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cil cannot but feel surprised that it should have been allowed to continue so
long. The balance at the credit of the Fund should be paid in to Govern-
ment, and the Superintendent of this, as all other Asylums, should budget
annually for the sum required to be expended in materials, &c., and the re-
ceipts he expects to obtain. The sum required for petty payments to enable
discharged Lunatics to reach their homes, and the like, should be budgetted
for in a similar way. In connection with this subject Government desire to
know the circumstances under which contributions were made to the Work-
shop Fund by His Highness Tookajee Holkar and the other Native Chiefs
who subscribed Rs. 465.
21. As has already been remarked, improvements to the Poona Asylum
have already been sanctioned. Government trust that when water is laid on
from Kurruckwasla, no further complaints about the management of this
Asylum will be heard.
22. A suggestion has been made in the report for supplying the Poona
Asylum with clothing at cost price from the Jail. This is a matter which is
entirely for the disposal of the Surgeon General, who will take care that the
clothing, as well as all other requisites, is obtained in the cheapest and most
suitable way.
23. Further remarks on the Dharwar Asylum are unnecessary. The state
of that at Ahmedabad seems highly satisfactory, and credit is due to Dr.
Wyllie and his Assistant Mr. Solomon accordingly. In reference to the sug-
gestion that the Gaekwar's Durbar should be called on to defray the ex-
penses of Gaekwaree subjects admitted into the Asylum, the Surgeon Gene-
ral should be requested to ascertain what patients there are under this head,
and what the annual cost is on account of them, and the Political Depart-
ment will be requested, if there be no objection, to arrange for its recovery.
24. Government have no objection to the Superintendent's purchasing
two beeghas more of ground for this Asylum, if he can arrange for it
and has the necessary funds. There would appear to be a separate fund
kept in the hands of the Superintendent for such purposes, although this is
not directly stated. Government must, therefore, point out that if this is the
case it is irregular, and the Superintendent should, as directed above, budget
for all he wants, paying all receipts into the Treasury. Government have no
wish to curtail his means, and will allow him asmuch as he wants, provided
that when receipts are deducted the outlay does not exceed the present charge.
25. His Excellency in Council notices that dry-earth conservancy is
adopted at Ahmedabad, and that the poudrette is turned to very good ac-
count in the garden. There is no doubt that the manure is most valuable,
and the dry-earth system excellent, where proper arrangements can be made
for carrying it out.
26. His Excellency in Council is not of opinion that the hedge around
the Cowasjee Jehangir Asylum, which is described by Dr. Miller as being only
a hedge in name, should be got rid of altogether, and a wall of sun-dried
bricks, which the Lunatics might make themselves, substituted. If the hedge,
which could be improved, is sufficient to keep the Lunatics from escaping, it
is not advisable to convey to them a more decided sense of confinement and