The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-10-22 00:00:00

CVO- NTT LUNATIC AISTLLIN,

The Report of the Visiting Committee was presented
and read by Mr. PLOTIA. The balance in hand was
last quarter, VA Se. 9.1. AmouiAt to be received from
parish,* at Is. per day would be £1,178. Total, £1,23.3
S.. 94. Expenditure, £1,144 13s. Id., leaving • balance
in hand of LW. 15s. 84. In the contingent fund, trio 2..;
charity account, £327; Sir R. Glyn'saecount, £77 10..;
building account, £12.8029. 11d., vie., cash in the bank,
£717 5.. 11d. ; in Exchequer Bills, C 12,085. County bills to
the amount of £BOO us. 94. were ordered to be paid.
The number of patients in the asylum on the Ist July
was fd males, 93 female.; admitted since, 5 males, 5
females ; discharged, 3 males, and 3 females; died, 3
males and 1 Female; remaining in the asylum, 92 males,
and 94 females; total, 136. Remaining at Forston
September 30, modes 92, females 94; at Fisherton, July
I, 18 males, 51 females; edmitted since, 1 male, 1
female; died since, 1 male, 1 female; total in the
two institutions, 110 males, 145 females ; total number
of patients, 255. The followiiis contracts were taken—
Lock—meat per cwt., £2 13s. ; Drake—bread per
41b loaf, fold; Samways—cbeese per cwt, les. The
committee, before proceeding to Forston, inspected the
buildings for an asylum in course of erection at Herring-
stone. The progress that has been made is such as to
give satisfaction to the Committee. The Committee
had been in communication with the authorities at
Dorchester, relative to the supply of gas (ruin the gas-
works in the town, instead of manufacturing it., as at
Snit intended on the premises. If adopted, this would
involve an additional present outlay from £1,200 to
£1,500 ; but it is believed that the reduction of the
current cost in lighting the asylum would more than
repay the outlay, besides getting rid of the annoyance
which the manufacture of gas on the premises would
cause.
The report was unrnimously received and adopted.
COUNTT FINANCES.

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'llm Committee exaniined the accounts of the past
quarter, and found the expenses had been £2,813 lie 9d;
whilst the receipts, including the balsuce in hand last
*melons, was £1,049 Hs. Bd., together with a county
rate of three farthings in the round, amounting to
£2,517 6s. 61. Fines and Justices' Clerk's feet L'9B
16s. 3d. ; a Treasury order for maintenance of prisoners,
k 291 156 ; and rent of county house, 4'95 16.. Bd. ;
amounting to 41.0336...1d., and which leaves • balance
£2,219 'Ls. 4d. towards the expenses of the coining
quarter. The committee recommended another id. rate
for the ensuing quarter.—The report was received and
adopted.

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Mr. CALCtArT brought up a report of the justices to
inquire into the question of agricultural atatiatics aa re- I
geared by the Secretary of State. He concluded by
moving the following resolution :—That the Secretary
of State be informed that in the opinion of the Quarter
Sessions, the police force is not the best mean, through
which to acquire the information as directed. And
then as to the value of the return if obtained. is much
disputed, they are not prepared to propose, at present,
1 ally plan for their collection. Mr. iffAxrrox seconded
I the resolution, which was carried unanimously.

FoUci REPORT.
Major FBANPron brought up the Policia Report.
Mom the laid nodose; another Exchcqur Bill of £5OO
had been sold. sad tha balance now remaining was
£lOO. The available cash now in the Treasurer's bands
wet £507 16e. Id. The Dorset Central Railroad had
paid the Clerk of the Peace £iO4 for the Blandford site,
which bad been handed, over to the County Treasurer.
The Beaminster station was now complete. The re-
ceipta of the quarter hadbeen £3,730 18s. 34. ,and the ex-
penses £2,653 26. 24., leaving in the Treasurer's hands
£1077 16s. Id. The expenditure for the ensuing quarter
bad been estimated as follows :—The chief constable and
force, £1,744 140. 3d.; contingent sheet, £315 lie. 4d.;
c iaLg nedot to the West of England Company, Exeter,
third instalmont of loan, ; interest, 2329
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h. .• Dolan's bill for clothing, £24 30. 244 Jambs'
kin for ham, 434..; salaries, £1815.. Lid. Total, £3.296
Ile. 11d.
The Superennation Fund amounts to £1,834 14e. 7d.,
sleek, to which would be added £.86 3s. bd. money
received from the men last quarter.
Tbe Committee reounanended a halfpenny rate, which
would amount to £1,500 its. 24.
The Weights and Measures had coat for inspection
£298.. 104., and the amount of fees received had been
Ils. 44., being • cost to the county of £5 its. 64.
During the quarter 32 persons had been convicted,
and the amount of penalties received had been £25 136.,
a moiety of which had been paid over to the Superanu-
shoo fund, and the other moiety to the County Trea-
surer.
The Report was received and adopted.
CRISP CONITEBLR'S REPORT.
The Cum read the report of the chief constable. It
appeared that during the quarter 225 persona bad been
taken into eustody, of which number 86 had been dia..
122 summarily doesid of by the magistrates,
cla
ettlrrii;enassitted for trial, showing . under the latter
heed • dimiautioa of 10 on the quarter. There had
hem 114 pintoes munrimmed by the police, out of
Whistle ember SO had been saraimmed for using dedlcient
weights and measures. •
The booty business did ant omen. the Court quite
an boar and • half,