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Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 675 2 3 Rations ... ... ... 211 14 0 Local bodies... ... ... 300 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, and porter ... 6 14 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 259 18 4 Surgery and dispensary ... 109 3 6 Patients'payments ... ... 185 4 2 Fuel and light ... ... 78 5 3 Other sources ... ... 95 11 7 Bedding and clothing ... ... 39 8 1 Washing and laundry ... ... 13 0 0 Salaries and wages ... ... 689 19 1 Funerals ... 13 10 0 Repairs ... ... ... 2 16 3 Additions to buildings .... 59 14 0 Printing, advertising, &c. ... 17 4 2 Insurance ... ... ... 11 5 1 Other expenses ... ... 108 9 5 Total £1,515 16 4 Total £1,361 2 10 Visited 6th November, 1905.—Patients—male, 3 ; female, 2 : total, 5. The Fever Hospital was found empty, and alterations not yet carried out (they have been since). The Matron, Miss Street, is assisted by two junior probationers. She has arranged to pass these on to the Auckland Hospital after they have served a year. If is recognised that they ought to have registered nurses at the Hospital, but they cannot afford "it. The expenses are very high, and there is no hospital rate struck. The township is going downhill, and altogether the Hospital is in a bad way financially. The repayments are exceedingly small, and one gets the impression that the secretary's hands are not free in pressing for them. The aged will not go to Tararu, and the Hospital doors are open to convalescents. CROMWELL HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1905 ... ... ... 9 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 59 Total under treatment ... ... ... 68 Discharged ... ... ... ••• ••• ■■• 59 Died ... ... 8 Remaining on 31st March, 1906 ... • 1 Sex. —62 males, 6 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Cromwell, 19; Bannockburn and Kawarau Station, 13 ; Lowburn and Quartz-reef Point, 12 ; Mount Pisa Station, 7 ; Hawea, Pembroke, and Mararoa, 6 ; Tarras and Luggate, 5; Kawarau Gorge and Waitiri, 3; Queenstown, 1 ; Nevis, 2. Country.— England, 19; Scotland, 12 ; Ireland, 3; New Zealand, 24 ; Australia, 3 ; Wales, 2 ; Denmark, 2 ; America, 1 ; Sweden, 2. Religion. — Roman Catholic, 15; Church of England, 24; Presbyterian, 23; Wesleyan, 3; Lutheran, 2 ; Baptist, 1. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 1,427; individual average days stay, 20-98. Daily average cost per head, 12s. 2}d.; less patients' payments, 9s. OJd. ' Outdoor Patients. —Individual cases, 39 ; attendances, 61. Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. 1 Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 180 2 0 Rations ... ... ... 117 0 8 Local bodies ... ... ••• 623 12 10 Surgery and dispensary, &c. ... 77 14 8 Subscriptions and donations ... 141 3 5 Fuel and light ... ... ... 35 11 8 Rent .. ••• •■• 40 4 2 Bedding and clothing ... ) 17 15 5 Patients'payments ... ... 225 18 10 Furniture and earthenware ) Balance from last year ... ... 198 14 2 Washing and laundry ... ... 110 0 Salaries and wages ... ... 533 8 5 Funerals ... ... ... 7 0 0 Repairs .. ... ... 34 2 6 Additions to buildings ... ... 330 3 0 Drainage scheme and hot-water system ... ... ... 116 7 0 Printing, advertising, &c. ... 22 9 5 Interest ... ... ... 0.16 0 Insurance ... ... ... 465 Commission ... ... ... 0 10 0 Other expenses... ... ... 52 14 5 Total ~ £1,409 15 5 Total ... £1,351 9 7