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45. On the expenditure side, items for repairs show a decrease of $3,100 and subscriptions to other hospitals were cut down by $1,200. Most of the other items show increases, the most noteworthy being "Expenses of the Small-pox Hospital" $2,720, compared with $815 in 1915, which is explained by the small-pox epidemic.
46. The total number of in-patients admitted during 1916 was 5,248, as compared with 4,557 in 1915 and 4,472 in 1914. Of these, 2,067 or 39.37% (as against 38.45% in the previous year) elected to be treated by European methods. The out-patients numbered 133,022 as against 116,885 in 1915 (102,158 in 1914) and of these 18,002 or 13.5% (as against 11.2% in 1914) chose European treatment.
47. The number of surgical operations performed was 244 as compared with 208 in 1915. There were also 123 Eye Operations performed as against 98 in 1915.
48. The number of destitutes temporarily housed and then sent to their homes was 745 (777 in 1915), most of whom were sent to the hospital from this Office.
49. Of the charitable funds managed by the hospital, the Emergency and Man Mo Temple funds (Tables X and XI) were administered on the same lines as in previous years and do not call for comment, both showing a balance of receipts over expenditure for the year.
50. The balance sheet of the Brewin Charity as set out in Table XII is again very satisfactory. The income for the year exceeded the expenditure by $2,186.
The amount spent in gratuities and pensions to deserving widows was $1,772 as compared with $1,344 in 1915 and $1,060 in 1914. Further grants are under consideration.
KWONG WA HOSPITAL.
(Tables XIII and XIV.)
51. This hospital again did excellent work during 1916 and the number of patients treated shows a marked increase.
52. In all 2,405 patients were admitted (as against 1,821 in 1915) of whom 1,305 or 54% (as against 53% in 1915 and 42.6% in 1914) came under European treatment while 1,100 elected to be treated by Chinese methods.
53. The total number of out-patients treated was 31,914 as against 23,449 in 1915 and of these 21,463 elected to receive European treatment. This gives a percentage of 67.2 as against 65.9 in 1915 and 40 in 1914.
54. The total expenditure of the hospital for the Ping Shan Chinese year was $57,997, which includes a refund of $27,896 to the Tung Wa—the net expenditure being $30,101 as against $23,079 in 1915. Among the receipts appears a payment of