8
the period they were granted leave, and partly to the payment of grain com-
pensation to the menial servants of all the asylums. Rs. 50,983-6-11 were
expended on diets, as compared with Rs. 47,914-3-4 in the preceding year. The
increase under this head is attributable to the comparatively higher contract
rates prevailing during the year and the increased number of patients. The cost
on bedding and clothing was Rs. 5,380-14-0, or Rs. 66-15-10 more than in the
previous year. There is an increase of Rs. 242-7-9 in the expenditure on medicines
over the previous year, due to the charges on account of a portion of medical stores
supplied to the Colába and Dhárwár Asylums during the year 1895 being paid
during the year under review. Contingencies cost Rs. 9,812-12-9 as compared
with Rs. 8,025-10-11 in 1895. The purchase of more books and periodicals and
the higher water-rates charged from the beginning of the financial year based on
the calculation of the last three years' actual consumption at the Colába Lunatic
Asylum as well as the increased conservancy charges at the Poona Asylum account
for the increase under this head.
If the amounts of Rs. 14,142-12-1 received from paying patients,
Rs. 1,386-1-6 on account of the sale to the public of manufactured goods and
abour of lunatics on trees, and Rs. 45-1-6, the sale-proceeds of unserviceable
articles, &c., remitted into the Treasury, and Rs. 1,311-13-0 on account of
manufactured goods made over to asylums for asylum purposes,—total
Rs. 16,885-12-1,—be deducted from the amounts received from the Treasury
and adjusted to Government as " Book Receipts, " the net cost to Government
was Rs. 1,18,779-2-0 and the net cost per head of daily average strength
Rs. 164-3-2, against Rs. 1,03,581-14-11 and Rs. 144-5-6 in 1895, respectively.
The following is the abstract of cash account required by the Government
of India as per their memorandum No. 9—Medl.—499, dated 25th July 1890,
Home Department, Medical, embodied in the Bombay Government Resolution
No. 3149 of 9th August 1890, General Department:—
Colába
...
...
...
Ratnágiri
...
...
Poona
...
...
...
Dhárwár
...
...
...
Ahmedabad
...
...
Hyderabad (Sir Cowasji
Jehángir)
...
...
Total ...
Daily
average
strength
in 1896.
274.8
94.9
94.0
49.4
103.8
106.5
723.4
ESTABLISHMENT.
Total Cost.
Rs.
32,778
4,423
4,293
3,171
3,950
4,656
53,273
a.
5
13
0
5
8
0
0
p.
10
0
0
5
0
0
3
Cost per
head of daily
average
strength.
Rs.
119
46
45
64
38
43
73
a.
4
9
10
3
0
11
10
p.
6
10
9
2
11
6
3
DIET.
Total Cost.
Rs.
29,176
4,876
5,043
2,225
4,793
4,868
50,983
a.
2
7
3
5
13
8
6
p.
0
7
1
0
0
3
11
Cost per
head of daily
average
strength.
Rs.
106
51
53
45
46
45
70
a.
2
6
10
0
2
11
7
p.
9
2
5
9
11
5
8
CLOTHING AND BEDDING.
Total Cost.
Rs.
2,453
469
883
284
592
696
5,380
a.
12
14
0
12
15
7
14
p.
0
9
0
3
6
6
0
Cost per
head of daily
average
strength.
Rs.
8
4
9
5
5
6
7
a.
14
15
6
12
11
8
7
p.
10
3
4
3
5
8
3
Colába
...
...
...
Ratnágiri
...
...
Poona
...
...
...
Dhárwár ... ... ...
Ahmedabad
...
...
Hyderabad (Sir Cowasji
Juhángir)
...
...
Total ...
MEDICINES.
Total Cost.
Rs.
1,611
17
172
217
21
100
2,141
a.
12
14
3
7
11
0
1
p.
7
0
6
4
3
11
7
Cost per
head of daily
average
strength.
Rs.
5
0
1
4
0
0
2
a.
13
3
13
6
3
15
15
p.
10
0
4
5
4
0
4
CONTINGENCIES.
Total Cost.
Rs.
6,001
564
1,254
368
910
713
9,812
a.
9
5
10
3
2
13
12
p.
6
4
10
4
3
6
9
Cost per
head of daily
average
strength.
Rs.
21
5
13
7
8
6
13
a.
13
15
5
7
12
11
9
p.
5
2
7
3
3
3
0
TOTAL.
Total Cost.
Rs.
72,021
10,352
11,646
6,267
10,269
11,034
1,21,591
a.
9
6
1
1
2
14
3
p.
11
8
5
4
0
2
6
Cost per
head of daily
average
strength.
Rs.
262
109
123
126
98
103
168
a.
1
1
14
13
14
9
1
p.
5
5
4
10
11
10
4
With reference to paragraph 7 of Government Resolution, General Depart-
ment, No. 2714, dated the 2nd July 1894, I beg to solicit the attention of
Government to the remarks made in my Annual Report on the Asylums of the
Bombay Presidency for the year 1895, re the fluctuations in expenditure under
different heads in the various asylums, and to state that the same remarks hold
good for the year under review.