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Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ...' 930 11 5 Rations ... ... ... 476 16 7 Local bodies ... ... ... 718 15 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 616 7 Subscriptions and donations ... 277 10 8 Surgery and dispensary ... 157 11 0 Patients'payments ... ... 270 13 6 Fuel and light... ... ... 26114 2 Interest ... ... ... 184 Bedding and clothing ... ... 25 4 1 Furniture and earthenware ... 123 2 2 Salaries and wages ... ... 642 5 0 Water-supply ... ... ... 19 11 8 Grounds improvement ... 107 14 5 New buildings 192 13 3 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 30 13 7 Insurance ... ... ... 27 1 6 Other expenses ... ... 32 0 4 Total ... ...£2,198 18 11 Total ... ...£2,103 4 4 Visited 6th January, 1905.—Discussed with Secretary scheme for additions to Hospital of a new ward and nurses' dining-room. The Board seem to have experienced some difficulty about successfully preparing their probationers for the State examination. They find that their training is necessarily inadequate, chiefly because the doctors cannot be expected to take the trouble required, though the new Matron may do so. It is impossible to complete their preparations for examination. The only remedy seems to be that this and other hospitals similarly situated should employ only nurses already certificated, or at least such as are ready for their final examination, by virtue of a training received in a larger hospital.

WAIKATO HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1904 ... ... ... 29 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 445 Total under treatment ... ... ... 474 Discharged ... ... ... •■■ ••• ••• 406 Died 27 Remaining on 31st March, 1905 ... ... 41 Sea;. —330 males, 144 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Waikato County, 46 ; Waipa County, 78 ; Piako County, 61; Raglan County, 32; King-country and Kawhia County, 89; Rotorua, 23 ; Hamilton, 50 ; Cambridge, 15; Te Aroha, 20 ; Auckland, 3 ; other districts, 28. Country. —England, 94; Scotland, 21; Ireland, 31; New Zealand, 248 ; Australia, 23 ; Germany, 6; Sweden, 2; India, 6; Austria, 1; Norway, 1; Denmark, 2; Poland, 1; Tasmania, 1; Holland, 2 ; Canada, 3 ; Isle of Man, 1; Russia, 1; Saxony, 1. Religion. —Church of England, 217 ; Roman Catholic, 77 ; Presbyterian, 83 ; Wesleyan, 30 ; Lutheran, 6; Jewish, 3; Methodist, 4; Congregationalist, 4; Independent, 1; Baptist, 3; Salvationist, 1; Mormon, 1; Church of Christ, 1; Unitarian, 2 ; not given, 12. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 12,505; individual average days' stay, 26-38. Daily average cost per head, 6s. 3fd. ; less patients' payments, 4s. 7d. Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 2,010 16 3 Rations ... ... ... 937 611 Local bodies... ... ... 1,953 12 4 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 27 9 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 36 1 3 Surgery and dispensary ... 532 3 7 Bents ... ... ... 112 19 6 Fuel and light ... ... 229 17 6 Patients'payments ... ... 1,073 5 11 Bedding and clothing ... ... 56 7 5 Other sources ... ... 19 19 0 Furniture and earthenware ... 49 10 4 Balance from last year ... 394 12 6 Washing and laundry ... ... 22 16 0 Salaries and wages ... ... 1,418 5 9 Water-supply ... ... 15 9 Funerals ..: ... ... 13 13 0 Repairs, new buildings, and additions ... ... ... 377 11 9 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 48 16 5 Insurance ... ... ... 23 18 3 Other expenses ... .. 199 19 6 Total £5,601 6 9 Total £3,939 1 2