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Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 533 10 2 Rations ... ... ... 258 16 1 Local bodies ... ... ... 260 2 6 Wines, spirits, &o. ... ... 217 6 Patients' payments ... 222 8 6 Surgery and dispensary ..." 52 6 0 Other sources ... ... ... 14 8 Fuel and light ... ... 55 8 9 Balance from last year ... ... 208 6 11 Bedding and clothing ... ... 20 13 8 Salaries and wages ... ... 425 18 1 Water-supply ... ... 10 0 0 Funerals ... ... ... 5 12 6 Repairs ... ... ... 660 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 970 Insurance ... ... ... 819 Other expenses ... ... 62 3 10 Total ... ' £1,225 12 9 Total ... ... £917 11 2 There is no change to be noted in this Hospital. For many years the management has been very good. The district has long been proud of its Hospital. Since the date of the visit Miss u Corrie, who had acted as Matron for many years past, has left. MASTERTON HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1905 ... ... ... 12 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 146 Total under treatment ... ... ... 158 Discharged ... ... ... . . ... ... 134 Died ... ... ... ... . . ... ... 15 Remaining on 31st March, 1906 ... ... 9 Sex. —118 males, 40 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Masterton, 73 ; Masterton Suburbs, 8 ; Eketahuna, 8 ; Alfredton, 4 ; Carterton, 3; Mauriceville, 10; Pahiatua, 6 ; Whareama, Te Nui, and East Coast, 10 ; Brancepeth and Taueru, 6; Martinborough and Lower Valley, 6 ; Wairarapa South, 3 ; Wellington, 4; Petone, 1; Hawke's Bay, 4 ; Otago, 2 ; Motueka, 1 ; Auckland, 1 ; Swaggers, 8. Nationality. —New Zealand, 65; English, 43; Irish, 17; Scotch, 10; Australian, 11; American, 4; Welsh, 2 ; Prussian, 1; Dane, 1; Tasmanian, 1; Swedish 2 ; Canadian, 1. Religion. —Church of England, 67; Roman Catholic, 41; Presbyterian, 19; Wesleyan, 15; Congregational, 1; Salvationist, 4 ; Baptist, 1; Methodist, 3; Lutheran, 2 ; Plymouth Brethren, 2 ; no religion, 3. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 4,432; individual average days' stay, 28-8. Daily average cost per head, 6s. Id. ; less patients' payments, ss. 7fd. Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 715 8 8 Rations ... ... ... 280 10 0 Local bodies ... ... ... 163 15 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 6 4 3 Subscriptions and donations ... 650 16 7 Surgery and dispensary ... 184 3 9 Interest ... ... ... 186 11 2 Fuel and light ... ... 98 3 2 Sale of Workcop Road site ... 169 0 6 Bedding and clothing ... ... 19 17 10 Rents ... .. ... 8 15 0 Furniture and earthenware ... 52 19 2 Patients'payments ... ... 100 0 2 Washing and laundry ... ... 10 17 0 Balance from last year ... ... 4,866 18 4 Salaries and wages ... ... 500 4 8 Funerals ... 21 0 0 Repairs ... ... ..; 40 9 9 Printing, advertising, telephone, postage, and stationery ... 45 7 1 Interest ... ... ... 40 15 0 Insurance ... ... ... 786 Commission ... ... ... 19 1 6 Purchase of land ... ... 361 8 6 Survey and deeds ... ... 11 4 0 Travelling-expenses, Trustees ... 815 2 Other expenses ... ... 4 17 11 Total ... ...£6,861 5 5 Total ... ...£1,713 7 3 The new Hospital plans have been approved long ago, but another year has gone without any visible progress. However, tenders have now been cal f ed, and it is to be trusted that this is a real beginning. The Trustees had a good Matron in Miss Petremant, and have lost her through hope deferred. The old Hospital has long been an opprobrium, and nothing good can be said of it. 3—H. 22,