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The following table gives the gross and net cost per patient for the year 1903, as compared with the previous year : —

Financial Results op the Year.

19i 18. 1902. 1903. 1903. Asylum. Total Cost per Patient. Total Cost per | Total Cost per Patient, less Patient, less Receipts for Total Cost Receipts for Maintenance, per Patient. Maintenance, Sales of Pro- ■ ! Sales of Produce, &c. duce, &o. Increase. Decrease. Auckland Christchurch Seaclifi Hokitika Nelson Porirua Wellington £ s. 24 4 29 17 32 19 29 0 34 18 30 1 32 8 d. 5i 8f H 8 61 9 1* £ s. 17 0 21 11 21 7 27 2 29 10 24 7 23 18 d. 2 n If 6 3i 7* 3i £ s. 24 7 28 3 32 15 27 16 33 0 30 14 34 11 d. 0* 6* 5* 0i 6£ 0 7i £ f. d. 17 11 31 19 15 21 23 6 8i 25 12 21 26 1 11 24 14 4 26 17 8 £ s. d. 1 16" ii 1 10 3i 3 8 41 £ s. d. 0 11 11 1 19 6£ 0 6 8| 2 19 4f Averages ... 30 0 1* 22 1 01 29 16 7* 22 6 10 0 5 9i The following shows the a: .nual cost per patient from .876 1903 :— Year. Cost per Patient. Year. Cost per Pat: ient. ! Year. Cost per Patient. 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 £ s. d. 46 1 5i 37 8 llcV 36 0 11 31 5 91 28 18 0| 25 18 4| 28 15 1 29 0 4 29 8 9£ 25 19 5 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 £ s. 27 0 22 18 21 8 21 10 20 10 20 16 21 16 23 7 23 16 d. 9* 4* 1 4 3 2* 8| 4 4.1 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 £ s. d. 22 13 8tJ 22 9 10£ 23 0 9£ 22 7 8f 21 19 0 22 9 8 21 17 9* 23 11 51 23 1 5 The receipts from produce soi >ld from the asylum farms are as follows :— Auckland Christchurch Seacliff ... Nelson ... Porirua ... Wellington £ s. d. 633 9 6 ... 1,371 2 6 ... 1,141 11 0 138 0 6 680 3 10 214 13 6 Total ... £4,179 0 10 Sle: iEPING-ACCOMMODATION IN ASYLUMS. _. i Number , , of Patients, Asylum. 1Mh 1904. j i Number - Statutory N b of Patients Common Accommoda- ; Number of to be Dormitory tion in Single Rooms, accommodated Accommoda- Common statutory , in Common r * ,on J . Domutoms: Acoom _ * t-. :+„„:„„ Cubic Feet. ; Number , ,. Dormitories. ; , _ ,. modation. of Patients. i Asylum. Number of Patients, 12th March, 1904. j Auckland Christchurch Seaclifi ... Hokitika Nelson ... Porirua ... Wellington 576 513 685 166 142 574 253 I 132 82 172 37 35 68 68 444 431 513 129 107 506 185 247,732 247,296 265,262 95,959 65,111 336,487 100,173 413 412 442 159 108 560 166 31 19 71 19 Totals 2,909 594 2 315 1,358,020 2,260