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Ebcbipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 1,18114 0 Rations and light ... ... 413 18 5 Local bodies ... ... ... 1,179 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 22 3 0 Subscriptions and donations .. 2 5 0 Surgery and dispensary... ... 158 6 1 Patients'payments ... ... 157 15 0 Fuel ... ... ... 87 14 6 Other sources ... ... ... 29 14 6 Bedding and clothing ... ... 17 8 9 Furniture and earthenware ... 52 3 8 Salaries and wages ... ... 619 14 9 Funerals ... ... ... 13 18 0 Water-supply ... ... ... 44 3 6 Repairs and additions to buildings 1,222 16 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 13 4 3 Interest ... ... ... 056 Insurance ... ... ... 26 5 4 Commission ... ... ... 1196 Other expenses ... ... 108 15 7 Total ... £2,550 8 6 Total .. £2,802 16 10 Visited 26th March. —Improvements have been made of late years in regard to the building, but there is room for improvement in the nursing and household management.

AUCKLAND HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1903 ... ... ... 149 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 1,632 Total under treatment ... ... ... 1,781 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,434 Died... ... ... ... ... ... ... 176 Remaining on 31st March, 1904 ... ... 171 5ex. —1,192 males, 589 females. Localities from which Patients came.— Auckland City and suburbs, 1,195; District of Auckland, 396 ; North Auckland, 74 ; south of Auckland, 66; shipping, 50. Country.— England, 411; Scotland, 89; Ireland, 171; New Zealand, 914; Australia, 81; America, 8; France, 5; Germany, 20; Austria, 6; Denmark, 9; India, 6; Greece, 4; Norway and Sweden, 24; Spain, 2; Russia, 4; South Sea Islands, 6; Canada, 7; Italy, 4; Africa, 2; Switzerland, 1 ; Syria, 2 ; Channel Islands, 4 ; West Indies, 1. Religion. —Church of England, 1,014; Roman Catholic, 384; Presbyterian, 186; Methodist, 114; Church of Christ, 4 ; Hebrew, 7 ; Greek, 2 ; Salvation Army, 9 ; Baptist, 21: Congregational, 11; Freethinker, 4; Lutheran, 10; Plymouth Brethren, 6; Missions, 2; Nonconformist, 1; Unitarian, 3; Agnostic, 3. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 57,264; individual average days' stay, 32-00. Daily average cost per head, 4s. 7fd.; less patients' payments, 3s. 7d. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 448 ; attendances, 3,436. Receipts and Expendituee. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure, £ s. d. From Government ... ... 4,867 11 6 Rations ... ... ... 2,958 17 6 Local bodies... ... ... 4,867 11 7 Nurses' Home, maintenance ... 1,361 9 9 Subscriptions and donations ... 86 15 11 Wines, spirits, ale, and porter ... 70 6 4 Bequests ... ... ... 87 14 11 Surgery and dispensary ... 1,744 14 7 Rents ... ... ... 346 18 0 Fuel and light ... ... 924 10 11 Patients' payments ... ... 3,026 0 2 Bedding and clothing ... ... 431 13 7 Other sources ... ... 105 0 6 Furniture and earthenware ... 120 14 4 Washing and laundry ... ... 453 14 6 Salaries and wages ... ... 3,877 7 9 Water-supply ... ... 157 8 0 Funerals ... ... ..: 27 3 6 Maintenance of grounds ... 129 4 2 Repairs ... ... ... 458 5 5 New buildings ... ... 30 8 9 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 101 15 11 Legal expenses ... ... 20 6 1 Insurance ... ... ... 35 19 9 Proportion of office expenses ... 373 810 Other expenses ... ... 110 2 11 Total ... ...£13,387 12 7 Total ... ...£13,387 12 7