Hospital at Cincinnati, Ohio (erected 1884).-Acting Asst. Surg. J. W. Stevenson, in temporary charge, makes the following report of repairs and improvements to this hospital station:

During the last fiscal year an additional story to the surgeon's cottage has been constructed, at a cost of $1,985. The funds available for this improvement were appropriated by a special act of Congress. The first story of the surgeon's cottage was painted inside and outside, at a cost of $260; repairs to roof, gutters, and chimney, executive building, $172.50; miscellaneous minor repairs, $158.42.

Under the head of ordinary repairs required during the ensuing fiscal year, which may be chargeable to the appropriation "Repairs and preservation of marine hospitals, 1900," the medical officer in command recommends the following as necessary: For general repairs to heating apparatus, paints, lumber, etc., $300.

Hospital at Cleveland, Ohio (erected 1852).—Surg. D. A. Carmichael makes the following report of repairs and improvements at this hospital station:

New flagstaff, $71.29; repairs to roofs, etc., damaged by storm, $586; new ceilings, $116.50; iron fence each side of reservation, $415; steam-laundry machinery, $1,479.51; steam disinfecting chamber, $357.50: repairs to plumbing, $55; rebuilding stone walls and erection of iron fence, $2,000; miscellaneous minor repairs, $281.91.

Under the head of ordinary repairs required during the ensuing fiscal year, which may be chargeable to the appropriation "Repairs and preservation of marine hospitals, 1900," the medical officer in command recommends the following as necessary: Renewing plumbing, $2,000; repairs to windows and doors in hospital, $950; repairs to isolation ward, $200; painting exterior and interior of buildings, $1,000; cement floors, laundry and drying room, $300; repairs to amphitheater, $500; repairs to plastering, second story, $500; repairs to operating room, $900; total, $6,350. This building is one of the old hospitals, having been in use for forty-six years, and under lease to a local institution for twenty years, and now requires extensive repairs to bring it up to good condition.

In addition to the above, the grounds about the building should be graded and improved; estimated cost, $1,000; repairs to roadways, $700.

Under the head of improvements or unusual repairs for the ensuing year, for which a special appropriation must be made, the medical officer in command reports the following needed improvements: Surgeon's residence, $10,000; new roof on hospital building, $7,500; isolation ward, $3,500.

Hospital at Detroit, Mich. (erected 1857).-Surg. John Godfrey makes the following report of repairs and improvements at this hospital station:

Repairs to plumbing, $823.82; painting and repairs done by attendants, at a cost of material $674.37; plastering surgeon's quarters and miscellaneous repairs,

Under the head of improvements or unusual repairs for the ensuing year, for which a special appropriation must be made, the medical officer in command reports the following needed improvements: Additional wing to hospital, $10,000; laundry building and machinery, $5,000.

Under the head of ordinary repairs required during the ensuing fiscal year, which may be chargeable to the appropriation "Repairs and preservation of marine hospitals, 1900," the medical officer in command recommends the following as necessary: Miscellaneous repairs to several portions of the building, most of which can be performed at the cost of material, the work to be performed by hospital attendants-lumber, iron piping, cement, etc.-$350; improvements to operating room, $565.

Hospital at Delaware Breakwater (established 1894).-P. A. Surg. George B. Young makes the following report of repairs and improvements at this station:

A new floor has been laid in the ward and all the woodwork in the ward given two coats of enamel paint. The dispensary has been shelved and a dispensing case constructed; the floor has been renewed and all shelving and woodwork enameled. Hot water has been supplied to the sink, and the sink which formerly emptied into the sand under the house has been connected with the sewer. The work has been done for the most part by the station force, but some additional labor has been employed. Some material was purchased and the balance furnished from stock on hand. The amount expended was $60.

The kitchen and hall between main building and kitchen have been practically reconstructed. The hall has been extended 30 feet in length, the old weatherboarding covering the walls removed, a new floor laid, and walls and ceiling ceiled with beaded ceiling, covered with two coats of oil filler and one coat of hard oil finish. The kitchen has been refloored, the plastering, or what remained of it, replaced with ceiling as in the hall; the sink has been reset, the old closet removed and replaced by shelving, and many minor alterations made. A new dining room and a bathroom have been added, bath tub, closet, sink, and lavatories put in, all connected with the sewers and provided with hot and cold water connections. A portion of the work was done by contract, a portion by the station force. Some material was bought and some taken from other places about the reservation where it was not needed. The total cost has been $821.23. A range has been purchased; cost, $94.86.

