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Bevenue and Expenditure. Bevenue. ... £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 903 0 11 Bations ... ... ... 24117 11 Local bodies ... ... ... 400 0 0 Wines, &c. ... ... ... 20 11 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 413 3 10 Surgery and dispensary ... 66 0 10 Patients'payments ... ... 100 18. 9 Fuel and light ... ... 50 19 11 Other sources ... ... 0 15 0 Bedding and,clothing ... ... 14 1 3 Balance from last year... ... 494 18 1 Washing and laundry ... . , 23 1 10 Salaries and wages ... ... 461 8 0 Bepairs ... ... ... 13 17 8 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 4 18 4 Insurance .., ... ... 2 14 3 Other expenses ... ... 285 11 10 Total ... ...£2,312 16 7 Total .. ... ... £1,185 2 10 ======' saaEBBBas __ E Inspected 14th February, 1898. The arrangements for management and nursing are greatly improved since my last visit. There is now a resident Caretaker and an assistant night attendant. There were nine patients resident, five of whom were chronic cases. I inquired into the circumstances under which the property of a deceased patient's effects were dealt with by the caretaker, and could find no satisfactory proof that the goods had been sent to the father, who complained that he never received them. I think the Board are bound to take some action in this case for their own reputations' sake. At any rate, they ought to insist on proof that the goods were sent. A new hospital is now being built on a suitable site. I made a suggestion which seems to have roused the opposition of the Board —viz., that it was more important that the wards should face the sun than that the building should look well from the road.

CBOMWELL HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1897 ... ... ... 3 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 50 Total under treatment ... ... ... 53 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 47 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 Bemaining on 31st March, 1898 ... ... ... ... 2 Sex. —47 males, 6 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Bannockburn, 15; Cromwell, 7; Lowburn, 2; Hawea, 4; Mount Pisa, 2; Pembroke, &c, 5; Bendigo, 3; Kawarau, 6; Clyde, 2; Tarras, 3; Dunedin, 1; Nevis, 2 ; Luggate, 1. Country. —England, 16 ; Scotland, 11; Ireland, 3 ; New Zealand, 16 ; China, 1; America, 1; Tasmania, 1; Norway, 2 ; India, 1; Germany, 1. Beligion. —Boman Catholic, 4; Confucian, 1; Protestant, 47; Mahometan, 1. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 1,331; individual average days' stay, 25-11. Daily average cost per head, 10s. 3Jd.; less patients' payments, 9s. 2fd. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 31; attendances, 55. Bevenue and Expenditure. Bevenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 369 9 5 Bations ... ... ... 101 12 7 Local bodies ... ... ... 270 2 3 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 9 0 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 83 15 6 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 44 5 4 Patients' payments ... ... 69 6 5 Fuel and light ... ... ... 2676 Other sources ... ... ... 13 0 6 Bedding, clothing, furniture, and earthenware ... ... ... 26 17 3 Salaries and wages ... ... 387 1 4 Water-supply ... ... ... 25 0 0 Funerals ... ... ... 4 18 0 Bepairs ... ... ... 9 13 3 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 14 6 9 Interest ... ... 0 17 0 Insurance ... ... ... 8 12 6 Commission ... ... ... 4 10 9 Other expenses ... ... ... 21 710 Total ... ... £805 14 1 Total ... ... £684 10 1 Inspected 10th March, 1898. This institution is one of the most comfortable cottage-hospitals in the colony. It is well looked after by the committee, and the caretakers are capable and trustworthy.