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LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
37. The average yearly cost of contingencies per man is shown in the
following table :—
Contingencies.
Dullunda
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Dacca
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Patna
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Cuttack
...
...
...
...
...
...
Berhampore
...
...
...
...
...
Total ...
1885.
Amount.
Rs.
*6,048
1,588
799
65
406
8,908
A.
1
12
9
15
7
14
P.
6
2
3
9
6
2
Cost per head.
Rs.
24
7
3
1
2
9
A.
5
1
7
1
5
7
P.
0
6
1
8
2
8
1884.
Amount.
Rs.
*2,891
1,001
969
83
377
5,323
A.
15
1
9
1
15
11
P.
3
4
3
4
10
0
Cost per head.
Rs.
12
4
4
1
2
5
A.
11
6
2
6
2
12
P.
8
5
11
8
5
5
* Exclusive of the amount received from maintenance fund for paying patients.
Patna and Cuttack shews decrease under this head in 1885, and Dullunda,
Dacca and Berhampore increase. At Berhampore the increase is small. At
Dacca it was due, it is said, to the new charge for water, which was paid in
1885 with the arrears of the two previous years. At Dullunda the increase was
considerable, exceptional expenditure, which in the previous year was nominal
having, it is said, occurred in 1885, principally under the following heads:—
Extension and repairs to water-works, construction and repairs to drainage,
repairs to roads, erection of corrugated sheds, conservancy carts, pans, urinals,
&c.
38. Maintenance.—There was a considerable fall in the receipts from
paying patients. The total fell from Rs. 1,803 in 1884 to Rs. 919 in 1885.
The sum debitable to the Administration of Assam for maintenance
of lunatics in Dacca Asylum was Rs. 3,807-14. This is not entered in the
statements.
39. Manufactures.—Expenditure on raw materials and contingencies of
manufacture in 1885 amounted to Rs. 29,248, or Rs. 2,705 more than that of the
previous year. No charges were incurred by the Public Works Department on
account of manufacture buildings. The estimated value of raw materials,
manufactured goods, and plant and machinery on 1st January 1885 was
Rs. 61,308. The total debit was Rs. 90,556. There was paid into the treasury
during the year Rs. 17,483, a sum more than that of the previous year.
Manufactured goods were used in the asylums to the value of Rs. 17,264 against
Rs. 14,214, or Rs. 3,050 more than that of the previous year. The value of
goods and property at the end of the year was estimated at Rs. 60,260. The
total credit amounted to Rs. 95,007, or an excess over debits of Rs. 4,451,
which sum is considered as the total profits of 1885. The net profits, however,
amounted to Rs. 3,403, distributed as follows:—
Dullunda ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Dacca ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Patna ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Cuttack ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Berhampore ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Total ...
1885.
Rs.
—1,040 loss
1,754
1,752
190
747
3,403
1884.
Rs.
—87 loss
3,088
—362 loss
185
383
3,207
The above figures are taken from the table explaining column 19 of state-
ment XI, and it would appear that there was an increase of Rs. 196 in the net
profits as compared with the previous year. Patna, Cuttack, and Berhampore
showed each an increase, Dacca a decrease, while Dullunda a loss of Rs. 1,040.
In regard to this loss Dr. Murray, the Superintendent, writes as follows:—
" The figures in column 17 of statement XI, viz., Rs. 417-5-4, represent the
actual profit of the Manufacture Department for 1885. It is the excess of
credits over debits
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*
*
*
The figures in column 19, viz.,