Hospital at Evansville, Ind. (erected 1891).-P. A. Surg. James H. Oakley gives the following report of repairs and improvements at this hospital station:

Conduit for steam pipes to surgeon's residence, $1,420; new flagstaff, iron, $104; hot-water tank, south ward, $157. A retaining wall has been constructed on the north side of the reservation to protect the building, at a cost of $5,475.10; miscellaneous minor repairs, $141.36.

Under the head of improvements or unusual repairs for the ensuing year, for which a special appropriation must be made, the medical officer in command reports the following needed improvements: Extension of the stone wall along the northern part of the reservation, $5,000; carriage shed, $500.

Under the head of ordinary repairs required during the ensuing fiscal year, which may be chargeable to the appropriation "Repairs and preservation of marine hospitals, 1900," the medical officer in command recommends the following as necessary: Painting roofs, repairing brick arches, renewal of plasterwork, and painting internal walls and ceilings; estimated cost, $600.

Hospital at Key West, Fla. (erected 1840).—P. A. Surg. G. M. Guitéras makes the following report of repairs and improvements at this hospital station:

Addition to hospital steward's quarters, $320; repairs to old portion of same, $148; repairs to sea wall, $585; quarters for attendants and storehouse (new), $445; installation of electric lights, $71.78; miscellaneous minor repairs, $145.

Under the head of improvements or unusual repairs for the ensuing year, for which a special appropriation must be made, the medical officer in command reports the following needed improvements: Fences around reservation, 632 feet (estimated at $1,550).

Hospital at Louisville, Ky. (erected 1852).-P. A. Surg. W. P. McIntosh makes the following report of repairs and improvements at this hospital station:

Extensive repairs have been undertaken at this station. The entire basement, with the exception of the coal cellars, has been newly floored with Portland cement, and laths and plastering on walls and ceiling of entire basement have also been renewed. The plastering on the area walls has been replaced with a coat of Portland cement. New doors and frames have been supplied for the basement. A dumb-waiter, with speaking tube, running from the first to the third floor, has been placed. The entire plumbing in the surgeon's quarters has been renewed, and three new closets and tanks on the second and the same on the third floor have been added. Three new floors have been laid in the steward's quarters, and the tin roof of building thoroughly repaired. Windows, frames, casings, and shutters throughout have been repaired or replaced and painted. All outside woodwork of the building has been painted, and a new iron gate placed at the entrance of driveway on Portland avenue. The cost of this work was $2,837.30. The operating room has been enlarged, and marble floor laid to replace the old wooden floor, and a new skylight, at a cost of $341. The dispensary has been enlarged and improved, and marble floor laid, and equipment for same completed, at a cost of $563.05; water filter, $250; miscellaneous minor repairs have been completed at a cost of $356.10; repairs and improvements have been made by hospital attendants, at a cost of material only, in amount, $167.63. The president of the park commissioners donated fifty sugar maple trees, which were planted on the new driveway leading from Portland avenue. This driveway was entirely constructed by hospital attendants, and is made with cinders on a foundation of broken stone and brick.

Under the head of improvements and unusual repairs for the ensuing fiscal year, for which a special appropriation must be made, the medical officer in command reports the following needed improvements: Painting the outside of all buildings on the reservation, $2,000; residence for medical officer, $6,000; iron fences and stone foundation, $2,500; Schillinger pavement, $250.

Under the head of ordinary repairs required during the fiscal year, which may be chargeable to the appropriation "Repairs and preservation of marine hospitals," the medical officer in command recommends the following as necessary: Raising and draining stable and placing new floor in same, $275; draining grounds, $50 (for material); repairs to plumbing, $100; miscellaneous repairs, $150.

Hospital at Memphis, Tenn. (erected 1885).-P. A. Surg. G. M. Magruder makes the following report of repairs and improvements at this hospital station:

Concrete floor in basement of executive building, $90; improvements in operating room, $320; repairs to roofs, $257; miscellaneous minor repairs, plumbing, fences, walks, etc., $303.03.

