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The increase in the receipts under the head "value of asylum produce" is
most marked in the years 1914 and 1915 and was due to the increase in the
area under cultivation. Looking, however, to the figures of each year it would
appear that the receipts under this head decreased gradually from 7,900 in 1914
to 7,600 in 1915, 6,800 in 1916 and 5,800 in 1917. This was due to the sale of
old cattle which decreased the outturn. No steps were taken to replace the
cattle sold, because the demand for dairy supplies is becoming less owing to the
opening of the Agricultural and Telinkheri dairy farms from where mostly all
officers now get their supplies.
Expenditure.
The increase of expenditure under the head " establishment" was due to
the improvement in the pay and prospects of the asylum
staff and for additional establishment sanctioned by the
Local Administration during the year 1915. The marked increases under the
heads " diet" and " clothing and bedding" were due to the increased number of
inmates in the asylum during the three years under report, as compared with the
preceding triennium, and also to the payment of higher prices due to the war.
The expenditure under the former head during the year 1916 went up very high
(Rs. 24,900) and the increase was due to the fact that payment of articles for
two months which remained unpaid in 1915 had to be paid during that year and
also to the fact that articles of diet, etc., were stocked in large quantities in the
season for the whole year up to March. The small increase in the total expendi-
ture for the triennium under the head contingencies as compared with the preced-
ing triennium is due to the construction of an iron reservoir in the godown for
storing grain and for payment of huts constructed for the staff and inmates on
account of plague during the year 1916. The great increase in the cost of water
is due to the large amount of water used in recent years for flushing the barracks.
STATEMENT IX—
Establishment.
16. A scheme for the increase in the number and pay of the establishment
submitted at the close of the preceding triennium was
sanctioned by the Local Administration during the
year 1915, but, owing to the increase in the number of buildings, further increase
was found to be necessary and a scheme for a further increase in the number of
warders was submitted at the close of the triennium, and a recommendation has
also been made for an increase in the pay of some of the members of the
higher paid staff.
First Sub-Assistant Surgeon C. R. Pangarkar and 2nd Sub-Assistant
Surgeon A. V. A. deAraujo have both volunteered for field service in Mesopo-
tamia. Two of the warders went on military duty in November 1917.
STATEMENT X—
Profit and loss.
17. The profits during the triennium were
Rs. 10,201 against Rs. 9,375 in the previous triennium
General Remarks.
18. Rules under Section 91 of the Indian Lunacy Act, IV of 1912,
were notified by the Local Administration during the
year 1917 and have been brought into force.
Prophylactics.
19. Quinine was issued to the lunatics from July to November every year
with satisfactory results. In the autumn of 1917
Chlorogen was used for the purification of water, and
this may have some effect in reducing the number of cases of dysentery and
diarrhœa.
Employment.
20. Male lunatics are generally employed on the farm, in the garden,
dairy and general cleaning. Some are employed in
cooking, weaving, carpentry, smith's work and other
miscellaneous work. Females are employed in cleaning grain, gardening and
general cleaning.
Rewards.
21. The system of giving small rewards to those who work well has been
continued and is appreciated. The lunatics are allowed
to spend the money as they please, but as a rule they buy
sweets, books and smart clothing.
Meetings of official visitors.
22. The official visitors held their meetings regularly throughout the trien-
nium and maintained their usual interest in the manage-
ment of the asylum.