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Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 1,419 7 6 Rations ... ... ... 88115 11 Local bodies ... ... 862 10 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 98 4 3 Subscriptions and donations ... 232 0 1 Surgery and dispensary ... 103 2 2 Bequest ... ... ... 10 0 0 Fuel and light ... ... 186 5 2 Rents ... ... ... 5 0 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 263 6 7 Patients' payments ... ... 701 8 1 Furniture and earthenware ... 35 11 0 Other sources ... ... 123 11 0 Salaries and wages ... . . 983 13 8 Funerals ... ... ... 19 10 0 Repairs ... ... .. 112 18 1 New buildings ... ... 285 6 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... 59 19 5 Interest ... ... ... 26 9 3 • Insurance ... ... ... 35 19 0 Other expenses ... ... 148 5 0 Total £3 3 53 16 8 Total Visited 11th September and 9th December. —An increasing number of old-men residents reduce the legitimate hospital value of this institution. A Government grant of £3,000 is being spent on additions to Greymouth Hospital.

HAWERA HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1903 ... ... ... 9 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 120 Total under treatment ... ... ... 129 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 107 Died... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 Remaining on 31st March, 1904 ... ... 15 Sex. —B4 males, 45 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Hawera, Eltham, Manaia, and Opunake. Nationality. —British. Religion. —No record. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 2,462; individual average days' stay, 19-08. Daily average cost per head, 14s. BJd.; less patients' payments, 12s. 6Jd. Outdoor Patients. —Nil. Receipts and Expendituee. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 1,100 11 8 Rations ... ... ... 266 14 3 Local bodies... ... ... 639 5 7 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 8 9 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 62 13 8 Surgery and dispensary ... 185 4 4 Bequests ... ... ... 1,625 311 j Fuel and light ... ... 108 13 1 Rents ... ... ... 35 50 j Bedding and clothing ... ... 6615 3 Patients' payments ... ... 266 9 6 Furniture and earthenware .. 141 0 6 Other sources .„ ... 144 15 6 Washing and laundry... ... 25 2 7 Salaries and wages ... ... 597 11 4 Funerals ... ... ... 176 Repairs ... ... ... 6 0 6 New buildings ... ... 1,360 12 1 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... 133 15 11 Interest ... ... ... 0 9 3 Insurance ... ... ... 32 10 4 Other expenses ... ... 235 15 2 Total ... ... £3,874 410 Total ... ... £3,170 1 1 Visited 6th January.—There has been the addition of a new ward. All is going on well.

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