Under the head of improvements or unusual repairs for the ensuing fiscal year for which a special appropriation must be made, the medical officer in command reports the following needed improvements: Retaining wall on north and south sides of reservation, $15,000.

Under the head of ordinary repairs required during the ensuing fiscal year which may be chargeable to the appropriation "Repairs and preservation of marine hospitals, 1900," the medical officer in command recommends the following as necessary: Repairs to outside woodwork-porches, verandas, cupola, etc., $800; additional room, 24 by 20 feet, for tool shop, $300; partition wall, surgeon's quarters (parlor), $65; partition wall, dispensary, to provide laboratory and dark room, $200; barbed-wire and picket fence (1,400 feet), $500; painting buildings entire, $2,500; repairing and plastering, $150; minor repairs, $50.

Hospital at Mobile, Ala. (erected 1843).-Surg. R. D. Murray makes the following report of repairs and improvements at this hospital station:

Miscellaneous minor repairs of a character not necessary to specify, $72.75.

Congress having made an appropriation of $5,000 for general improvements to the station, the matter has been referred to the Supervising Architect, and no estimates for unusual repairs will be made until the amount appropriated by Congress has been expended.

Hospital at New Orleans, La. (erected 1885).-Surg. H. R. Carter makes the following report of repairs and improvements at this hospital station:

Repairing kitchen floor, $85; repairing fireplaces, $68; repairing piazza roofs, $297; 3 cisterns, laundry, kitchen, and wards, $322.50; Schillinger concrete walks, $222; extension of main sewer to river, $1,675; new water pump. $297.60. Miscellaneous minor repairs have been done at a total cost of $147.40. Repairs have been performed by hospital attendants at a cost of material to the amount of $202.53.

Under the head of improvements or unusual repairs for the ensuing fiscal year for which a special appropriation must be made, the medical officer in command reports the following needed improvements: New surgical operating amphitheater, $3,000.

Under the head of ordinary repairs required during the ensuing fiscal year which may be chargeable to the appropriation "Repairs and preservation of marine hospitals, 1900," the medical officer in command recommends the following as necessary: Repairs to outbuildings used as storage rooms on the reservation, $600; additions to piazza, second story surgeon's residence, $580; auxiliary boiler, power house, $700; storage battery, electric-light plant, $500; repairs to plumbing, 3 wards, $1,000; painting exterior of station, $2,000; repairs to stable, $300; relaying brick pavement, $900; miscellaneous repairs to roofs, chimneys, laundry apparatus, etc., $840.

Hospital at Portland, Me. (erected 1859).-Surg. F. W. Mead makes the following report of repairs and improvements at this hospital station:

Improvements in operating room, $410; repairs to plumbing, $128.19; miscellaneous minor repairs, $138.84. Painting and repairs to woodwork have been performed at a cost of material only.

Under the head of improvements or unusual repairs for the ensuing fiscal year for which a special appropriation must be made, the medical officer in command reports the following needed improvements: Improvement of grounds, $1,000.

Under the head of repairs chargeable to the appropriation "Repairs and preservation of marine hospitals, 1900," the medical officer in command states that the following repairs will be necessary: Painting exterior of the hospital, $500, and placing a new floor in the wagon room of the stable, $250.

Hospital at Port Townsend, Wash. (erected 1895).-P. A. Surg. J. C. Perry makes the following report of repairs and improvements at this hospital station:

Steam-heating and ventilating apparatus has been installed at a cost of $4,100; automatic water heater, $430; drainage of grounds, $545; miscellaneous minor repairs, $32.75.

Under the head of improvements or unusual repairs for the ensuing fiscal year for which a special appropriation must be made, the medical officer in command reports the following needed improvements: Fence about reservation, $1,200; new mortuary, $500.

Under the head of ordinary repairs required during the ensuing fiscal year which may be chargeable to the appropriation "Repairs and preservation of marine hospitals, 1900," the medical officer in command recommends the following as necessary: Improvements to operating room, new tile floor and partitions, $427; repairs to officers' ward for use of the Revenue-Cutter Service, $262; repairs to plumbing, $425; painting and varnishing floors (2,367 square yards), $281.64; electricbell system, $200; repairs to plastering, $150; concreting floor of boiler room, $50.