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Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 2,892 8 0 Rations ... ... ... 1,271 9 3 Local bodies ... ... ... 1,260 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 47 9 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 689 510 Surgery and dispensary ... 625 6 7 Bequest ... ... ... 1 0 0 Fuel and light ... ... 398 13 1 Rents ... ... 77 5 6 Bedding and clothing, furniture, Patients' payments ... ... 339 12 10 and earthenware ... ... 481 6 4 Other sources... ... .. 520 11 2 Salaries and wages ... ... 1,547 17 1 Balance from last year... ... 6,989 3 1 Water-supply... ... ... 115 3 9 Repairs ... ... ... 193 7 7 Steam-laundry ... ... 350 0 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 77 7 10 Insurance ... ... ... 60 7 10 Commission ... ... ... 32 13 0 Other expenses ... ... 54 15 9 Total ... £12,769 6 5 Total ... ...£5,255 17 1 Visited 24th April, 1906. —The Trustees this year were anxious to proceed with extensive improvements at this Hospital, but they wisely decided to devote themselves to the building of the new Home for Old People, at Parke's Island. I found the Hospital in excellent order under Dr. Wilson and Miss Connor. Mr. J. N. Williams has most generously undertaken to build and furnish a new ward, or rather a new home, for chronic cases needing hospital treatment. This is a new and most laudable departure in Napier, and deserves, and will no doubt receive, the gratitude of the whole community. NASEBY HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1905 ... ... ... 8 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 126 Total under treatment ... ... ... 134, Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 105 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... 17 Remaining on 31st March, 1906 ... ... 12 Sex. —9o males, 44 females. Locality from which Patients came. —Maniototo County. Country. —New Zealand, 61; British, 55; China, 6; Australia, 7 ; others, 5. Religion. —Presbyterian, 65; Church of England, 24; Roman Catholic, 30; others, 15. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 2,728; individual average days' stay, 2035. Daily average cost per head, 7s. lid.; less patients' payments, ss. lid. Outdoor Patients. —Individual cases, 80 ; attendances, 745. Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 412 2 5 Rations ... ... ... 187 15 1 Local bodies ... ... ... 277 10 8 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 280 Subscriptions and donations ... 107 12 8 Surgery and dispensary .. 113 1 3 Patients'payments ... ... 274 15 0 Fuel and light ... ... 85 3 7 Other sources... ... ... 8 2 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 6 13 8 Balance from last year ... ... 180 10 11 Furniture and earthenware ... 16 15 10 Washing and laundry ... ... 5 19 6 Salaries and wages ... ... 562 1 6 Water-supply... ... ... 800 Repairs ... ... ... 12 13 8 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 20 7 2 Insurance ... ... ... 940 Other expenses ... ... 50 9 2 Total ... ...£1,260 13 8 Total ... ...£l,OBO 12 5 Visited 21st September, 1905.—This Hospital is doing good honest work. There was a lull at the time of the visit, but the books showed that just before there had been a run of bad cases. Dr. McKnight is well thought of in the district, and Miss the new Matron, is well trained and capable.