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Total Number of Baths and Special Treatments. Number. Value. £ s. d. Paid for ... ... ... ... ... ... 98,070 2,973 14 9 Sanatorium ... ... ... ... ... ... 11,417 897 8 3 Free out-patients ... ... ... ... ... 1,751 127 11 3 Total ... ... ... 111,238 £3,998 14 3 Correspondence. New Zealand. Foreign. Number of letters received ... ... ... ... ... (Not recorded) 30 „ telegrams received ... ... ... ... ... „ „ letters despatched ... ... ... ... ... 1,971 40 „ telegrams despatched ... ... ... ... ... 352 Nationality of Patients. The total number of new patients who consulted me, apart from the Sanatorium, was, roughly, 600. As far as could be ascertained, of these, 100 came from Australia, 45 from Great Britain, and 20 from other countries; the remainder were New-Zealanders. I have no means of ascertaining the nationality of the visitors who took the baths but did not consult me. I have, &c, Arthur S. Wohlmann, Government Balneologist. The General Manager, Department of Tourist and Health Resorts, Wellington.

APPENDIX 111. REPORT OF ENGINEER IN CHARGE, ROTORUA, ON WORKS. Sin, — Department of Tourist and Health Resorts, Rotorua, 16th June, 1908. I beg to report on the works under my supervision as follows: — Electric Light. The electric-light plant has run very satisfactorily during the year, and has not been shut down once between sunset and sunrise during that period—a very satisfactory record in view of the fact that the whole plant has been running overloaded every week evening. The limit and the output of the plant is the maximum power that the turbines will generate with the low head available, and at the beginning of the year this amounted to 80 kilowatts, with both generators running. During the year a' wing dam has been thrown out from the head-gates, extending about 20 ft. into the swiftest part of the stream. This was a very difficult work indeed, owing to the strength of the current, but was carried out very successfully by the engineer, Mr. Beal, at the very low cost of about £320. This has resulted in an increased head and flow through the turbines, which has increased the capacity of the generators to 95 kilowatts. As a result, some twenty-five new premises, each of small consumption, were connected up to the mains during the year. The total output for the year has been about 93,800 units delivered in Rotorua, which has been distributed as follows :— Units. Private lighting ... ... ... ... ... ... 65,930 Street-lighting ... ... ... ... ... ... 12,960 Baths, tea-house, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... 10,550 State Nursery ... ... ... ... ... ... 960 Rotorua Gardens ... ... ... ... ... ... 2,200 Works ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,200 93,800 The cost of operation for the year has been as follows:— £ Salaries ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 540 Wages and stores ... ... ... ... ... ... 339 Proportion of office expenses ... ... ... ... ... 200 Total ... ... ... ... ... ... £1,079 That is, 2'Bd. per unit.