The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-04-10 00:00:00

manan AND BrILDI3GS.

The report- oi i. tividg... committee wee brought ur
by C. J. Pete, jun., Es.., in the almence 14 Mr.
Illoolet,, the elisitni in. It net forth that the chairman's
ae•unt of the lied quarter had been examined and
towel c elect. The Surveyor's list of billo 'lnc and
examined had been allowed. Bridges, 1:108 00. 0.1. ;
Gael, 1:13:1 tic 101. ; Id £B7 114 s. Gil. ; House,
re, us. iod. With respect to the 5 bridges in the
Wareham alluded to in the last report, the
committee had communiested with the Clerk of the
Pesce. and he had ascertained that there is nothing in
the Wareham KnIVIS Ime•il Act which Gies the
repairs of them bridges on the turnpike truobi. As to
the cieinty's liability to repair, lie wished to have fur-
C.er time to obtain information, and .also requested
directious as to the proceedings in the enguiry, as such
investigation might involve expense. With respect to
the emit bridge, Rridport, tha Clerk of the Peace
reported that the ite of the bridge, as record° 1 on •
stone tablet. wss 1784. He wished to know whether the
Court desired him to take further evidence in this case.
The exterior of the County Hall and C ty House both
111.1111,1 raipting, and the committee recieumended
inch to be done at once. The motion of Ilr. Psrke,
after reading the report, that it be received and Coll.
r 111.41, VIA. &domed, afer tome remarks lied been made by
the Rev. G. I'. Cambridge, tr. (loil4on, and the Chair-
Mali on the subject ; and the Clerk of the Peace was
ihrected to obtain the information referred to in the
report. and to confer with the Chairman of the 00111.
11111 t, as to the steps to he token in the matter. •
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The linage an 6 Kuilkug( 'OM !suttee were reappointed,
Mr. Oketlen to he the chairman.

COUNTY LUNATICS AHTLVII.

The report M the Vistting Justices of the Lunatic
Asylum, W. lirmight up by .1. Floyer, Esq., chairman.
The expenditure for the quarter war found tw be £l,lOO I
lee. lid. The aceounte to he received from parishes.
Le., at the rating 7. per week, El,ltki 9s. DM. I
n. hand lien quarter, £l2 rn. 11.1. Total £1,117 Itts 311.,
leaving a tolance in hanil of Ell Is. 4.1. The rate for
maintenance was ordcreil at in. per week. The balance
in the l'aititiugent Fund is £5117 12s. 104. In the charity
account E 137 16e. Ad. From account, 1,22 Is. 1.11. County
bills were ordered to be paid to the amount of £lO2
1:1.i. ltd. The number oflatients in the asylum on the
nlst December last, was ii males. Vi females, anointed
*ince, 2 males, and 2 females, total 173. Dead since, 2,
discharged. I, so that there was in the asylum on the
31st of March. 170 inmates. At Fisterton, on the 31.1
December, 27 40 females. Iteinaining at Fisher-
tmi on 24th March. 2,4 males, 44 fem ilei, lanai 72. Or
tmal on tbe books in the two asylums, 212. A draft
couttict of 55 acres, :1 roods, and 110 perches of land from
Mr. Mielmel Miller, for the sum £ffi.s7s, was approveil
by the committee. The plans for the new asylum ap-
proved by the Court at the last session. had received the
ianction of the Secreiary of State. Advertisements were
ordered to be inser.eil in the public papers for tenders
for building • new asylum. The plans gave satiguction,
inn may lie seen at the office of the architect, Mr.
Brun,wickmquare, London, and at the
Emston Asylum. on awl after the Ist, of this month.
consomenee of suggestions made at the last sessions,
tilt. architect by the direction of the Visitors, who invite
-tinder., in a separate sum for raising the wings to the
wile height as the centre of the builninl. The estimate
for this work is, if completen, estimated at £.2,60U for
the walls, suil for the roof 1:11,00.
Mr. Fun eit moved the adoption of the report, and
Mr. Doeteite, Mr. 11. WILLIAMP4, and Lord Potertiss
mane some rmtiarks as to the addition to be made to the
liudiling, and
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Her. P. CAM ariitx:r. called attention to the rates now
ahost to be levied on the occupiers of estates, and atig-
ge•ted that they could not have anticipated by those
who rented vie land when they took their farms, and
that therefore the rate should be paid by the
"suers of the property, by deducting the amount
hoot their rents.

klr. Fuerr.is replied to the remarks of the serend
speskers, and the report was received sod adopted.