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Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 343 13 9 Eations ... ... ... 118 1 6 Local bodies ... ... ... 252 10 0 Wines, spirits, &c. ... ... 615 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 50 9 3 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 43 11 10 Bequests ... ... ... 62 8 7. Fuel and light ... ... ... 37 12 7 Bents... ... ... ... 119 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 16 14 9 Patients'payments ... ... 76 10 0 Furniture and earthenware ... 30 16 1 Other sources ... ... ... 0 10 0 Washing and laundry ... ... 46 0 3 Salaries and wages ... ... 227 13 6 Repairs ... ... ... 456 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... .. ... 517 6 Interest ... ... ... 3 14 11 Insurance ... ... ... 869 Commission ... ... ... 0 10 0 Other expenses... ... ... 7 14 8 Total ... ... £788 0 7 Total ... ... £557 14 10 Visited sth January.—Two patients.

PICTON HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1903 ... ... ... 12 Admitted during the year ... ... ... . 87 Total under treatment ... . . 99 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... .. 85 Died... ... ... ... ... ... 8 Remaining on 31st March, 1904 ... ... 6 Sea;. —68 males, 31 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Picton Hospital District, 80 ; Wellington, 6 ; Blenheim, 7 ; Nelson, 4 ; Timaru, 2. Country. —England, 23 ; Scotland, 5 ; Ireland, 10 ; New Zealand, 55 ; Australia, 3 ; Tasmania, 1 ; Norway, 1 ; Denmark, 1. Religion. —Church of England, 62; Roman Catholic, 20; Presbyterian, 10; Wesleyan, 6; Freethinker, 1. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 4,331 ; individual average days' stay, 4375. Daily average cost per head, 4s. ; less patients' payments, 3s. 1-J-d. Outdoor Patients. — Nil. Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 647 1 7 Rations ... ... ... 180 6 1 Local bodies ... ... ... 400 16 1 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 0 7 6 Subscriptions and donations ... 71 0 2 Surgery and dispensary ... 84 15 1 Patients'payments ... ... 195 1 0 Fuel and light ... ... 42 14 5 Other sources... .. ... 41 0 3 Bedding and clothing, &c. ... 11 10 1 Balance from last year ... 95 5 1 Furniture and earthenware ... 114 14 8 Salaries and wages ... ... 376 17 0 New buildings and additions ... 183 17 3 Repairs ... ... ... 376 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 14 13 11 Interest ... ... ... 30 8 0 Insurance ... ... ... 21 12 0 Other expenses ... ... 171 11 8 Total ... ...£1,450 4 2 "Total ... ...£1,236 15 2 Visited 11th May and 2nd September.—One ward is entirely occupied by old men: in the other were four chronic cases. The general tidiness and order had improved between the two visits.