Table XX.— Showing the Expenditure for the Year 1908.

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Table XXI.— Average Cost of each Patient per Annum.

Approximate Co.it of Printing. —Preparation, not given ; printing (1,650 copies), £34 12s.

By Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9o9.

Price 9d.]

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Mental Hospital. Provisions. Salaries. Bedding and Clothing. Cleaning. Dispensary , : Wines, Spirits, Ale, and Porter. Buildings Farm. and Kepairs. Necessaries, Incidental, and Miscellaneous. Total Cost per Patient. Repayments for Maintenance. Total Cost per Head, less Repayments for Maintenance. Tntnl Tnat i Total Cost Total Cost IperHead.less Pe 'Receipts of Decrease in 1908. Increase in 1908. Auckland Christchurch Dunedin (Seacliff) Hokitika Nelson Porirua Wellington £ s. d. 8 2 5 9 6 1} 8 2 14 10 12 2§ 8 11 7J 8 9 6 12 3 3J 8 17 5J £ s. d. 10 5 If 12 9 111 15 2 6i 10 18 OJ 13 8 ll£ 13 9 11 16 12 10f 13 1 2 £ s. d. 2 1 10} 4 4 7f 3 18 6| 1 13 1 0 19 9 2 6 6J 3 3 4f £ s. d. 1 15 3 3 19 8J 3 5 9} 0 3 5} 2 5 0 2 17 0J 3 19 11 £ s. d. 0 1 11 j 0 2 4 0 6 Hi 0 1 7J 0 2 74 0 4 84 0 4 6J £ s. d. 0 0 2§ 0 0 9 0 0 3 0 0 6 0 0 6} 0 12 £ R. d. 0 15 34 3 14 84 4 18 5 0 3 91 1 17 If 2 15 5§ 1 14 8 £ s. d. 0 12 1 1 4 11 0 8 0J 0 13 0 17 81 0 17 8| ■ £ s. d. 2 14 91 3 15 61 5 5 4} 2 0 11 5 0' 51 3 16 74 3 10 2 £ s. d. 26 9 31 38 18 1 43 3 llf 26 1 44 32 7 3 34 18 Of 42 7 8} £ s. d. 5 17 51 9 18 0 9 6 2f 2 1 11 7 5 01 7 8 41 11 5 8 £ s. d. 20 11 10 29 0 1 33 17 9 24 0 31 25 2 2} 27 9 81 31 2 Of 27 12 114 £ s. d. 19 11 9 26 17 61 30 1 If 23 14 04 24 9 2} 25 10 104 29 8 6| £ s. d. £ s. d. 18 11 51 ■ 20 11 5| 30 4 6$ 0 3 44 24 '18 Of 1 4 Of 20 10 4 26 9 4 0 18 51 30 11 2} 1 2 8| £ s. d. 1 0 6 6 Of 3 18 10| • • Averages .. 2 18 7} 2 16 0 0 3 10f 0 0 64 |2 14 2 12 3 3 16 7} 35 10 7 17 9f 25 12 7j 24 11 84 d 0 10: Table XXIa. Including first five items in Table XX 36 8 II 26 10 81 ! 25 11 101 [0 18 10 Table XXIb. TbfS'! 14 6 7f 34 4 104 3 9 114 1 3 81 F tion''at The P Ca°mp 13 15 3j 27 5 11 7 7 3 1 9 7j 0 4 8j 6 8 71 1 15 9f_ 9 4 44 68 18 2 7 8 9| 61 9 41 60 11 111 55 19 8} .. 4 12 2j 7 0 3| 53 18 5j 56 18 41 69 11 9 12 13 ij /

Items. Auckland. Chrietchurch. Dunedin (Seaclifl). Hokitika. Nelson. Porirua. Wellington. Total. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ (.. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 924 6 6 50 0 0 478 15 0 1,162 7 0 276 18 5 113 8 0 3,422 10 0 1,487 14 6 405 11 1 1,491 17 6 768 0 6 34,046 9 5 28,362 19 10 8,948 1 0 9,370 16 5 622 16 9 86 2 4 8,655 10 2 3,555 0 0 12,245 3 11 116,474 8 4 31,666 10 0 Inspector-General* Assistant Inspector' Clerks' .. Medical fees* Contingencies* Official Visitors Superintendents Assistant Medical Officers Visiting Medical Officers Clerks Matrons Attendants and servants Rations Fuel, light, water, and cleaning Bedding and clothing Surgery and dispensary Wines, spirits, ale, and porter Farm .. ' Buildings and repairs Necessaries, incidental, and miscellaneous 25 4 0 600 0 0 300 0 0 231 2 4 113 15 0 5,921 4 10 5,692 15 2 1,235 10 8 1,468 13 6 68 9 4 15 1 0 536 3 3 423 19 6 1,919 10 1 12 12 0 600 0 0 285 8 4 407 10 0 110 0 0 5,521 3 0 5,164 3 10 2,211 16 3 2,348 15 6 64 14 0 6 11 0 2,073 9 0 691 7 11 2,095 8 5 25 4 0 600 0 0 600 0 0 385 15 2 150 0 0 9,327 5 10 5,942 3 7 2,411 17 8 2,878 18 0 254 8 8 27 2 0 3,606 15 6 1,593 0 6 3,862 19 5 12 12 0 211 5 0 175' 0 0 83 15 0 1,708 14 1 2,132 18 11 34 19 1 332 8 0 16 0 5 2 10 10 37 18 8 80 12 6 411 4 4 211 5 0 230 11 1 100 0 0 1,488 12 6 1,295 12 3 339 16 2 149 3 0 19 16 8 3 15 6 280 8 3 9 9 11 758 4 8 25 4 0 600 0 0 302 6 2 307 10 0 113 15 0 6,937 7 3 5,203 13 7 1,751 2 7 1,429 0 6 144 13 8 17 2 0 1,702 18 5 543 8 1 2,352 5 1 12 12 0 600 0 0 160 0 0 96 15 6 3,142 1 11 2,931 12 6 962 18 7 763 17 11 54 14 0 14 0 0 417 17 1 213 1 7 845 11 11 Totals Repayments, sale of produce, &c. 18,551 8 8 4,819 14 8 21,592 19 3 6,675 8 7 31,665 10 4 9,632 12 3 5,239 18 10 475 13 8 4,886 15 0 1,193 2 3 21,430 6 4 5,746 8 8 10,215 3 0 3,123 9 11 Actual cost 13,731 14 0 14,917 10 8 22,032 18 1 4,764 5 2 3,693 12 9 15,683 17 8 7,091 13 1 84,807 18 4 * N( it included in Table XXI.