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Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. | Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 303 2 5 I Rations ... ... ... 258 12 2 Local bodies ... ... ... 183 10 10 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 15 16 6 Subscriptions and donations ... 119 5 6 j Surgery and dispensary ... 11 19 2 Eents ... ... ... 10 0 0 Fuel and light ... .. 24 0 6 Patients' payments ... ... 86 19 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 711 7 Balance from last year ... 54 7 0 Salaries and wages ... ... 339 5 9 : Funerals ... ... ... 13 6 0 Repairs ... ... ... 8 11 6 New buildings ... ... 16 12 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 12 10 4 Insurance ... ... ... 273 Other expenses ... ... 15 8 1 Total ... ... £757 4 9 Total ... ... £726 0 10 This Hospital is still kept open, and is little more than a home for a few old men under charge of Mr. and Mrs. O'Donnell.

CHEISTCHUECH HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1903 ... ... ... 93 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 1,481 Total under treatment ... ... ... 1,574 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,376 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... 107 Remaining on 31st March, 1904 ... 91 Sex. —994 males, 580 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Christchurch, 814 ; Suburbs, 239 ; North Canterbury, 206 ; Lyttelton, 86 ; sundry, 79 ; unknown, 150. Country. —New Zealand, 701 ; England, 340 ; Ireland, 148 ; Scotland, 68 ; Australia, 63 ; sundry, 68 ; unknown, 186. Religion. —Church of England, 668; Eoman Catholic, 234 ; Presbyterian, 200; Methodist, 66; Wesleyan, 96; Baptist, 30; Lutheran, 17; sundry, 36; unknown, 227. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 37,960; individual average days' stay, 24-11. Daily average cost per head, ss. 3d. ; less patients' payments, 4s. 9^d. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 2,115 ; attendances, 11,368. Eeceipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. I Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 4,949 6 4 Rations ... ... ... 2,458 19 10 Local bodies... ... ... 5,014 10 9 Wines, spirits, &c. ... ... 11l 6 3 Subscriptions and donations ... 28 4 0 Surgery and dispensary ... 867 13 5 Patients'payments ... ... 89116 11 Fuel and light ... ... 1,304 14 2 Other sources ... ... 19 3 1 Bedding and clothing ... ... 32213 3 Balance from last year ... 2,007 15 9 Furniture and earthenware ... 283 0 9 Salaries and wages ... ... 4,021 14 2 Funerals ... ... ... 846 Repairs ... ... ... 205 8 1 New buildings ... ... 1,475 6 6 Painting buildings ... ... 672 16 7 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 66 5 5 Insurance ... ... ... 93 13 1 Other expenses ... ... 227 2 9 Total ... £12,910 16 10 Total ... £12,118 18 9 Visited 28th September, 7th December, 28th March, and 21st May.—The remarks made last year as to the urgent necessity for improvement in the baths and lavatories attached to the older wards still apply, and I regret to see that nothing has been done in this direction. The servants' quarters are also bad.