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Table XX.— Showing the Expenditure for the Year 1898.

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Items. 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. 1,200 0 0 84 10 0 187 10 0 1,006 14 6 393 19 0 151 4 0 350 0 0 2,852 10 0 1,247 0 5 640 15 0 610 5 0 19,801 19 2 17,108 1 5 4,125 15 0 5,037 16 5 473 17 1 130 18 10 3,846 14 5 8,192 4 6 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 0 127 0 0 89 19 2 3,673 8 11 3,296 12 7 873 19 11 649 12 7 61 11 3 18 3 6 502 18 1 1,278 4 2 11,396 14 2 3,014 9 11 •• ' 1212 0 600 0 0 250 0 0 197 10 0 95 1 1 3,995 7 7 3,484 0 9 1,191 14 10 1,043 6 11 91 13 4 11 10 0 819 8 3 1,283 15 3 13,076 0 0 4,008 5 11 50* 8 0 600 0 0 241 2 10 180 0 0 94 9 2 4,898 0 4 3,338 13 11 396 1 10 1,593 16 10 91 5 11 37 17 0 1,650 7 4 2,642 3 10 12 12 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 85 0 0 1,068 11 11 1,146 9 6 53 16 4 320 17 3 22 9 7 3 3 0 12 12 0 200 0 0 202 10 0 75 0 0 1,066 2 10 1,234 7 7 194 13 1 257 15 2 47 17 8 7 7 4 224 4 5 462 12 11 25 4 0 256' 0 0 88 15 0 2,706 15 0 2,306 16 0 769 17 7 833 2 4 76 2 1 24 14 0 425 15 2 1,056 16 2 8,563 17 4 695 13 11 1212 0 600 0 0 255 17 7 136 5 0 82 0 7 2,393 12 7 2,301 1 1 645 11 5 339 5 4 82 17 3 28 4 0 224 1 2 1,219 1 10 249' 10 4 Totals Repayments, sale of produce, &c. 15,814 7 0 3,531 17 9 3,412 9 11 275 15 8 3,985 3 0 889 ' 1 0 8,320 9 10 2,059 1 6 67,441 14 9 14,474 5 8 52,967 9 1 Actual cost 8,382 4 3 9,067 14 1 12,282 9 3 3,136 14 3 3,096 2 0 7,868 3 5 6,261 8 4 * Not included in Table XXI. Tab: ,e XXI. —Avebage Cost of each Patient per Annum. Asylums. Provisions. Salaries. Bedding and Clothing. Fuel and Light. Surgery and Dispensary. Wines, Spirits, Ale, &e. Incidental' Total Oort Fa ™' and Ins- 1 ' _ P? r f cellaneous. Patient. Total Cost Bepayment perHead.less for Main- Repayments tenance. for Maintenance. Total Cost yei Head, less Beceipts of all kinds. Total Cost per Head, less Decrease Beceipts of in all kinds pre- 1898. vious Year. Increase in 1898. Auckland Christchurch Dunedin (Seaclift) Hokitika Nelson Porirua Wellington £ s. d. 7 14 9J 6 13 9 5 10 6| 9 6 5 8 15 1 7 6 11J 9 14 2} £ s. d. 11 1 4| 9 17 8J 10 0 9J 13 2 94 11 0 9 9 15 7 14 13 8J £ s. d. 1 10 6 2 0 Of 2 12 9J 2 12 2 1 16 6| 2 13 0} 1 8 74 £ s. d. 2 1 04 2 5 9 0 13 1J 0 8 9 1 7 7J 2 9 04 2 14 5} £ s. d. 0 2 10} 0 3 6} 0 3 0£ 0 3 8 0 6 9J 0 4 10 0 7 0 £ s. d. 0 0 10i 0 0 5J 0 13 0 0 6J 0 1 0J 0 17 0 2 4J £ s. d. 1 3 7jl 1 11 54| 2 14 7} ! £ s. d. 3 0 0 2 9 3J 4 7 6 2 0 6| 3 5 74 3 7 3| 5 2 10J £ s. d. ! £ s. d. 26 15 0} 5 9 8£ 25 1 114 5 12 3} 26 3 8 4 13 0| 27 14 10 2 1 8J 28 5 3J 5 6 84 27 5 5} 1 12 8| 35 2 1} 7 6 2} £ s. d. 21 5 4J 19 9 8| 21 10 74 25 13 6} 22 18 6f 25 12 94 27 15 11J £ s. d. 19 13 6£ 17 8 1 20 6 8J 25 10 Of 21 12 1 25 1 1| 26 8 4J £ s. d. 22 18 4J 19 4 11| 22 8 3| 23 3 6| 23 5 4J 24 17 6| 21 1 1| £ s. d. 3 4 10J 1 16 10} 2 1 7J £ s. d. 2 '6 6J 1 li 9} 1 7 14 0 18 10} 1 13 3J 0 '3 1\ 5 7 21 •• ' Averages 7 4 74 10 16 10£ 2 2 7 1 14 10J 0 4 0 0 1 11 1 12 6J 3 9 3 27 5 9} 4 15 84 22 10 1J 21 3 54 22 0 0J 0 16 7 Note. —Including the first five items in Table i XX., the ne et cost per patient is £22 7s. 8fd., as against £23 0s. 9Jd. for the previous year, being decrease of 13s. 0}d. pe] head.