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Nagpur has 2 male and 1 female keeper more, 1 gardener more, 1 sweeper
less but on higher pay, 1 barber and 1 dhobi on low rates of pay.
At Nagpur the Lunatic Asylum is at the extreme end of the station, far
away from any other dispensary. There are daily applications to the Deputy
Superintendent in charge for medicines and advice, and the Lunatic Asylum dis-
pensary is virtually used as a general local dispensary for one part of Sitabaldi
and for villages near ; a compounder is therefore considered necessary.
The
Deputy Superintendent attends to the office work, and the duffadar, an old and
experienced servant, is supposed to take charge of the lunatics whilst the De-
puty Superintendent is so employed. The duffadar and compounder thus take
the place of a writer, and cost Rs. 2 per month more. The next excees of 2
male and 1 female keeper and 1 gardener is explained by the difference in the
character of the two Asylums and employment of lunatics. At Jubbulpore
the Asylum is enclosed, the garden near, and no work carried on beyond the pre-
cincts. At Nagpur the grounds are open with only hedges in certain directions.
The lunatics, excepting a few kept within their wards, are all employed outside
on the farm or in the gardens, and the warders and keepers are not in excess of
requirements.
The cost of dhobi and barber at Jubbulpore are included in contingencies.
Diet.
24. On the subject of high cost for diet a correspondence took place be-
tween the Officiating Inspector General and the Superin-
tendent of the Nagpur Asylum towards the close of the
year in October and November, consequent upon the remarks of the Government
of India on the Asylum Report for 1874. The Superintendent stated that many
of the articles consumed could not be procured at the published rates, and that
his scale of dieting was liberal in accordance he believed with the wishes of Go-
vernment, as expressed in Book Circular No. XVIII, dated 6th April 1866. At
the present time, however, supplies are given at the rates published, and it is be-
lieved that the accounts of the current year will compare favourably with those
of the year under review.
Clothing.
25. The cost of clothing at Jubbulpore in 1874 was particularly low,
Rs. 1-10-0 per head—being Rs. 5-8-1 less than paid at-
Nagpur.
In 1875, however, both summer and winter
clothing had to be provided, and their relative cost was reversed although not to
the same degree,—Jubbulpore clothing costing Rs. 3-3-4 per head more than that
at Nagpur.
Contingent charges.
26. The contingent charges are higher at Jubbulpore.
Both Superinten-
dents have reduced the expenditure in relation to 1874,
and at Nagpur, more than at Jubbulpore, though still
the former exceeds the latter by more than 10 rupees,
Profits.
27. The profits properly so called are quite insig-
nificant, if not delusive.
Rupees 51 is the sum obtained at Jubbulpore, and Rs. 65-10-0 that claimed
for Nagpur ; but at the latter Asylum Rs. 332-13-6 is taken credit for as value
of milk and vegetables supplied from the farm to the cultivators of the same.
Only Rs. 271 were realised from the sale of the crops, at an expenditure of
Rs. 454-10-6 ; garden charges, plant and machinery Rs. 43, and manufactured
goods Rs. 40-11-9.