LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BENGAL.
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33. Bazar medicines,—The cost under this head in the year under report
compared with that of the previous year, shows an increase of Rs. 32. The
major part of the increase took place at Dullunda, which is said to have been
due to greater number of in-patients treated.
34. Contingencies.—The charge for contingencies proper as well as for
repairs and maintenance was less than that of the previous year. The charges
stand as follows : —
Contingencies proper ... ... ...
Ditto
repairs and maintenance ...
Ditto
of manufacture ... ...
Total ...
1886.
Rs.
4,229
1,287
4
5,520
1885.
Rs.
5,450
3,454
4
8,908
At Cuttack and Berhampore there was, however, a total increase of
Rs. 275 under contingencies proper. In the former the increase is slight,
and in the latter it was due, it is said, to the replacement of the old worn-out
brass plates by new ones. But the increase was more than made up by the
decrease in the rest of the asylums All the asylums except Patna show a
decrease in the expenditure under the head " Repairs and maintenance"; at
Patna the increase was due, it is said, to thorough repairs to asylum roads and
worksheds not included in the books of the Public Works Department. The
average yearly cost of contingencies per man is shown in the following
table:—
Contingencies
Dullunda
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Dacca
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Patna
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Cuttack
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Berhampore
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total ...
1886.
Amount.
Rs.
*3,221
949
605
71
671
5,520
A.
3
6
15
15
14
7
P.
0
4
10
11
8
9
Cost per head.
Rs.
11
4
2
1
3
5
A.
14
4
8
5
13
11
P.
0
11
2
0
1
7
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 bead.
Rs.
24
7
8
1
2
9
A.
5
1
7
1
5
7
P.
0
6
1
8
2
8
* Exclusive of the amount received from maintenance fund for paying patient.
35. Maintenance.—There was an increase in the receipts from paying
patients. The total amount received in 1886 was Rs. 1,673 against 919 in
1885. The sum debitable to the administration of Assam for maintenance of
lunatics in Dacca Asylum was Rs. 3,745-12. This is not entered in the
statements.
36. Manufactures.—Expenditure on raw materials and contingencies of
manufacture in 1886 amounted to Rs. 22,791, or Rs. 6,457 less than that
of the previous year. No charges were incurred by the Public Works Depart-
ment on account of manufacture buildings. The estimated value of raw
materials, manufactured goods, and plant and machinery on 1st January
1886 was Rs. 57,897. This amount is less by Rs. 2,363 than the estimated
value of goods and property shown at the end of the year 1885. The
difference is due to a manufacture building—store house—of the Dullunda
Asylum valuing Rs. 2,363, having been made over to the Public Works
Department. The total debit was Rs. 80,688. There was paid into
the treasury during the year Rs. 15,081 against Rs. 17,483 in the pre-
vious year. Manufactured goods were used in the asylums to the value of
Rs. 14,239, against Rs. 17,264 in 1885, or Rs. 3,025 less than that of the pre-
vious year. The value of goods and property at the end of the year was estimated
at Rs. 57,603. The total credit amounted to Rs. 86,923, or an excess over