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STATEMENT IX.
This statement is a total cash account. The total receipts from the Trea-
sury was Rs. 7,914-6-7 against Rs. 8,168-7-11 for the preceding year, showing
a decrease of Rs. 254. Column 3 represents the receipts from paying patients
Rs. 1,217-13-6 which is obtained by cash receipts from Native States, and this
item is steadily increasing yearly.
In the year 1892 the Government of India authorized the Lunatic Asylum
of Jubbulpore to receive lunatics from the Central India Agencies, its Canton-
ments and Native States on payment of their maintenance. In 1893 we received
2 non-criminal lunatics with reception orders signed by a 1st Class Magis-
trate, Railway Jurisdiction, Rajputana and Malwa Railway, Indore. The usual
half-yearly bills for the maintenance of the above lunatics, for the half-year
ending 31st December 1893, were submitted to the Magistrate, and the charges
were duly paid by cash. The bills for the half-year ending 30th June 1894
were sent for payment, but the objection was raised by the Comptroller, Indian
Treasuries, that no cash payment should be made from the Cantonment and
Agency Funds, Central India, as was done before. The correspondence on this
subject has been submitted through the Administrative Medical Officer, Central
Provinces, for the orders of the Local Government, and is now under considera-
tion, I may say that I applied to the Comptroller, Central Provinces, and to
the Comptroller, Indian Treasuries, for a copy of the Resolution quoted, but it is
not traceable in the office.
If we include the Rs. 144 being the cost of the maintenance of these luna-
tics, the receipts from paying patients would have been Rs. 1,361-0-0.
Column 4 shows the total receipts of stores from the manufacturing depart-
ment of the Asylum Rs. 1,078-2-6 as follows, viz.:—
Diet
...
...
...
Clothing ... ... ...
Contingencies ... ... ...
Clothing for establishment, made in the Asylum.
Total ...
Rs.
661
291
98
26
1,078
a.
12
9
0
12
2
p.
7
2
9
0
6
The above was received from the Asylum manufacturing department
without any cost to the Treasury. Column 5 shows the cost of English medi-
cines supplied by the Government Medical Depôt, Bombay, and was
adjusted inter-departmentally by the Comptroller, Central Provinces. This is
the only book receipt we have had during the year under report. Column 6
(Rs. 526-7-0) shows only the amount received on account of the sale proceeds
of manufactured articles, &c , which was credited into the Treasury during
the year. The columns 8, 9, 10, 13 and 17 on the charge side of this statement
show actual expenditure of the Asylum for the year, including that inter-depart-
mentally supplied from the Asylum. The column " Clothing and Bedding"
is the clothing of the lunatics supplied from the Asylum manufacturing
department without cost to the Treasury. Column 19 is blank as the buildings
are entirely under the charge of the Public Works Department, and has
nothing to do with the Asylum. Column 23 (new), there is nothing to be
shown in this, for the Asylum had no occasion to purchase any articles
manufactured by other departments, such as the Jail.
STATEMENT XI.
The daily average number of male lunatics employed on manufactures and
garden in this statement is 51.78 males and 5.00 females; total 56.78. This
gives a total of the average inmates, but does not include those employed on
tailoring, cooking, earth-work, grinding wheat, and other domestic employments.
If these were included the percentage would be 76.47. I think wheat-grinding
should be included in the profits in this statement. If the flours were purchased
in the bazar, the charge would be 8 annas per maund, and, as 900 maunds of
wheat and gram were ground, the saving, Rs. 450, should be a credit.