 12 1 1,182 12 3 1,171 0 2 85 6 4 7 13 3 1,022 19 2 1,339 3 7 30 8 0 600 0 0 252 13 9 180 0 0 93 6 8 4,804 17 6 3,795 5 6 394 11 5 1,638 3 0 93 ■ 7 11 16 12 2 1,189 2 8 3,385 9 7 12 12 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 85 0 0 963 2 6 980 11 11 68 15 10 165 18 1 '19 9 9 2 5 0 12 12 0 200 0 0 170 0 0 75 0 0 1,024 3 4 1,120 18 8 221 4 7 287 13 6 57 17 9 13 2 0 242 12 9 580 0 8 25 4 0 250' 0 0 80 0 0 2,052 7 9 1,780 14 11 507 11 11 619 16 2 60 2 1 31 11 11 394 14 9 831 3 5 1212 0 600 0 0 192 17 6 175 0 0 75 0 0 2,332 14 10 2,523 4 2 522 8 4 673 12 7 73 0 2 20 5 0 275 4 7 1,241 11 4 205 12 4 Totals .. .. Bepayments, sale of produce, &c. 11,828 5 6 2,110 7 8 12,844 1 10 3,430 5 9 16,493 18 2 3,402 8 5 2,953 7 5 380 9 9 4,005 5 3 793 18 11 6,633 6 11 463 12 3 8,717 10 6 1,958 5 10 65,877 15 6 12,539 8 7 Actual cost 9,717 17 10 9,413 16 1 13,091 9 9 2,572 17 8 3,211 6 4 6,169 14 8 6,759 4 8 53,338 6 11 * Not given ; included in Table XXI.