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Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 567 15 11 Rations ... ... ■•• jj Local bodies . ... ••• 300 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, and porter ... 10 8 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 140 0 0 Surgery and dispensary ... 9119 5 Bequest 20 0 0 Fuel and light 56 16 7 Patients'payments 114 19 8 Bedding and clothing 21 1 7 Other sources ... ... 312 0 Furniture and earthenware ... 717 I Balance from last year ... 80 18 3 Washing and laundry 14 6 0 Salaries and wages ... ... 580 ly o Repairs ... ... •■• 3 8 0 New buildings, Fever Ward ... 114 16 4 Printing, advertising, &c. ... 20 7 8 Interest ... ... ••• 0 4 6 Insurance ... ... ... 16 9 8 Other expenses ... ... 33 3 2 Total £1,227 5 10 Total £1,131 14 3 Visited 9th January, 1905.—Four patients ; one a case of enteric fever. The nursing staff consists of a Matron, another registered nurse, and a probationer. The probationer understood that she could not be trained here. There was no hot-water system, and no sinks in connection with wards and dispensary. There was no telephone. Sanitary matters are under consideration, and some alterations are pending. At the commencement of the year the Department learned through the Press that the Board had issued by-laws framed on those of Northern Wairoa adversely criticized in the last report. We have no official notice of these, and if the facts are as stated the action of the Board is illegal. According to section 63 of the Act of 1885, " A copy of every by-law when made shall be sent to the Colonial Secretary before the same shall come into operation."

CROMWELL HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1904 ... ... ... 6 Admitted during the year ... ... ••• ••• 59 Total under treatment ... ... • • ■ 65 Discharged ... ••• ■•• ••• ••• ••• Died ... ... ••• ••• ••• ••• ••■ 9 Remaining on 31st March, 1905 ... ... 9 Sex.—s7 males, 8 females. Localities from which Patients came.— Cromwell district, 14; Bannockburn and Kawarau Station, 14; Lowburn and Quartz-reef Point, 5; Mount Pisa Station, 16; Kawarau Gorge and Waitiri! 4 ; Tarras and Hawea, 6; Pembroke district, 4 ; Nevis, 2. Country.— England, 14; Scotland, 13; Ireland, 3; New Zealand, 24; Australia, 2; China, 4; Wales, 1 ; Denmark, 1 ; America, 2 ; Sweden, 1. „_,,„__, ~ m , . Religion. — Roman Catholic, 15 ; Church of England, 16 ; Presbyterian, 26; Wesleyan, 4 , Confucian, 4. ~..,, , , on ci t\ i Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 1,333; individual average days stay, 20-51. Daily average cost per head, 14s. Id.; less patients' payments, lis. lld. Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government 378 19 1 Rations 126 13 8 Local bodies . ... ... 228 16 7 Wines, spirits, &c. ... ... 16 16 1 Subscriptions and donations ... 150 2 2 Surgery and dispensary 47 18 8 Bent ••• ••• 42 0 Fuel and light ... ... ... 42 0 0 Patients'payments 143 8 4 Bedding and clothing 49 11 5 Other sources ... ... ■•■ 600 Furniture and earthenware ... 14 4 9 Balance from last year 325 16 3 Salaries and wages 502 1 5 Funerals ... ... ••• 10 10 0 Repairs ... ... ••• 55 7 6 New buildings ... ... ... 100 0 0 Printing, advertising, &c. ... 12 6 3 Insurance ... ... ••• 12 910 Commission ... ... ... 010 0 Other expenses... ... ••• 48 0 8 Tot-, . £1,237 4 5 Total ... £1,038 10 3