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Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 672 17 11 Rations ... ... ... 170 1 3 Local bodies ... ... ... 597 7 8 Surgery and dispensary ... 56 311 Subscriptions and donations ... 43 2 0 Fuel and light ... ... 62 15 5 Patients'payments ... ... 122 13 0 Bedding and clothing, &c. ... 19 13 8 Other sources... .. ... 119 6 8 Salaries and wages ... ... 461 12 6 Balance from last year ... 213 9 0 Water-supply ... ... 310 0 New buildings and additions ... 602 10 0 Repairs ... ... ... 17 19 6 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 14 0 2 Interest ... ... ... 0 17 6 Insurance ... ... .... 16 1 8 Havelock Cottage Hospital ... 58 15 5 Other expenses ... ... 174 9 4 Total ... ...£1,768 16 3 Total ... ...£1,658 10 4 Visited 21st December, 1904. —This Board has got into financial difficulties, because of the litigation which has marked their relations with the Wairau Board, whose policy I have already characterized. I cannot appraise the blame for this state of things, and can only deplore the spirit, which for many years permeated the whole district. The Picton Hospital, taken by itself, is well managed, and is well looked after by Dr. Redman. The Chairman, Mr. Fell, spares no pains in looking after its interests, and the patients are very kindly treated.

QUEENSTOWN HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1904 ... ... ... 7 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 77 Total under treatment ... ... ... 84 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 73 Died... ... ... ... ... ... ... 8 Remaining on 31st March, 1905 ... ... 3 Sex. —53 males, 31 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Lake County, Southland County. Country. —New Zealand, 33; England, 13; Ireland, 13; Scotland, 13; Australia, 3; Germany, 4; China, 1 ; Holland, 2 ; Prussia, 1 ; Italy, 1. Religion. —Church of England, 29; Roman Catholic, 23; Presbyterian, 19; Wesleyan, 6; Lutheran, 4; Salvation Army, 2 ; Confucian, 1. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 2,180; individual average days' stay, 25-95. Daily average cost per head, Bs. l£d. ; less patients' payments, ss. 6d. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 57 ; attendances, 169. Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 299 0 4 Rations ... ... ... 174 0 3 Local bodies ... ... ... 187 19 1 Surgery and dispensary, &c. ... 52 7 1 Subscriptions and donations ... 61 5 8 Fuel and light ... ... ... 51 12 1 Patients' payments ... ... 282 6 9 Bedding and clothing ... ... 214 11 Balance from last year ... ... 166 13 5 Salaries and wages ... ... 446 8 9 Repairs ... ... ... 56 19 8 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 600 Insurance ... ... ... 16 16 5 Commission ... ... ... 12 6 7 Other expenses ... ... 64 511 Total ... £997 5 3 Total ... ... £883 11 8 Visited 11th February, 1905.—Queenstown is the place where this hospital ought to have been built. Through curiously involved local interests I founfl it impossible to induce the authorities to do the right thing, so that now the position of the hospital at Frankton has become a cause of wonder to every intelligent passer-by. Since the new Matron, Mrs. Judge, has been placed in charge I find a great improvement in the internal condition of the institution. As for the care and well-proved skill with which Dr. Douglas does his work nothing could be more satisfactory.